A modularised thermophysical property model for capturing single- and two-phase geothermal fluids of arbitrary composition (dissolved minerals and gases) has been developed, using amongst others Reaktoro, CoolProp and ThermoFun as the underlying partitioning and property estimation engines. The resultant model has been validated against some of the incompressible binary fluids implemented within CoolProp as well as field experimental data. Case studies are presented highlighting the importance of accurate thermophysical properties for the design of geothermal ORC power plants.

Investigating the design of ORC heat introduction for single and two phase geofluid such as brines with or without non-condensable gases

Tristan Merbecks;Paola Bombarda;Paolo Silva;Dario Alfani
2022-01-01

Abstract

A modularised thermophysical property model for capturing single- and two-phase geothermal fluids of arbitrary composition (dissolved minerals and gases) has been developed, using amongst others Reaktoro, CoolProp and ThermoFun as the underlying partitioning and property estimation engines. The resultant model has been validated against some of the incompressible binary fluids implemented within CoolProp as well as field experimental data. Case studies are presented highlighting the importance of accurate thermophysical properties for the design of geothermal ORC power plants.
2022
Proceedings of the European Geothermal Congress 2022
978-2-9601946-2-3
geothermal, organic Rankine cycle, brine modelling, optimisation
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