Geothermal Power Plants, 3rd Edition

Chapter 14

Hatchobaru Power Station, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan

14.1 Overview of Japanese geothermal development

14.2 Hatchobaru geothermal field

14.2.1 Geological setting

14.2.2 Production and reinjection

14.3 Hatchobaru power units

14.3.1 Double-flash units

14.3.2 Binary unit

14.4 Conclusion and forecast

References

Nomenclature for figures in Chapter 14

The islands of Japan have abundant geothermal resources with a wide range of temperature and applications. Japan was one of the earliest countries to experiment with the generation of electricity from geothermal resources. From then on, Japan has pursued an active program of geothermal power development. The Hatchobaru geothermal resource, the focus of this chapter, is a high-temperature ...