Power Tube South East Asia

POWER TUBE

The Power Tube Argus is a GEOMAGMATIC device that differs from a standard geothermal system in that it does not need water, steam or steam pressure to operate. It uses only the heat of the Earth and low to medium temperature heat, 110-200 C.

The Argus units are designed for the 1-5 and 10 Megawatt market. The installation consists of mostly a down-hole system with a very small surface footprint. Argus operates with a heat exchanger and in addition can also work with a thermal riser. The thermal riser option is used when the required temperatures are further down than the total length of the power plant itself. The thermal riser contains a biodegradable, synthetic, heat exchange fluid that circulates through its coaxial, flexible system which transfers the heat found at lower temperatures into the heat exchanger at the base of the installation.

Power Tube Argus units are designed to be minimal maintenance units. The maintenance is performed by a remote supervisory center via satellite. The system is designed so that the supervising controller can adjust (tweak) the settings of the on-board programmable logic controller (PLC) as needed. If needed, a local technician can be dispatched.

Product comparison of the pollution disaster for produce 10MW of electricity

Coal Fired Power Plant	Power Tube
74,000 tons of carbon dioxide	None
200 tons of sulfur dioxide	None
10 tons of aerial particulates	None
200 tons of nitrogen oxide	None
14.40 tons of carbon monoxide	None
440 tons of hydrocarbon	None
3.4 tons of mercury	None
4.5 tons of arsenic	None
2.5 tons of lead	None

Geothermal Technology Cons:

There is uncertainty about how long each geothermal well will last.Possible environmental dangers posed by geothermal energy are:

# land subsidence;

# production of waste water with high mineral content;

# disposal of hot water produced in the power conversion process;

# release of noxious gases, such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and boron into the atmosphere, and large amounts of water vapor; and the amount of land taken up and noise produced are substantial.

Geothermal Technology Cons:

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