Geothermal powerplants
Unfortunately Mount Hibok-Hibok doesn't have any Geothermal Powerplant.But don't worry we will help you DISCOVER how Geothermal Powerplants work .
Dry steam
The first is the dry steam power plant which is used to generate power directly from the steam generated inside the earth.
In this case, we do not need additional heating boilers and boiler fuel, as steam or water vapour fill the wells through rock catcher and directly rotates the turbine, which activates a generator to produce electricity.
This type of power plant is not common since natural hydrothermal reservoirs dry steam are very rare.
Binary cycle
This type of plant uses high temperature geothermal water to heat another fluid which has a lower boiling point than water.
This fluid vaporizes to steam, drives the turbines, then condenses to liquid to begin the cycle again.
The water, which never comes into direct contact with the working fluid, is then injected back into the ground to be reheated. Since the most resources are with lower temperature the binary steam power plants are more common.
Flash steam
The most common type of geothermal power plant, flash steam plants use waters at temperatures greater than 360F.
As this hot water flows up through wells in the ground, it is collected in a flash tank where drop in pressure causes the liquid to boil into steam.
The steam is separated from the liquid which is then used to run turbines which in turn generate power. The condensed steam is returned to the reservoir.
Geothermal power plants
are similar to other steam turbine thermal power stations – heat from a fuel source (in geothermal's case, the earth's core) is used to heat water or another working fluid. The working fluid is then used to turn a turbine of a generator, thereby producing electricity.