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Second Law assessment of binary plants generating power from low-temperature geothermal fluids by DiPippo, Ronald

“…Binary-type energy conversion systems are typically used to exploit low-temperature geothermal resources. There are many different technical variations of…”
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Geothermal power plants: Evolution and performance assessments by DiPippo, Ronald

“…•Detailed technical review of geothermal power plants is presented.•Overlooked or forgotten plants in Africa and on Ischia were analyzed.•Italian developments…”
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Impact of enhanced geothermal systems on US energy supply in the twenty-first century by Tester, Jefferson W, Anderson, Brian J, Batchelor, Anthony S, Blackwell, David D, DiPippo, Ronald, Drake, Elisabeth M, Garnish, John, Livesay, Bill, Moore, Michal C, Nichols, Kenneth, Petty, Susan, Nafi Toksoz, M, Veatch, Ralph W, Baria, Roy, Augustine, Chad, Murphy, Enda, Negraru, Petru, Richards, Maria

“…Recent national focus on the value of increasing US supplies of indigenous renewable energy underscores the need for re-evaluating all alternatives,…”
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Extraction turbines and feed-heating in geothermal binary plants: A thermodynamic performance assessment by DiPippo, Ronald

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Pathé geothermal power plant, Hidalgo, Mexico: A comprehensive retrospective assessment of the first plant of its kind in the Americas by DiPippo, Ronald

“…•Background is presented on the geothermal nature of the Mexico.•The location of Pathé relative to the Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt is discussed.•Early…”
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Corrigendum to “Pathé Geothermal Power Plant, Hidalgo, Mexico: A comprehensive retrospective assessment of the first plant of its kind in the Americas” Geothermics 98 (2022) 102285 by DiPippo, Ronald

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Turkey - A geothermal success story: A retrospective and prospective assessment by Serpen, Umran, DiPippo, Ronald

“…•In 1974 an experimental 500 kW flash unit was installed at Kızıldere.•In 1984 the first commercial plant came online, a 17.4 MW (gross), 15.0 MW (net), at the…”
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Ideal thermal efficiency for geothermal binary plants by DiPippo, Ronald

“…The Carnot cycle is reviewed as to its appropriateness to serve as the ideal model for geothermal binary power plants. It is shown that the Carnot cycle sets…”
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Comments on “Efficiency of geothermal power plants: A worldwide review” by Sadiq J. Zarrouk and Hyungsul Moon by DiPippo, Ronald

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Geothermal double-flash plant with interstage reheating: An updated and expanded thermal and exergetic analysis and optimization by DiPippo, Ronald

“…•A double-flash geothermal power plant employing a reheater is presented.•The plant is 3–5% more efficient than a double-flash plant.•The problems of silica…”
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Geothermal power plants: principles, applications, case studies and environmental impact / Ronald DiPippo by DiPippo, Ronald

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Molecular property methods for assessing efficiency of organic Rankine cycles by Lukawski, Maciej Z., DiPippo, Ronald, Tester, Jefferson W.

“…This paper presents a robust method for assessing the efficiency of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) plants based on the molecular structures of the working fluids…”
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Ian Thain (July 1937 - April 2021) by Zarrouk, Sadiq J., Rybach, Ladislaus, Carey, Brian, DiPippo, Ronald, Bromley, Chris

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Alfredo Mainieri Protti (1943–2013) by DiPippo, Ronald, Lippmann, Marcelo J.

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Unit 5 bottoming binary plant at Miravalles geothermal field, Costa Rica: Planning, design, performance and impact by Moya, Paul, DiPippo, Ronald

“…The Miravalles geothermal power station in Costa Rica is described before and after the addition of Unit 5, a bottoming binary power plant. The early planning…”
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Las Pailas geothermal binary power plant, Rincón de la Vieja, Costa Rica: Performance assessment of plant and alternatives by DiPippo, Ronald, Moya, Paul

“…•Las Pailas binary geothermal plant is described and thermodynamically assessed.•The plant has a design thermal efficiency of 15.1%.•The plant has a design…”
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C. ClauserK. Heinloth, Editor, Geothermal Energy, Chapter 8 in the Landolt-Bornstein Subvolume VIII/C 'Renewable Energy', Springer (2006) ISBN 978-3-540-42962-3 626 pp., hardback with CD-ROM, Euros6990, one of three volumes in the set entitled Energy Technologies by Dipippo, Ronald

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In Memoriam of Marcelo J. Lippmann 1939–2018 by Dobson, Patrick F., Valladao, Carol A., Garg, Sabodh K., Gutiérrez-Negrín, Luis Carlos, DiPippo, Ronald

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Melting the Earth — The History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions by DiPippo, Ronald

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Stories from a Heated Earth — Our Geothermal Heritage by DiPippo, Ronald

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