INVESTMENT AND OPERATING COSTS OF BINARY

CYCLE GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS

ATIKAH PURWANTARI
1707165473

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF RIAU
2018
 WELCOME!
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Thank you for coming today!

The purpose of this presentation is to present typical investment and operating costs for
geothermal power plants employing binary cycle technology and utilizing the heat energy
in liquid-dominated reservoirs. These costs are developed as a function of reservoir
temperature.

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 BACKGROUND…

Interest in the production of electric power

from geothermal resources is increasing
exponentially. It appears that binary cycle
plants will be used extensively to produce
power from hot water reservoirs.

Source : https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=71639
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 HISTORICAL PHOTO
LARDERELLO GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT
OF
Source: Bertani,Ruggero “Prespective
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for Geothermal Energy in Europe”
 THE BINARY
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CYCLE

The industry seems to have firmly adopted the term "binary cycle", although the term
"organic Rankine cycle” is more explicit, since it is exactly what it is. The working fluid is
heated and vaporized by exchange with the hot water, expanded in a turbine, condensed
to a liquid-with a cooling medium and pumped to the exchanger, thereby completing the
cycle.
Source :https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750012783.pdf
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3 PILLARS ECONOMICS
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1 2 3

CAPITAL COST OPTIMIZATION OPERATING COSTS

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 CAPITAL COST
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2020 2010
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

The relationship between reservoir temperature and capital cost is illustrated

graphically in the upper curve of the grafik for a 50 MW installation. 250°F the capital
cost is about $475/kW, declining to $250/kW at a 500°F reservoir temperature.

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 OPTIMIZATION
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1
3
Selection of Working Fluid 2 Selection of Condensing
5
Temperature
4
Selection of Turbine Inlet Selection of Heat Exchangers
Pressure & Temperature & Condensers

Selection of
Turbine

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 OPERATING COSTS
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GENERAL &
ADMINISTRATIVE
INCOME TAXES DEPRECIATION MATERIALS

2 4 6

1 3 5 7
CAPITAL RETURN & PROPERTY TAXES INSURANCE MAINTENANCE
INTEREST LABOR &
MATERIALS

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The data presented herein indicate what a utility might afford to pay for energy under
various assumed conditions. Such payment would provide the developer with an
adequate return on his investment.

This presentation is intended to provide useful economic guidelines to government,

utilities, developers, and others. Each group can apply its own method of economic
analysis to prepare similar estimates.

CONCLUSION
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The material source : Holt,Jhon Brugman. “Investment and Operating Costs of

Binary
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