Computer-based modelling and simulating of geothermal power plants supported with solar energy

In this study, a model of a Hybrid Geothermal Solar System is defined. A simulation program for this model is developed. This work shows when a Renewable Energy System is supported with other type of energy systems the efficiency of the system will be increased. If geothermal power systems are supported with solar energy, electrical energy production will be increased according to the process heat of the system. This kind of applications are finding place where the reserviour heat is not enough to produce electircal energy, like binary geothermal power plants with low heat capacity. This study shows when geothermal systems are supported with parabolic collector modules, the electric energy production of the turbine will be improved. A simulation program is developed using heat transfer equations. Running the simulation program the output data is stored and analysed according to some plotted graphs. And also it is seen that; when the process heat of the parabolic collectors are given from different points of the system in different time intervals; The efficiency of the geothermal power plant will increase. This work allows to test, to make optimizations and fisibility analyses of a simillar defined energy system; without building the hole system. According to this results, criterias can be defined for the design of a high efficiency geothermal power plant.