Download or read book Feasibility of Geothermal Direct Use Applications in San Bernardino California written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report analyzes the feasibility of geothermal direct uses applications in San Bernardino, California. It concludes that a demonstration geothermal district heating system is techincally and economically feasible. A geothermal resource is available with measured temperature of 130-134°F, flow rates from individual wells of up to 4,500 gallons per minute, and les than 300 milligrams per liter of dissolved minerals. The phase I distribution system could supply 28 potential public and private sector customers with 3,500 gallons per minute of the resource to replace 1,276, 000 therms of natural gas annually. Water heating bills using geothermal energy would be 44 percent less than for natural gas, allowing most private sector users to recover their retrofit costs within three to five years. Ownership and operation of the geothermal district system would be one of the utility functions of the San Bernardino Municipal Water Department. The district heating system can be constructed and operated using proven technology and off-the-shelf components. The financial impediment to development has been overcome by a legislatively authorized grant/loan of $2,750,000 from the California Energy Commission to be repaid with interest from system revenues within ten years.
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Download or read book Feasibility of Geothermal Direct Use Applications in San Bernardino California written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A demonstration geothermal district heating system in San Bernardino, California, is technically and economically feasible. The findings in this report are as follows: the geothermal resource is available; a market for the energy exists; an established municipal utility is present to own and operate the systems; and no technological, institutional, or environmental obstacles exist.
Download or read book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Feasibility of Geothermal Heat Use in the San Bernardino Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Final Report September 1980 June 1981 written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A system was developed for utilizing nearby low temperature geothermal energy to heat two high-rate primary anaerobic digesters at the San Bernardino Wastewater Treatment Plant. The geothermal fluid would replace the methane currently burned to fuel the digesters. A summary of the work accomplished on the feasibility study is presented. The design and operation of the facility are examined and potentially viable applications selected for additional study. Results of these investigations and system descriptions and equipment specifications for utilizing geothermal energy in the selected processes are presented. The economic analyses conducted on the six engineering design cases are discussed. The environmental setting of the project and an analysis of the environmental impacts that will result from construction and operation of the geothermal heating system are discussed. A Resource Development Plan describes the steps that the San Bernardino Municipal Water Department could follow in order to utilize the resource. A preliminary well program and rough cost estimates for the production and injection wells also are included. The Water Department is provided with a program and schedule for implementing a geothermal system to serve the wastewater treatment plant. Regulatory, financial, and legal issues that will impact the project are presented in the Appendix. An outline of a Public Awareness Program is included.
Download or read book Geothermal Development Program written by California Energy Commission and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California Energy Commission's (CEC) Geothermal Program has, in the past, focused on electrical generation. Recently the Program has begun a transition from power generation towards commercialization of nonelectric, direct use applications. This procession was influenced by the commercialization of electrical generation technology at The Geysers and the extensive development activities in Imperial Valley. Further, little progress has been made to develop California's low- to moderate-temperature geothermal resources for direct use applications despite their abundance and the commercial availability of the technology and associated equipment. In order to stimulate the market for direct use applications, the CEC has funded, or is in the process of funding, feasibility and design studies for 11 geothermal direct use projects. These studies are intended to assess and demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of using geothermal energy for a variety of direct use applications. If the studies prove feasible and the projects constructed, the energy saved would be the heat equivalent to almost 200,000 barrels of oil per year. More importantly, since 46 of California's 58 counties have indications of hot water resources, these projects offer significant opportunity for replicability throughout the State representing an even greater energy savings potential. This package provides a description of each of the studies along with a map locating the study sites and potential resource areas in California where such projects might be possible.
Download or read book Direct Use of Geothermal Energy in California written by Tod C. Larson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Direct Use of Geothermal Energy at the San Bernardino Wastewater Treatment Plant written by San Bernardino (Calif.). Municipal Water Department and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geothermal Energy written by Lahontan, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report ranks and describes California's geographic and end-use markets which could directly use low and moderate temperature geothermal resources are ranked and described, as well as those which have the highest potential for near-term commercial development of these resources. Building on previous market surveys, the assessment determined that out of 38 geothermal resource areas with characteristics for direct use development, five areas have no perceived impediments to near-term development: Susanville, Litchfield, Ontario Hot Springs, Lake Elsinore, and the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Twenty-nine applications were compared with previously selected criteria to determine their near-term potential for direct use of geothermal fluids. Seven categories were found to have the least impediments to development; agriculture and district heating applications are considered the highest. Ten-year projections were conducted for fossil fuel displacement from the higher rated applications. It is concluded that greenhouses have the greatest displacement of 18 x 106 therms per year.
Download or read book Direct Use Applications of Geothermal Resources at Desert Hot Springs California written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geothermal Energy Update written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Direct Use Applications of Geothermal Resources at Desert Hot Springs California written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Feasibility of Geothermal Heat Use in the San Bernardino Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant written by W. C. Racine and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geothermal Energy written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Bernardino Geothermal District Heating System Retrofit Grant Program written by San Bernardino (Calif.). Municipal Water Department and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department received a grant from the California Energy Commission (Grant No. 912-84-076) to provide $325,000 grant funds to perform feasibility studies, engineering design and offset a portion of actual construction costs to retrofitting conventional space heating and domestic hot water systems to utilize low-temperature geothermal energy.
Download or read book Geothermal Energy written by United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Geothermal Energy and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
