Estudio de factibilidad técnico económico a partir de la eficiencia entre centrales geotérmicas binarias de vapor seco y vapor flash. Perspectivas en el Ecuador.

Abstract

The main purpose of this research work is to propose the use of geothermal power plants based on a technical economic feasibility study considering the efficiency and the plant factor for the generation of electricity in a sustainable and continuous manner. To achieve this objective, the thermal potential of Ecuador must be determined from the geothermal map and technical parameters, in the same way to investigate the efficiency between geothermal power plants of different types using the plant factor for design optimization through a case study. of the Bocapozo thermal power plant The research variables involved are the dependent efficiency due to the plant factor of the geothermal power plants and the independent technical-economic feasibility study. The research methodology is descriptive, qualitative, quantitative, non-experimental, synthetic analytical and non-experimental. It is concluded that thanks to advances in the design of geothermal plants, there are currently condensing wellhead plants on the market that have better efficiency than traditional backpressure wellhead plants, where the latter can consume around 75% more steam. . In addition, despite the fact that the cost of a backpressure wellhead plant is normally 20% less than that of a condensing wellhead plant, this does not achieve a financial advantage because generation is reduced by approximately 35%.