Standard Guide for Specifying Thermal Performance of Geothermal Power Systems

Importancia y uso:

2.1 Thermal efficiency and heat rate are frequently utilized to evaluate the thermodynamic quality of fossil fuel-fired power plants.2 Evaluation of geothermal systems using similar definitions of thermal efficiency and heat rate is inappropriate, except for plants which operate on a cycle, such as binary plants. A utilization efficiency, defined as the ratio of net work output to the ideal work available from the geofluid, provides a more equitable basis for evaluation of the thermodynamic excellence of geothermal systems.

Subcomité:

E44.15

Volúmen:

12.02

Número ICS:

07.060 (Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology), 27.100 (Power stations in general)

Palabras clave:

geothermal energy; geothermal energy conversion; geothermal power generation; geothermal power systems; power plant performance; thermal cycle ;