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Abstract: . . . G. G., The current status of geothermal direct use developments in the United States, update: 1985 - 1990, Geothermal Resources Council Trans., 14, 277, 1990. 4. Rafferty, K., A century of service: the Boise Warm Springs water district system, Geothermal Resources Council Bull., 21, 339, 1992. 5. L'Ecuyer, M., Zoi, C., and Hoffman, J. S., Space Conditioning: The Next Frontier, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA430-R-93-004, Washington, D.C., 1993. 6. Colligan, J. G., U.S. electric utility environmental statistics, in Electric Power Annual 1991, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, DOE/EIA-0348(91), Washington, D.C., 1993. 7. Anderson, D. E., Ed., Lake County lauded for cleanest air, Geothermal Resources Council Bull., 22, 50, 1993. 8. Henderson, J. M. and Dorighi, G. P., Operating experience of converting a Stretford to a Lo-Cat(R) H2S abatement system at Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Geysers unit 15, Geothermal Resources Council Trans., 13, 593, 1989. . . . . . . Alternative Fuels and the Environment, ed. F. S. Sterret Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1995. Ch. 2, Environmental Compatibility of Geothermal Energy Marshall J. Reed and Joel L. Renner CONTENTS Introduction Geothermal Energy Applications High-Temperature Electrical Use Binary-Plant Electrical Generation Low-Temperature Direct Heat Use Geothermal Heat Pumps Environmental Considerations Air Quality Water Quality Land Use Acknowledgments References INTRODUCTION Geothermal energy is one of the cleaner forms of energy now available in commercial quantities. The use of this alternative energy source, with low atmospheric . . . . . . 9. Bedell, S. A. and Hammond, C. A., Chelation chemistry in geothermal H2S abatement, Geothermal Resources Council Bull., 16, 3, 1987. 10. Gallup, D. L., "BIOX" A new hydrogen sulfide abatement technology for the geothermal industry, Geothermal Resources Council Trans., 16, 591, 1992. 11. Signorotti, V. and Hunter, C. C., Imperial Valley's geothermal resource comes of age, Geothermal Resources Council Bull., 21, 277, 1992. 12. Benesi, S. C., Dewatering of slurry from geothermal process streams, Geothermal Resources Council Trans., 16, 577, 1992. 13. Flavin, C. and Lenssen, N., Designing a sustainable energy system, in State of the World, 1991, A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, W. W. Norton, New York, 199 1, 21. Reprinted with permission from Alternative Fuels and the Environment. Copyright CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida © 1994. Back to Top . . . --3000,3,500,2733,29458
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