GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Flashcards
Geo - Earth, Thermal - Heat
Natural Heat of the Earth
Source of Heat
?Heat flows outwar from Earth’s Interior
?the crust insulates us from the interior Hear
?Mantle is Semi Molten
?Outer Core is liquid and Inner Core is Solid
Regions where geothermal system is situated
Volcanic Regions
Heat source
Magma intruded to shallow levels (<6 KM) in the crust in the Recent Past (<100K years)
Reservoir Characteristics
?Fractured Rocks (3-10km)
?Permeable and Porous
?Needs water to sustain Convection and ?Produce Steam
Seal / Cap Rock
Impermeabl or Semi-Permeable
Elemets of a Geothermal System
1) Water - Sufficient to effect Convection needs recharge
2) Cap Rock - Impermeable Rock Formation
3) Reservoir - Permeable and Porous Rocks neutral kasi nagreact na sa wall rocks, if directly above the magma acidic
4) Heat Source - Shallow levels (<6km) in the recent (<100,000 yrs) past
Geysers
Alternating eruption and quiessence of Water due to heating and pressure
Silica Sinter Terrace
Form in neutral areas, deposits from the boiling water, mountains of silica terraces
Blue Water - Neutral
Fumaroles
Steam Vents
Hot Spring
Hot Boiling Waters
Thermal Area/ Steaming Ground
May usok lang
Mud Pool
bubbling of mud
Algal Mat
Emerald Green Waters due to algae with Gold at the side due to oxidation
Travertine
Form if limestone deposited by Mineral Springs
Edge of the reservoir
Hot pool
Blue water due to nuetrality
Solfatara
Steam Vents with significant Sulfur Deposition fumarole rich in Sulfur
Saffioni
Fumaroles with high Boric Acid
Kaipohan
Cold Gas emission w/ intense argillic alteration
?A place in Valencia Negros Oriental
?Trees are dead
Enthalpy
Total Heat content of a system
Critical Pt of Water
374 deg C
Classes of Geothermal Systems are based on
Entalphy (Heat Content) and
Pressure
Classes 1 -4
Low Entalphy
All Liquids
Class 5-6
Twophased
High Entalphy
Class
Reservoir Temp
Non Electrical Grade
<100 deg cel
Very Low Temp
100-150 deg cel
Low Temp
150-190 deg cel
Moderate Temp
190-230 ded cel
High Temp
230-300 deg cel
Very High Temp
> 300 deg cel
Steam Field
240 deg C
Usual Geothermal Fields in the Philippines
High Class 5
Highest Temp Geothermal observed
S.Vito (Campi Flegrei Campania) (400 deg)
Steam or Dry Geothermal
Larderello
M.Amiata (Italy)
Geysers California , Matsukawa Japan
Kawah Kamojan Indonesia
Very First Geothermal installed
Itality Larderello 1904
What pushed countries to use geothermal?
1973 Oil Crisis
As of 2017, how many countries use Geothermal?
24
Top 3 Countries in terms of installed capacity as of 2019
1) US
2) Indonesia
3) Philippines
1 Gigawat Country Club
1) US
2) Indonesia
3) Philippines
4) turkey
5) New Zealand
Largest Geothermal Fields
The Geysers, USA
Leyte/Tongonan PH
Cerro Prieto Mex
Larderello ITA
Mak-Ban Phi 458 Mw
Salak-Awibengkok INA
Darajat, INA
Salton Sea USA
Tiwi, PHI
Coso, USA
Wairakei, NZ
First Well in Tinglayan, Kalinga
Drilled by Apec
Father of Philippine Geothermal
Dr. Arturo P. Alacaraz
Date when a electric bulb was lit up by geothermal energy for the first time through a working model set up by Dr. Alcaraz
400 Feet into a ground
2.5 KW turbo Generator
April 12, 1967
Where is the first Geothermal PP discovered
Cale, Tiwi Albay
Philippine Geothermal Law
RA 5092 Geothermal Law (1967)