GEOTHERMAL

ENERGY

Q3:MODULE 3
Learning Objectives:
identify the volcanoes in the Philippines which
are sources of geothermal energy and

explain the mechanism of geothermal energy.

 
WHAT I
KNOW?
1. What is another name for Earth’s
internal heat?

A. Core energy
B. Volcanic energy
C. Geothermal energy
D. Magmatic energy
1. What is another name for Earth’s
internal heat?

A. Core Energy
B. Volcanic Energy
C. Geothermal Energy
D. Magmatic Energy
2. Which of the following is not the surface
manifestation of geothermal system?

A. Hot Springs
B. Mud Volcanoes
C. Geysers
D. Geothermal Fluid
2. Which of the following is not the surface
manifestation of geothermal system?

A. Hot Springs
B. Mud Volcanoes
C. Geysers
D. Geothermal Fluid
 3. What do you call to the geothermal element that usually
occur in the form of water or meteoric water which can be
liquid or steam depending on the temperature and pressure
conditions?

A. Geothermal Fluid
B. Reservoir
C. Fumes
D. Heat Source
 3. What do you call to the geothermal element that usually
occur in the form of water or meteoric water which can be
liquid or steam depending on the temperature and pressure
conditions?

A. Geothermal Fluid
B. Reservoir
C. Fumes
D. Heat Source
4. What potentially active volcano in the province of
Albay and part of Camarines Sur that known for
geothermal source in the Philippines since 1971?

A.Mt. Mayon
B.Mt. Malinao
C.Mt Isarog
D.Mt. Bacon
4. What potentially active volcano in the province of
Albay and part of Camarines Sur that known for
geothermal source in the Philippines since 1971?

A.Mt. Mayon
B.Mt. Malinao
C.Mt Isarog
D.Mt. Bacon
5. Which of the following volcano supplies the
geothermal energy to the Mak-Ban Geothermal
Powerplant?

A.Mt. Kanlaon
B.Mt. Makiling
C.D. Mt. Pinatubo
D.D. Mt. Batulao
5. Which of the following volcano supplies the
geothermal energy to the Mak-Ban Geothermal
Powerplant?

A.Mt. Kanlaon
B.Mt. Makiling
C.Mt. Pinatubo
D.Mt. Batulao
Did you know?
• A home to more than a
hundred volcanoes and energy
has been tapped from them.
Did you know?
• According to the Department of
Energy, 14.4% of the country’s
total power generation is
produced from geothermal energy.
Geothermal Energy
• Comes from the word “geo”
which means Earth and
“therme” which means heat.
Geothermal Energy
• It is the energy from Earth’s heat.
• In the context of society, it refers to
the portion of this heat that is
available for human exploitation.
The map show the distribution
of geothermal service contract
area in the Philippines
( Source: Department of
Energy)
 MT. MAKILING MT. LABO

MT. MALINAO
MT KANLAON

Pocdol Mountain

MT TALINIS
MT. BAO

MOUNT CABALIAN
MT. APO

https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/vault/images/volcano/volcanoes-of-the-philippines-updated2016_png.png)
Geothermal System 
• is a natural heat transfer within a
confined volume of the Earth's
crust where heat is transported
from a heat source to a heat sink,
usually the free surface.
Geothermal System 
• Surface manifestations of this
process may be hot springs,
geysers, and mud volcanoes.
There are three main elements of
Geothermal Energy.

•HEAT SOURCE- which can

be in the form of magmatic
intrusion
 There are Three Main Elements of
Geothermal Energy.

•RESERVOIR- which refers to the

layers of permeable rock capped by
impermeable rock but is connected
to a surficial recharge area
 There are Three Main Elements of
Geothermal Energy.

•GEOTHERMAL FLUID- usually
occurs in the form of water or meteoric
water which can be liquid or steam
depending on the temperature and
pressure conditions.
• The mechanism underlying geothermal
systems is by and large governed by Fluid
convection.
• The mechanism in the case of an
intermediate temperature hydrothermal
system.
• Convection occurs because of the heating
and consequent thermal expansion of fluids
in a gravity field; heat, which is supplied at
the base of the circulation system, is the
energy that drives the system.
• Heated fluid of lower density tends to rise
and to be replaced by colder fluid of high
density, coming from the margins of the
system. Convection, by its nature, tends to
increase temperatures in the upper part of a
system as temperatures in the lower part
decrease.
References:
1. https://www.geothermal-energy.org/pdf/IGAstandard/WGC/2005/0143.pdf
2. https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/vault/images/volcano/volcanoes-of-the-philippines-updat
ed2016_png.png
3. https://www.bappenas.go.id/files/9214/7547/2828/Geothermal_Handbook_Indonesia.pdf
4. Science Direct Geothermal System Sadiq J. Zarrouk, Katie McLean, in 
Geothermal Well Test Analysis, 2019
5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/geothermal-system
6. INFORSE - International Network for Sustainable Energy
https://www.inforse.org/europe/dieret/Geothermal/geotermal.html