Geothermal Energy Prof Park UTI 111 Essex County College Geothermal Energy Geothermal Energy has been around for as long as the Earth has existed Geo means earth and thermal means heat So geothermal means earth heat Have you ever cut a boiled egg in half The egg is similar to how the earth looks like inside The yellow yolk of the egg is like the core of the earth The white part is the mantle of the earth And the thin shell of the egg that would have surrounded the boiled egg if you didn t peel it off is like the earth s crust Geothermal Energy production of electricity from geothermal energy Geothermal Hot spots Enhanced geothermal system 1 Reservoir 2 Pump house 3 Heat exchanger 4 Turbine hall 5 Production well 6 Injection well 7 Hot water to district heating 8 Porous sediments 9 Observation well 10 Crystalline bedrock Global geothermal electric capacity Upper red line is installed capacity 15 Lower green line is realized production 2
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