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English: Diagram showing how electricity is generated in a vapor-dominated hydrothermal system. Steam is used directly from the wells to drive a turbine generator. Wastewater from the condenser is injected back into the subsurface to help extend the useful life of the hydrothermal system.

Key:

  1. Wellheads
  2. Ground surface
  3. Generator
  4. Turbine
  5. Condenser
  6. Heat exchanger
  7. Pump
 
Hot water
 
Cold water
 
Isobutane vapor
 
Isobutane liquid
Date
Source USGS Circular #1249, 2004, p11
Author Wendell A. Duffield, John H. Sass

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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