The possibility of producing electricity using thermal water extracted in Poland
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https://doi.org/10.36119/15.2024.11.1Keywords:
geothermal, thermal water, geothermal power plant, binary power plant, ORC, Kalina cycleAbstract
The paper presents solutions for the production of electricity using thermal water. The temperature and efficiency of thermal water used in binary power plants operating worldwide are presented. These are binary power plants in which thermal water of the lowest temperature is used. In Poland, the thermal water flowing out of the Konin GT-1 borehole has the highest temperature of 92oC. This is too low a temperature to be used for direct power generation using a steam turbine. The temperature of the water flowing out of the Konin GT-1 well was compared with that of the thermal water used in operating binary power plants. On this basis, it can be concluded that in Poland, in the light of the current knowledge of the possibilities of obtaining thermal water, there is no economic justification for the construction of binary power plants and the indirect production of electricity using thermal water.
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