Концепция построения петротермальных ТЭС

Abstract

The article describes he prospect of using petrothermal energy for the needs of public utilities and electricity generation. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in justifying a new method for developing deep high-temperature layers of the earth’s crust in order to obtain a hot coolant for petrothermal thermal power plants that provide heat and electricity supply systems for rural settlements and agro-industrial facilities. (Materials and methods) In rural areas where there are small cities, the population uses traditional hydrocarbon fuels for heat and electricity supply to the residential sector and public infrastructure: natural gas, fuel oil, diesel fuel, coal, which have a high cost and logistical losses. (Results and discussion) K.E. Tsiolkovsky described a method for obtaining thermal energy from the earth’s interior by drilling wells, heating the coolant and feeding it to the surface for further use. The hot layers of the earth’s crust are present throughout the land and sea areas of the world, but the temperature gradient in various places ranges from 2.5 to 4 degrees Celsius per 100 meters of depth. Petrothermal thermal power plants are cogeneration power plants, the efficiency of which can reach 80-85 percent and their location is possible in all climatic zones. (Conclusions) Petrothermal energy is an affordable source of thermal energy that can replace hydrocarbon fuels, nuclear energy, and low-efficiency solar and wind energy in Russia. In any small town or village that is cut off from centralized energy networks, it is possible to build a local thermal power plant that does not require the purchase of hydrocarbon fuel.