Literature & links
EGP Literature
View and listen to KUTh Energy's presentation to the Sydney Mining Club on 7 June 2007. (streaming version of PowerPoint presentation)
Visit the SMC website to view other presentations by Geodynamics and Petratherm on 7 June 2007.
A paper by Dr Roger Lewis summarises the data and possibilities of Geothermal Energy Prospects for Tasmania (Current in 2006). (pdf, 4.7MB).
A paper The Future of Geothermal Energy prepared by an 18 member panel led by MIT and sponsored by the US Department of Energy takes a new look at geothermal energy (pdf, 14.1MB - slow download from US site).
A short description of KUTh's current activities is provided in a PDF flyer (pdf, 148KB).
Links
- ANU Hot Rocks
- DME (Queensland)
- MRT (Tasmania)
- PIRSA (South Australia)
- Geoscience Australia
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Geo-Heat Centre
- International Geothermal Association
- REGA (Renewable Energy Generators of Australia)
- GeoPowering the West
Power conversion
An introduction to geothermal power conversion with emphasis on traditional high temperature sources as distinct from EGP. (pdf, 1MB on external website)
Direct Use
A significant use of energy is heating and cooling buildings and providing of hot water. In some regions such uses amount to up to 40% of electrical energy consumption. Lower temperature geothermal resources or the used fluids from power generation are suitable for 'Direct Use' applications in heating, cooling and industrial processes. This illustration shows temperatures required for various applications.
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Part of a binary plant - Wairakei B NewZealand. This plant extracts energy from the relatively low temperature spent fluids from a high temperature generating plant (Wairakei A).