Historical Note on a Forerunner of a Hybrid Fossil-Geothermal Power Plant

摘要

A thermodynamic analysis is presented for a four-stage, flash-steam fossil-superheat hybrid power plant suggested by P. Caufourier. The conclusion in the case of the Caufourier proposed plant is that the fossil superheater cannot be justified on thermodynamic grounds. On the other hand, a purely geothermal four-stage flash-steam plant appears to have a great deal of thermodynamic merit. (ERA citation 04:007900)