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Tutorial Geothermal Energy Tasks
Tutorial Geothermal Energy Tasks
Renewable Energies
Exercise
Geothermal Energy
Task 1:
The temperature at the bottom of a 985 m deep well is 60.3°C. The well is
situated in an area with an average surface temperature of 8°C.
Task 1.1: What is the geothermal gradient in this area? (in °C/100m)
Task 1.2: Compare the calculated gradient to the earth‘s average gradient.
Heat-pump
Heat-pump
Task 2.1: Calculate the in- and output temperature and thermal power of the heat exchangers.
Task 2.2: How much heat is exchanged in the evaporator of the heat pump? How much electricity
is needed to provide the heat output in the condenser of the heat pump? Calculate the
coefficient of performance.
Renewables Energies Exercise: Geothermal Energy 5
3 Geothermal Power Generation
Task 3: There is a geothermal ORC power plant with the following specifications:
• Thermal water mass flow 22.66 kg/s, thigh=160°C, tlow=120°C
• Working fluid R114, maximum pressure 20 bar
• Condenser tcon=35°C, pcon=2.94 bar
• Minimum driving temperature in heat exchangers 15 K
• Mechanical and electrical efficiency of generator and pump ηm= 0.93, ηel= 0.95
• Thermal losses in condenser and heat exchanger can be neglected
Task 3.4: Working fluid is changed to water. If the temperature at the condensor stays the same,
the process will change significantly. Explain the differences using the t-s diagrams shown.
R114 Water
Temperature t
Temperature t
Entropy s Entropy s