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Performance evaluation of Ormat unit at Wabuska, Nevada. Final report
Abstract
Three nominal 24 hour tests under summer, winter and spring weather conditions, were run on an Ormat geothermal binary power generation machine. The machine, located at TAD's Enterprises in Wabuska, Nevada is supplied with approximately 830 gpm of geothermal water at 221/sup 0/F and has two spray cooling ponds. During the tests, temperature, pressure, and flows of geothermal water, freon, cooling water and instantaneous electrical production were recorded hourly. At least once during each test, energy consumption of the well pump, freon feed pump and cooling water pumps were made. Power output of the machine is limited by spray pond capacity. Net output ranged from 410.2 kW during summer conditions when cooling water was 65/sup 0/F to 610.4 kW during winter conditions when cooling water was 55/sup 0/F. Net resource utilization ranged from 1.005 Whr/lb during the summer test to 1.55 Whr/lb during the winter test. Spray pond performance averaged 63% for the fall and winter tests. Availability of the Ormat unit itself during the eight month test period was generally good, averaging 95.5%. Overall system availability, including well pumps, cooling system and electric grid was somewhat less - averaging 83%.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oregon Inst. of Tech., Klamath Falls (USA). Geo-Heat Center
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5188494
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/R0/00077-T1
ON: DE87001438
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG07-79R000077
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; BINARY-FLUID SYSTEMS; COOLING PONDS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SYSTEMS; PONDS; POWER PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; TESTING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WATER RESERVOIRS; Geothermal Legacy
Citation Formats
Culver, G. Performance evaluation of Ormat unit at Wabuska, Nevada. Final report. United States: N. p., 1986.
Web. doi:10.2172/5188494.
Culver, G. Performance evaluation of Ormat unit at Wabuska, Nevada. Final report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5188494
Culver, G. 1986.
"Performance evaluation of Ormat unit at Wabuska, Nevada. Final report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5188494. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5188494.
@article{osti_5188494,
title = {Performance evaluation of Ormat unit at Wabuska, Nevada. Final report},
author = {Culver, G},
abstractNote = {Three nominal 24 hour tests under summer, winter and spring weather conditions, were run on an Ormat geothermal binary power generation machine. The machine, located at TAD's Enterprises in Wabuska, Nevada is supplied with approximately 830 gpm of geothermal water at 221/sup 0/F and has two spray cooling ponds. During the tests, temperature, pressure, and flows of geothermal water, freon, cooling water and instantaneous electrical production were recorded hourly. At least once during each test, energy consumption of the well pump, freon feed pump and cooling water pumps were made. Power output of the machine is limited by spray pond capacity. Net output ranged from 410.2 kW during summer conditions when cooling water was 65/sup 0/F to 610.4 kW during winter conditions when cooling water was 55/sup 0/F. Net resource utilization ranged from 1.005 Whr/lb during the summer test to 1.55 Whr/lb during the winter test. Spray pond performance averaged 63% for the fall and winter tests. Availability of the Ormat unit itself during the eight month test period was generally good, averaging 95.5%. Overall system availability, including well pumps, cooling system and electric grid was somewhat less - averaging 83%.},
doi = {10.2172/5188494},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5188494},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986},
month = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986}
}