Geothermal Power Generation
Developments and Innovation
- 2nd Edition - October 11, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Ronald DiPippo, Luis Carlos Gutiérrez-Negrín, Andrew Chiasson
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Geothermal Power Generation, New Developments and Innovations, Second Edition provides an update to the advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy security. Edited by respected and leading experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the major aspects of geothermal power production. Chapters cover resource discovery, resource characterization, energy conversion systems, design, economic considerations, and a range of fascinating and updated case studies from across the world.
Geothermal resources are considered renewable and are currently the only renewable source able to generate baseload electricity while producing very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions, thus playing a key role in future energy needs.
Geothermal resources are considered renewable and are currently the only renewable source able to generate baseload electricity while producing very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions, thus playing a key role in future energy needs.
Key features
Key features
- Provides readers with a comprehensive and systematic overview of geothermal power generation
- Presents an update to advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy security
- Edited by authorities in the field and contributed to by global experts in their areas
- Supports sustainability and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) 7, 9, 11 and 13
Readership
Readership
Research and development professionals and engineers in the geothermal energy industry as well as postgraduate researchers in academia working on geothermal energy
Table of contents
Table of contents
Preface to the Second and First Edition
1. PREFACE: Introduction to geothermal power generation
Author Biographies
PART ONE: RESOURCE EXPLORATION, CHRACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION
2. Geology of geothermal resources
3. Geophysics and resource conceptual models in geothermal exploration and development
4. Application of geochemistry to resource assessment and geothermal development projects
5. Geothermal well drilling
6. Characterization, evaluation, and interpretation of well data
7. Reservoir modeling and simulation for geothermal resource characterization and evaluation
PART TWO: ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS
8. Overview of geothermal energy conversion systems: Reservoir-wells-piping-plant-reinjection
9. Elements of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer applied to geothermal energy conversion systems
10. Flash Steam Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Single, Double, Triple Flash and Combined Cycle Plants
11. Direct steam geothermal energy conversion systems: Dry steam and superheated steam plants
12. Total flow and other systems involving two-phase expansion
13. Binary geothermal energy conversion systems: Basic Rankine, dual–pressure, dual–fluid cycles, and feed-heating cycles
14. Combined and hybrid geothermal power systems
15. Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Review and Status of Research & Development
PART THREE: DESIGN AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
16. Waste heat rejection methods in geothermal power generation
17. Silica scale control in geothermal plants—historical perspective and current technology
18. Environmental and Socio-cultural Benefits and Challenges Associated with Geothermal Power Generation
19. Project permitting, finance, and economics for geothermal power generation
20. Mineral recovery from geothermal brines
PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES
21. Larderello, Italy: the oldest geothermal field in operation in the world
22. The Geysers: The oldest and largest geothermal power operation in the US
23. Indonesia: Vast Geothermal Potential to Support Net Zero Emissions
24. Philippines: Antecedents and perspectives of the third largest geothermal power market
25. Geothermal Power Generation in Central America and the Caribbean Islands
26. Geothermal power plants at high altitude: the Chilean experience
27. Cerro Prieto, Mexico: A large water-dominant field in operation since 1973
28. Kenya: The most successful geothermal development in Africa
Appendix A
1. PREFACE: Introduction to geothermal power generation
Author Biographies
PART ONE: RESOURCE EXPLORATION, CHRACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION
2. Geology of geothermal resources
3. Geophysics and resource conceptual models in geothermal exploration and development
4. Application of geochemistry to resource assessment and geothermal development projects
5. Geothermal well drilling
6. Characterization, evaluation, and interpretation of well data
7. Reservoir modeling and simulation for geothermal resource characterization and evaluation
PART TWO: ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS
8. Overview of geothermal energy conversion systems: Reservoir-wells-piping-plant-reinjection
9. Elements of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer applied to geothermal energy conversion systems
10. Flash Steam Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Single, Double, Triple Flash and Combined Cycle Plants
11. Direct steam geothermal energy conversion systems: Dry steam and superheated steam plants
12. Total flow and other systems involving two-phase expansion
13. Binary geothermal energy conversion systems: Basic Rankine, dual–pressure, dual–fluid cycles, and feed-heating cycles
14. Combined and hybrid geothermal power systems
15. Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Review and Status of Research & Development
PART THREE: DESIGN AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
16. Waste heat rejection methods in geothermal power generation
17. Silica scale control in geothermal plants—historical perspective and current technology
18. Environmental and Socio-cultural Benefits and Challenges Associated with Geothermal Power Generation
19. Project permitting, finance, and economics for geothermal power generation
20. Mineral recovery from geothermal brines
PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES
21. Larderello, Italy: the oldest geothermal field in operation in the world
22. The Geysers: The oldest and largest geothermal power operation in the US
23. Indonesia: Vast Geothermal Potential to Support Net Zero Emissions
24. Philippines: Antecedents and perspectives of the third largest geothermal power market
25. Geothermal Power Generation in Central America and the Caribbean Islands
26. Geothermal power plants at high altitude: the Chilean experience
27. Cerro Prieto, Mexico: A large water-dominant field in operation since 1973
28. Kenya: The most successful geothermal development in Africa
Appendix A
Review quotes
Review quotes
"Throughout the book, color photographs and diagrams are used to convey the nature of geothermal resources and a physical sense of different power plant designs, including dry steam, single-, double-, and triple-flash, to a variety of binary and hybrid plants. Extensive reference lists and bibliographies accompany each chapter for further in-depth reading and research....Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation, second edition, includes 958 pages of first-rate geothermal information emphasizing advanced energy technologies. The exceptionally well-organized text is backed by a 30-page index....Geothermal developers will find the book useful, as well....The chapters are well-illustrated with helpful maps, photos, and figures. About 75 percent of the illustrations are in color, which I enjoyed."— Susan F. Hodgson (Geothermal expert, author) and Carlo Cariaga (Geochemist, Editor-in-Chief), ThinkGeoEnergy, February 2025
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: October 11, 2024
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Ronald DiPippo
Dr. Ron DiPippo is a world authority and consultant on Geothermal Power Plants. He is Chancellor Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, former Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD), a visiting Research Professor and Visiting Lecturer at Brown University in Providence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a visiting lecturer at the School for Renewable Energy Science at the University of Akureyri, Iceland.
Affiliations and expertise
Chancellor Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and the former Associate Dean of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD), MA, USALG
Luis Carlos Gutiérrez-Negrín
Luis Carlos Gutiérrez-Negrín is the Executive Director of the consulting company Geocónsul, SA de CV, Secretary of the CeMIE-Geo, AC, and member of the BoD of the National Institute for Electricity and Clean Energies (INEEL). He has served on the BoDs of the former GRC (now Geothermal Rising), the International Geothermal Association (IGA), and as President of the Mexican Geothermal Association. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s open-journal Geothermal Energy Science – Society – Technology and has authored/co-authored 198 peer-reviewed papers and informal communications, as well as two book chapters.
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Andrew Chiasson
Andrew Chiasson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the US and Canada. He conducts research and teaches courses in the areas of Geothermal Energy, Solar Energy, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, and Energy Efficient Buildings. His research on geothermal energy and energy-efficient buildings has resulted in over 45 scientific publications, one book, and three book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
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