Combined Solar and Integrated Flash-Binary Geothermal Plant System: Efficiency Assesment from Thermodynamics Approach

For the last decades, geothermal and solar energy have been considered as a clean energy sources that may replace fossil fuel. Major investigation and research have been done to uncover these potential. Huge blockades on the implementation of these energies was their plant efficiency were as low as about 10%.

On the geothermal side, many ideas conducted to integrate flash and binary cycle. While on solar side, development on Parabolic Trough Collector and Thermal Storage seems very promising, but it is not enough.

Combination on these systems is another option. Solar energy will be used to heat the thermal oil fluids through radiation to increase the energy output of the system. While integration between flash-binary provide high and low enthaply energy recovery of the system. This system will be approached by mass balance, thermodynamics, and economics to asses its potential and efficiency.