TY - BOOK AU - Dipippo, Ronald TI - Geothermal Power Plants: Principles, Allocation, Case Studies and Environmental Impact SN - 9780750686204 U1 - 621.31213 PY - 2008/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Elsevier Academic Press KW - Civil Engineering N1 - Part - 1: Resource Identification and Development Geology of Geothermal Regions Exploration Strategies and Techniques Geothermal Well Drilling Reservoir Engineering Part - 2: Geothermal Power Generating Systems Single-Flash Steam Power Plants Double - Flash Steam Power Plants Dry-Steam Power Plants Binary Cycle Power Plants Advanced Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems Exergy Analysis Applied to Geothermal Power Systems Part - 3: Geothermal Power Plant Case Studies Larderello Dry-Steam Power Plants, Tuscany, Italy The Geysers Dry-Steam Power Plants, Sonoma and Lake Countries, California U.S.A. Cerro Prieto Power Station, Baja California Norte, Mexico Hatchobaru Power Station, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan Mutnovsky Flash-Steam Power Plant, Kamchakta Peninsula, Russia Miravalles Power Station, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica Heber Binary Plants, Imperial Valley, California, USA Magmamax Binary Power Plant, East Mesa, Imperial Valley California, USA Environmental Impact of Geothermal Power Plants Appendix - A: Worldwide State of Geothermal Power Plant Development as of May 2007 Appendix - B: Units Conversions Appendix - C: Energy Equivalents Appendix - D: Elements of Thermodynamics Appendix - E: Answers to Selected Practice Problems Appendix - F: Supplementary Problems Answers to Selected Supplementary Problems ER -