coalinga s2s: solar-thermal eor binyamin koretz director, strategic planning & ip
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Coalinga S2S: Solar-thermal EOR Binyamin Koretz Director, Strategic Planning & IP. Coalinga Solar to Steam Project (S2S). Owner: Chevron Location : Coalinga, CA Purpose: Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Capacity: 29 MWth Solar field: 3,822 heliostats, each 15 m 2 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Coalinga S2S:Solar-thermal EOR
Binyamin KoretzDirector, Strategic Planning & IP
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Owner: Chevron Location: Coalinga, CA Purpose: Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Capacity: 29 MWth Solar field: 3,822 heliostats, each 15 m2
BrightSource delivered fully operational project to Chevron in October 2011
1-year performance test exceeded contractual goals
Coalinga Solar to Steam Project (S2S)
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Coalinga S2S
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Coalinga vs. future EOR plant
Coalinga Commercial Plant
Required thermal power capacity: 29 MWth 400 MWth
Required mass flow of steam: 12 kg/s 143-159 kg/s
Required temperature of steam: 265 °C 290 °C
Required pressure of steam: 68 bar 80 bar
Steam quality 99.5% or higher
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Solar EOR – general scheme
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Coalinga S2S 1-line diagram
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Construction 2009-2010
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What happens when engineers make videos
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View from the south
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Typical performance vs. modeling
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And on more difficult days
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Chart Source: CERA estimate of cumulative solar thermal penetration in thermal enhanced oil recovery market by 2020
Potential market
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