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Seminar Report
On
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Submitted
In partial fulfilment
For the award of the Degree of
Bachelor of Technology
In
Electrical Engineering
Session [2016-17]

Submitted To: Submitted By:

Mr. JITENDRA SHARMA DILKHUSH MEENA
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT ROLL NO- 13EJJEE020

RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, KOTA

Department of Electrical Engineering
JAIPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR

RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, KOTA

 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
JAIPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYGROUP OF
INSTITUTION
Near Mahindra SEZ Kalwara, Ajmer Road, Jaipur (Raj)-302037

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CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Seminar titled GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

submitted by Mr. DILKHUSH MEENA (13EJJEE020) in partial fulfillment

for the award of degree of Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering

has been found satisfactory and is approved for submission.

Mr. ANKIT SHARMA Mr. JITENDRA SHARMA

(ASSISTANT PROFESSER) (HEAD OF DEPARTMENT)
 Acknowledgement

I take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude towards the Department of Electrical
Engineering JAIPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR that gave me an
opportunity for presentation of my seminar in their esteemed organization.

It is a privilege for me to have been associated with Assistant Professor Mr. ANKIT
SHARMA, my guide to work on this seminar report as titled GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY. I have been greatly benefited by his valuable suggestion and ideas. It is with
great pleasure that I express my deep sense of gratitude to his for his valuable guidance,
constant encouragement and patience throughout this work.

I express my gratitude to Mr. JITENDRA SHARMA, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT for his

constant encouragement, co-operation and support and also thankful to all people who have
controlled in their own way in making this seminar success.

Under these responsible and talented personalities I was efficiently able to complete my
seminar in time with success.
.

DILKHUSH MEENA
B.TECH 4th YEAR 8th SEM
ROLL NO-13EJJEE020
 LIST OF FIGURE

FIGURE NO. FIGURE NAME PAGE NO.

1.1 Geothermal Zone 01

1.2 Total Installed Capacity in 2007 02

2.1 Reservoir 04

3.1 Green House Effect 05

3.2 Geothermal Swimming Pool 06

3.3 Electricity Production 06

3.4 Heat Pumps 07

3.5 Heating Uses 08

4.1 Uses Heat to Produce Steam 09

4.2 Dry Steam Power Plant 10

4.3 Flash Steam Power Plant 11

4.4 Binary Power Plant 12

5.1 Geothermal Energy in INDIA 16

5.2 Cost, Price and Challenge 18

6.1 Geothermal Sources 22

7.1 Geothermal Preheat Hybrid System 23

7.2 A Fossil Super Heat Hybrid System 24

 CONTENTS

CERTIFICATE FROM DEPARTMENT

Acknowledgements I
List of Figures.... II

S. NO. CHAPTER PAGE NO.

1. Introduction... 01-03
1.1 Introduction.... 01
1.2 Present Status..... 03
2. Geothermal Reservoirs... 04-05
2.1 What is Reservoir... 04
2.1.1 High Temperature... 04
2.1.2 Middle Temperature.... 04
2.1.3 Low Temperature.... 04
2.1.4 Very Low Temperature .. 05

3. Geothermal Energy.... 06-09

3.1 Overview 06
3.2 The Direct Use Resource... 06
3.3 Accessing the Resource..... 06
3.4 Industrial and Commercial Uses 07
3.5 Geothermal Electricity production. 07
3.5.1 Dry Steam Power Plant.. 07
3.5.2 Flash Steam Power Plant .. 08
3.5.3 Binary Cycle Power Plant. 08
3.6 Geothermal Heat Pumps.. 08
3.7 Heating Uses.. 09

4. Types of Geothermal Plant... 10-15

4.1 Geothermal Power Plant. 10
4.2 Dry Steam Power Plant... 10
4.3 Flash Steam Power Plant. 11
 4.4 Binary Steam power Plant... 12
4.5 Site Selection of Geothermal Plant.. 13
4.5.1 Slope 13
4.5.2 Rivers.. 14
4.5.3 Faults... 14
4.5.4 Socioeconomically Data Set14
4.5.5 Population Center 15
4.5.6 Access Road.15
4.5.7 Hot Springs.. 15

5. Geothermal Energy in INDIA. 16-20

5.1 Overview... 16
5.2 Current Project.. 17
5.3 Cost, Price and Challenge. 18
5.3.1 Drilling. 19
5.3.2 Transmission..19
5.3.3 Barriers..20
5.4 Geothermal Companies. 20
5.5 RD & D Priorities...20

6. Geothermal Sources.. 21-22

6.1 Hydro Thermal Sources .... 21
6.2 Geo pressured Sources... 21
6.3 Hot Dry Rocks.21
6.4 Magma Sources.. 22
6.5 Volcanoes22

7. Hybrid Geothermal Fossil Systems...... 23-24

7.1 Geothermal Preheat Hybrid System.. 23
7.2 Fossil Super Heat Hybrid System. 24

8. Resource Potential... 25-27

8.1 Introduction..... 25
8.2 Global Technical Potential...... 25

9. Environment and Social Impacts.. 28-30

9.1 Introduction.... 28
9.2 Direct Green House Gas Emissions... 28
9.3 Lifecycle Assessment. 29
9.4 Local Environmental Impacts 30

10. Global and Regional Status of market and Industry Development 31-32
10.1 Status of Geothermal Electricity from Conventional Geothermal
Resources... 31
10.2 Status of EGS 32
11. Advantages and Disadvantages.. 33-34
11.1 Advantage 33
11.2 Disadvantage.... 33
11.3 Limitations... 33
11.3.1 Not Wise Spread Source of Energy...33
11.3.2 High Installation Costs..33
11.3.3 Can Run Out of Steam. 34
11.3.4 Suited to Particular Region.. 34
11.3.5 May Release Harmful Gases... 34
11.3.6 Transportation...34

CONCLUSION 35

REFERENCES 36