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Geothermal Energy, Nature, Use, and Expectations

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Base-load demand:

Continuous demand for electricity. Power generation plants with high capacity factors combine as a practical source of continuous base-load electricity supplies

Capacity factor:

The energy generated in a span of time divided by the maximum energy that could have been generated at full (name plate) power of the plant during that period of time, most often expressed as a percentage of 1 year of plant operation. The maximum amount of power a plant can generate is its name plate capacity

Conduction-dominated systems:

Earth systems of heat transfer in which heat flow is principally via the contact of rocks (and pore- and fracture-filling fluids and gasses in rocks) with a capacity to transfer thermal energy from higher to lower temperature conditions. Nonvolcanic (amagmatic) geothermal systems tend to become conduction-dominated systems

Convection-dominated systems:

Earth systems of heat transfer in which heat flow is principally via flow of fluids and molten rock...

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank their international colleagues who have contributed so much of their professional lives and time to provide improved understanding of geothermal systems. We are especially grateful to Graeme Beardsmore, David Blackwell, Lucien Bronicki, Trevor Demayo, Ronald DiPippo, Roland Horne, Arthur Lee, David Newell, Subir Sanyal, Ken Williamson, and Doone Wyborn.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Cornell Energy Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Maciej Lukawski & Jefferson W. Tester

  2. Energy Resources Division, South Australian State Government, Adelaide, Australia

    Betina Bendall & Barry Goldstein

  3. Energias Alternas, Estudios y Proyectos, Cuemavaca, Mexico

    Gerardo Hiriart

  4. Mexican Geothermal Association, Morelia City, Mexico

    Luis Gutierrez-Negrin

  5. Enel Green Power North America, Pisa, Italy

    Ruggero Bertani

  6. GNS Science, Wairakei Research Centre, Taupo, New Zealand

    Christopher Bromley & Mike Mongillo

  7. GFZ-Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Ernst Huenges

  8. Iceland GeoSurvey, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Arni Ragnarsson

  9. Emeritus Director, Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR, USA

    John W. Lund

  10. Geowatt AG, Zürich, Switzerland

    Ladislaus Rybach

  11. Research-Production Centre for Geology, Minsk, Belarus

    Vladimir Zui

  12. Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

    Hirofumi Muraoka

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Lukawski, M. et al. (2018). Geothermal Energy, Nature, Use, and Expectations. In: Bronicki, L. (eds) Power Stations Using Locally Available Energy Sources. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7510-5_309

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