Re:You can have geothermal power everywhere if you drill dee...
by re6fae5Wied5tha on Saturday February 26, 2022 @04:37AM
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There's no reason to drill for this, and 6 miles down at 1000C presets less than ideal operating conditions for a turbine.
Any peak over about 2000ft should be sufficient for an atmospheric water generation plant to produce enough water for a down hill hydroelectric plant to power the atmospheric water generation plant with single digit ambient RH, and much lower elevations can be used in high RH climes.
I would recommend orienting collectors to the windward side to exploit the local humidity gain, in lower RH climes.
One of my projects is actually a water condensation, hydroelectric and gas liquefaction combined cycle plant.
That said, bores in areas with deep ground water do present an interesting opportunity for pumped storage, with the caveat that the turbomachinery is back in the bore hole and that's a really inconvenient place to fix it when it breaks.
Any peak over about 2000ft should be sufficient for an atmospheric water generation plant to produce enough water for a down hill hydroelectric plant to power the atmospheric water generation plant with single digit ambient RH, and much lower elevations can be used in high RH climes.
I would recommend orienting collectors to the windward side to exploit the local humidity gain, in lower RH climes.
One of my projects is actually a water condensation, hydroelectric and gas liquefaction combined cycle plant.
That said, bores in areas with deep ground water do present an interesting opportunity for pumped storage, with the caveat that the turbomachinery is back in the bore hole and that's a really inconvenient place to fix it when it breaks.