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Abbreviations
- Discharge:
-
A measure of the flow rate of steam, water, or heat discharged at or near the ground surface from a subsurface geothermal reservoir.
- Geothermal:
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The naturally occurring heat found beneath the surface of the Earth, ultimately originating from the internal magmatic processes of the Earth’s core. A geothermal energy project utilizes the hot water or steam found within certain large bodies of rock, referred to as a geothermal reservoir.
- Power capacity:
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The amount of energy produced per unit time, or the amount of the electric power capacity that a power generation facility is designed to produce.
- Recharge:
-
Natural influx of hot fluids into a geothermal system.
- Renewable:
-
A natural energy resource that is inexhaustible or can replenish itself over time.
- Specific heat:
-
The amount of heat required, in calories, to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1°C.
- Sustainable:
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A natural energy resource which, if managed carefully, will provide the needs of a community or society indefinitely, without depriving future generations of their needs.
- Thermal anomaly:
-
A departure from the normal or expected temperature in the subsurface as distinguished by geological, geophysical or geochemical means, which is different from the general surroundings.
- Thermal conductivity:
-
A measure of the ability of a material to conduct heat.
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Sanyal, S.K. (2013). Geothermal Power Capacity , Sustainability and Renewability of. In: Kaltschmitt, M., Themelis, N.J., Bronicki, L.Y., Söder, L., Vega, L.A. (eds) Renewable Energy Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5820-3_229
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