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Geothermal Energy

Dr. Mazen Abualtayef Environmental Engineering Department

Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine

Adapted from a presentation by

Professor S.R. Lawrence Leeds School of Business, Environmental Studies

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

AGENDA – Geothermal Energy

• Geothermal Overview

• Extracting Geothermal Energy

• Environmental Implications

• Economic Considerations

• Geothermal Installations – Examples

Geothermal Overview

Geothermal in Context

• Geo = earth, thermos = heat

• Geothermal energy is the extractable

portion of the heat stored in the ground.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption

World energy consumption


Global geothermal electric capacity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_power

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Advantages of Geothermal

http://www.earthsci.org/mineral/energy/geother/geother.htm

Heat from the Earth’s Center

• Earth's core maintains temperatures in excess of 5000°C

– Heat originates from radioactive decay of elements

• Heat energy continuously flows from hot core

– Conductive heat flow تدفق الحرارة بالتوصيل

– Convective انتقال حراري flows of molten mantle beneath the crust

• Mean heat flux at earth's surface

– 16 kilowatts of heat energy per square kilometer

– Dissipates to the atmosphere and space

– Tends to be strongest along tectonic plate boundaries

• Volcanic activity transports hot material to near the surface

– Only a small fraction of molten rock actually reaches surface

– Most is left at depths of 5-20 km beneath the surface

• Hydrological convection forms high temperature geothermal

systems at shallow depths of 500-3000m.

http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/energy/geothermal/technology.htm

Earth Dynamics


Earth Temperature Gradient

http://www.geothermal.ch/eng/vision.html

Geothermal Site Schematic

Boyle, Renewable Energy, 2nd edition, 2004

نبع ماء حار

Geysers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geyser

Clepsydra Geyser in Yellowstone

500 geysers in yellow stone park out 1000 geysers worldwide

Hot Springs

Hot springs in Steamboat Springs area

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/geothermal/geothermal.html

Fumaroles

Clay Diablo Fumarole (CA) White Island Fumarole

New Zealand

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_white_island_fumerole.html http://lvo.wr.usgs.gov/cdf_main.htm

Global Geothermal Sites

http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstell/dauer/umwelt/img/geothe.jpg

Tectonic Plate Movements


Enthalpy: Catchment

Extracting Geothermal Energy

Methods of Heat Extraction

http://www.geothermal.ch/eng/vision.html

من تشكيل

الصخور المحيطة

من المياه الجوفية

الحراريةحركة المياه من

خالل محاكاة

الصخور

المتصدعة

Units of Measure

• Pressure

– 1 Pascal (Pa) = 1 Newton / square meter

– 100 kPa = ~ 1 atmosphere

– 1 MPa = ~10 atmospheres

• Temperature

– Celsius (ºC); Fahrenheit (ºF); Kelvin (K)

– 0 ºC = 32 ºF = 273 K

– 100 ºC = 212 ºF = 373 K

Plants Types: 1. Dry Steam Power Plants

• “Dry” steam extracted from natural reservoir

– 180-225 ºC

– 4-8 Mpa

– 200+ km/hr

• Steam is used to drive a turbo-generator

• Steam is condensed and pumped back into

the ground

• Can achieve 1 kWh per 6.5 kg of steam

– A 55 MW plant requires 100 kg/s of steam


Dry Steam Schematic


2. Single Flash Steam Power Plants

• Steam with water extracted from ground

• Pressure of mixture drops at surface and

more water “flashes” to steam

• Steam separated from water

• Steam drives a turbine

• Turbine drives an electric generator

• Generate between 5 and 100 MW

• Use 6 to 9 tonnes of steam per hour to

produce each MW of electrical power

Single Flash Steam Schematic


The steam is

condensed,

creating a

partial vacuum

and thereby

maximizing the

power

generated by

the turbine-

generator.

The steam is usually condensed either in a direct contact condenser, or a heat exchanger type condenser.

In a direct contact condenser the cooling water from the cooling tower is sprayed onto and mixes with the

steam. As an alternative to direct contact condensers shell and tube type condensers are sometimes used.

3. Binary Cycle Power Plants

• Low temps – 100o and 150oC

• Use heat to vaporize organic liquid – E.g., iso-butane, iso-pentane

• Use vapor to drive turbine – Causes vapor to condense

– Recycle continuously

• Typically 7~12% efficient

• 0.1 – 40 MW units common

http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ser/geo/geo.asp

Binary Cycle Schematic


>2000m

Binary Plant Power Output


4. Double Flash Power Plants

• Similar to single flash operation

• Unflashed liquid flows to low-pressure

tank – flashes to steam

• Steam drives a second-stage turbine

– Also uses exhaust from first turbine

• Increases output 20-25% for 5%

increase in plant costs

Double Flash Schematic


5. Combined Cycle Plants

• Combination of conventional steam turbine

technology and binary cycle technology

– Steam drives primary turbine

– Remaining heat used to create organic vapor

– Organic vapor drives a second turbine

• Plant sizes ranging between 10 to 100+ MW

• Significantly greater efficiencies

– Higher overall utilization

– Extract more power (heat) from geothermal

resource


6. Hot Dry Rock Technology

• Wells drilled 3-6 km into crust

– Hot crystalline rock formations

• Water pumped into formations

• Water flows through natural fissures picking up heat شقوق

• Hot water/steam returns to surface

• Steam used to generate power

http://www.ees4.lanl.gov/hdr/

Hot Dry Rock Technology

Fenton Hill plant http://www.ees4.lanl.gov/hdr/

Soultz Hot Fractured Rock


2-Well HDR System Parameters

• 2×106 m2 = 2 km2

• 2×108 m3 = 0.2 km3


Impedance: معاوقة لتيار كهربائي

Promise of HDR

• 1 km3 of hot rock has the energy content of 70,000 tons of coal – If cooled by 1 ºC

• Upper 10 km of crust in US has 600,000 times annual US energy (USGS)

• Between 19-138 GW power available at existing hydrothermal sites – Using enhanced technology


Direct Use Technologies

• Geothermal heat is used directly rather

than for power generation

• Extract heat from low temperature

geothermal resources

– < 150 oC

• Applications sited near source (<10 km)

• Using heat pump technology to utilize

geothermal heat for air conditioning and

refrigeration applications


Geothermal Heat Pump


Vertical Geothermal Loop

Video

Video

Ramallah example

Installation

Heat vs. Depth Profile


Geothermal District Heating


Southhampton geothermal district heating system technology schematic

Direct Heating Example


Technological Issues

• Geothermal fluids can be corrosive

– Contain gases such as hydrogen sulphide

– Corrosion

• Requires careful selection of materials

and diligent operating procedures

• Typical capacity factors of 85-95%


Technology vs. Temperature

Reservoir

Temperature

Reservoir

Fluid

Common

Use

Technology

commonly chosen

High Temperature

>220oC

Water or

Steam

Power Generation

Direct Use

• Flash Steam

• Combined (Flash

and Binary) Cycle

• Direct Fluid Use

• Heat Exchangers

• Heat Pumps

Intermediate

Temperature

100-220oC

Water Power Generation

Direct Use

• Binary Cycle


• Heat Exchangers

• Heat Pumps

Low Temperature

50-150oC

Water Direct Use


• Heat Exchangers


Geothermal Performance


Current Geothermal Projects

Environmental Implications

Environmental Impacts

• Land

– Vegetation loss

– Soil erosion

– Landslides

• Air

– Slight air heating

– Local fogging

• Ground

– Reservoir cooling

– Seismicity (tremors)

(الهزات)الزلزالية

• Water using water for drilling

purpose:

– Watershed impact

– Divert streams

using water from reservoir:

– Lower water table

– Subsidence هبوط

• Noise -- Disturbance to

animals & humans

• Benign overall

بشكل عام غير خطر

http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/energy/geothermal/assessment.htm

Renewable?

• Heat depleted as ground cools

• Not steady-state

– Earth’s core does not replenish/refill heat to crust

quickly enough

• Example:

-- The government of Iceland states It should be

stressed that the geothermal resource is not

strictly renewable in the same sense as the hydro

resource. It estimates that Iceland's geothermal

energy could provide 1700 MW for over 100

years, compared to the current production of

140 MW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal

Geothermal Calculator

A geothermal

calculator was

developed by

© Mazen

Abualtayef

and you can

find it here http://site.iugaza.edu.ps/mab

ualtayef/files/PV-calculator.xlsx

http://site.iugaza.edu.ps/mabualtayef/files/PV-calculator.xlsx




Economics of Geothermal

Cost Factors • Temperature and depth of resource: A shallow resource means minimum drilling costs. High temperatures

mean higher energy capacity

• Type of resource (steam, liquid, mix):

A dry steam resource is generally less expensive to develop as reinjection pipelines, separators and reinjection wells are not required

• Chemistry of resource: A resource with high salinity fluids, high silica concentrations, high gas

content, or acidic fluids can pose technical problems which may be costly to overcome

• Permeability of rock formations: A highly permeable resource means higher well productivity

• Size and technology of plant

• Infrastructure (roads, transmission lines)

http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/energy/geothermal/cost_factor.htm

Costs of Geothermal Energy

• Costs highly variable by site – Dependent on many cost factors

• High exploration costs

• High initial capital, low operating costs – Fuel is “free”

• Significant exploration & operating risk – Adds to overall capital costs

http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/energy/geothermal/

Cost of Water & Steam

Cost

(US $/ton

of steam)

Cost

(US ¢/ton

of hot water)

High temperature

(>150oC)

3.5-6.0

Medium

Temperature

(100-150oC)

3.0-4.5 20-40

Low Temperature

(<100oC)

10-20


Table Geothermal Steam and Hot Water Supply Cost where drilling is required

Cost of Geothermal Power

Unit Cost

(US ¢/kWh)

High Quality

Resource

Unit Cost

(US ¢/kWh)

Medium

Quality

Resource

Unit Cost

(US ¢/kWh)

Low Quality

Resource

Small plants

(<5 MW)

5.0-7.0 5.5-8.5 6.0-10.5

Medium

Plants

(5-30 MW)

4.0-6.0 4.5-7 Normally not

suitable

Large Plants

(>30 MW)

2.5-5.0 4.0-6.0 Normally not

suitable


Direct Capital Costs

Plant

Size

High Quality

Resource

Medium Quality

Resource

Low Quality

Resource

Small plants

(<5 MW)

Exploration : US$400-800

Steam field:US$100-200

Power Plant:US$1100-1300

Total: US$1600-2300




Total: US$1800-3000




Total:US$2000-3700

Med Plants

(5-30 MW)


Steamfield:US$200-US$500

Power Plant: US$850-1200

Total: US$1300-2100

Exploration: : US$250-600



Total: US$1600-2500

Normally not suitable

Large Plants

(>30 MW)

Exploration:: US$100-200



Total: US$1150-1750




Total: US$1350-2200

Normally not suitable

Direct Capital Costs (US $/kW installed capacity)


Indirect Costs

• Availability of skilled labor

• Infrastructure and access

• Political stability

• Indirect Costs

– Good: 5-10% of direct costs in developed countries

– Fair: 10-30% of direct costs

– Poor: 30-60% of direct costs in developing countries


Operating/Maintenance Costs

O&M Cost (US

c/KWh)

Small plants

(<5 MW)

O&M Cost (US

c/KWh)

Medium Plants

(5-30 MW)

O&M Cost (US

c/KWh)

Large

Plants(>30

MW)

Steam field 0.35-0.7 0.25-0.35 0.15-0.25

Power Plant 0.45-0.7 0.35-0.45 0.25-0.45

Total 0.8-1.4 0.6-0.8 0.4-0.7


Geothermal Installations

Examples

Geothermal Power Examples


Geothermal Power Generation

• World production of 8 GW

– 2.7 GW in US

• The Geysers (US) is world’s largest site

– Produces 2 GW

• Other attractive sites

– Rift region منطقة الصدع of Kenya, Iceland,

Italy, France, New Zealand, Mexico,

Nicaragua, Russia, Phillippines, Indonesia,

Japan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal

Geothermal Energy Plant

Geothermal energy plant in Iceland

http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/

Geothermal Well Testing

http://www.geothermex.com/es_resen.html

Geothermal well testing, Zunil, Guatemala

Heber Geothermal Power Station

http://www.ece.umr.edu/links/power/geotherm1.htm

52kW electrical generating capacity

Geysers Geothermal Plant

The Geysers is the largest producer of geothermal

power in the world.

http://www.ece.umr.edu/links/power/geotherm1.htm

Geyers Cost Effectiveness


Geothermal Summary

Geothermal Prospects

• Environmentally very attractive

• Attractive energy source in right locations

• Likely to remain an adjunct مساعد to other larger energy sources – Part of a portfolio of energy technologies

• Exploration risks and up-front capital costs remain a barrier

Next Week: BIOENERGY

Supplementary Slides

Extras

Geothermal Gradient


Geo/Hydrothermal Systems

http://www.freeenergynews.com/Directory/Geothermal/

Location of Resources


Ground Structures


Volcanic Geothermal System


Temperature Gradients


UK Geothermal Resources


Porosity vs. Hydraulic Conductivity


Performance vs. Rock Type


Deep Well Characteristics


Single Flash Plant Schematic


Binary Cycle Power Plant


Flash Steam Power Plant


Efficiency of Heat Pumps


Recent Developments

• Comparing statistical data for end-1996 (SER 1998) and the present Survey, it can be seen that there has been an increase in world geothermal power plant capacity (+9%) and utilisation (+23%) while direct heat systems show a 56% additional capacity, coupled with a somewhat lower rate of increase in their use (+32%).

• Geothermal power generation growth is continuing, but at a lower pace than in the previous decade, while direct heat uses show a strong increase compared to the past.

• Going into some detail, the six countries with the largest electric power capacity are: USA with 2 228 MWe is first, followed by Philippines (1 863 MWe); four countries (Mexico, Italy, Indonesia, Japan) had capacity (at end-1999) in the range of 550-750 MWe each. These six countries represent 86% of the world capacity and about the same percentage of the world output, amounting to around 45 000 GWhe.

• The strong decline in the USA in recent years, due to overexploitation of the giant Geysers steam field, has been partly compensated by important additions to capacity in several countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Italy, New Zealand, Iceland, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador. Newcomers in the electric power sector are Ethiopia (1998), Guatemala (1998) and Austria (2001). In total, 22 nations are generating geothermal electricity, in amounts sufficient to supply 15 million houses.

• Concerning direct heat uses, Table 12.1 shows that the three countries with the largest amount of installed power: USA (5 366 MWt), China (2 814 MWt) and Iceland (1 469 MWt) cover 58% of the world capacity, which has reached 16 649 MWt, enough to provide heat for over 3 million houses. Out of about 60 countries with direct heat plants, beside the three above-mentioned nations, Turkey, several European countries, Canada, Japan and New Zealand have sizeable capacity.

• With regard to direct use applications, a large increase in the number of GHP installations for space heating (presently estimated to exceed 500 000) has put this category in first place in terms of global capacity and third in terms of output. Other geothermal space heating systems are second in capacity but first in output. Third in capacity (but second in output) are spa uses followed by greenhouse heating. Other applications include fish farm heating and industrial process heat. The outstanding rise in world direct use capacity since 1996 is due to the more than two-fold increase in North America and a 45% addition in Asia. Europe also has substantial direct uses but has remained fairly stable: reductions in some countries being compensated by progress in others.

• Concerning R&D, the HDR project at Soultz-sous-Forêts near the French-German border has progressed significantly. Besides the ongoing Hijiori site in Japan, another HDR test has just started in Switzerland (Otterbach near Basel).

• The total world use of geothermal power is giving a contribution both to energy saving (around 26 million tons of oil per year) and to CO2 emission reduction (80 million tons/year if compared with equivalent oil-fuelled production).


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