Geothermal Power Plants. Principles, Applications, Case Studies and Environmental Impact

Content: 
Front-matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
Dedication, Page iii
Foreword to the Third Edition, Pages xi-xiii
Preface and Acknowledgements to the Third Edition, Pages xv-xvii
Preface and Acknowledgements to the Second Edition, Pages xix-xx
Preface and Acknowledgments to the First Edition, Pages xxi-xxiv
Part 1. Resource Identification and Development, Pages 1-2
Chapter 1 - Geology of Geothermal Regions, Pages 3-17
Chapter 2 - Exploration Strategies and Techniques, Pages 19-37
Chapter 3 - Geothermal Well Drilling, Pages 39-47
Chapter 4 - Reservoir Engineering, Pages 49-77
Part 2. Geothermal Power Generating Systems, Pages 79-80
Chapter 5 - Single-Flash Steam Power Plants, Pages 81-109
Chapter 6 - Double-Flash Steam Power Plants, Pages 111-130
Chapter 7 - Dry-Steam Power Plants, Pages 131-150
Chapter 8 - Binary Cycle Power Plants, Pages 151-182
Chapter 9 - Advanced Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems, Pages 183-221
Chapter 10 - Exergy Analysis Applied to Geothermal Power Systems, Pages 223-245
Part 3. Geothermal Power Plant Case Studies, Pages 247-248
Chapter 11 - Larderello Dry-Steam Power Plants, Tuscany, Italy, Pages 249-268
Chapter 12 - The Geysers Dry-Steam Power Plants, Sonoma and Lake Counties, California, USA, Pages 269-288
Chapter 13 - Cerro Prieto Power Station, Baja California Norte, Mexico, Pages 289-304
Chapter 14 - Hatchobaru Power Station, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, Pages 305-317
Chapter 15 - Mutnovsky Flash-Steam Power Plant, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, Pages 319-329
Chapter 16 - Miravalles Power Station, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Pages 331-347
Chapter 17 - Heber Binary Plants, Imperial Valley, California, USA, Pages 349-359
Chapter 18 - Magmamax Binary Power Plant, East Mesa, Imperial Valley, California, USA, Pages 361-374
Chapter 19 - Nesjavellir and Hellisheidi Plants, Iceland, Pages 375-387
Chapter 20 - Raft River Plants, Idaho, USA, Pages 389-415
Chapter 21 - Geothermal Power Plants in Turkey, Pages 417-441
Chapter 22 - Enhanced Geothermal Systems – Projects and Plants, Pages 443-481
Chapter 23 - Environmental Impact of Geothermal Power Plants, Pages 483-506
Appendix A - Worldwide State of Geothermal Power Plant Development as of August 2011, Pages 509-529
Appendix B - Units Conversions, Page 531
Appendix C - Energy Equivalents, Page 533
Appendix D - Elements of Thermodynamics, Pages 535-545
Appendix E - Answers to Selected Practice Problems, Pages 547-548
Appendix F - Supplementary Problems, Pages 549-567
Appendix G - Answers to Selected Supplementary Problems, Pages 569-570
Appendix H - REFPROP Tutorial with Application to Geothermal Binary Cycles, Pages 571-578
Index, Pages 579-600