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Facilities for Utilization of Geothermal Steam, Verdant Vales School, Middletown, California.

DOEET27256T6

Publication Date	1979
Page Count	16
Abstract	Verdant Vales School is a boarding school and summer camp located in the Geysers - Calistoga KGRA near Middletown, California. The school consists of dormitories, classrooms and related facilities to accommodate a maximum of 55 students and a staff of 5. Energy for heating buildings and domestic hot water, is provided by electricity supplied by Pacific Gas and Electric Company. In addition, a considerable amount of LPG is consumed to heat the swimming pool and the hot water required for the automatic dishwasher in the kitchen. The school has 3000 pounds per hour of 150 psig steam available at no cost from an existing geothermal well adjacent to the school site. A preliminary design of a system has been developed that utilizes the geothermal steam to eliminate the school's LPG requirement, and minimizes outside purchases of electricity for space and water heating. Savings have been developed, and material costs for the new facilities have been estimated. (ERA citation 06:007637)
Keywords	Geothermal power plants School buildings Cost Design Energy consumption Feasibility studies Geothermal space heating Geothermal water heating Geysers geothermal field Heating load Specifications ERDA/150800 ERDA/151000
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	97P - Geothermal Energy
Corporate Authors	Oregon Inst. of Tech., Klamath Falls.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198112
Contract Number	FG06-79ET27256

Facilities for Utilization of Geothermal Steam, Verdant Vales School, Middletown, California.

Facilities for Utilization of Geothermal Steam, Verdant Vales School, Middletown, California.
DOEET27256T6

Publication Date	1979
Page Count	16
Abstract	Verdant Vales School is a boarding school and summer camp located in the Geysers - Calistoga KGRA near Middletown, California. The school consists of dormitories, classrooms and related facilities to accommodate a maximum of 55 students and a staff of 5. Energy for heating buildings and domestic hot water, is provided by electricity supplied by Pacific Gas and Electric Company. In addition, a considerable amount of LPG is consumed to heat the swimming pool and the hot water required for the automatic dishwasher in the kitchen. The school has 3000 pounds per hour of 150 psig steam available at no cost from an existing geothermal well adjacent to the school site. A preliminary design of a system has been developed that utilizes the geothermal steam to eliminate the school's LPG requirement, and minimizes outside purchases of electricity for space and water heating. Savings have been developed, and material costs for the new facilities have been estimated. (ERA citation 06:007637)
Keywords	Geothermal power plants School buildings Cost Design Energy consumption Feasibility studies Geothermal space heating Geothermal water heating Geysers geothermal field Heating load Specifications ERDA/150800 ERDA/151000
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	97P - Geothermal Energy
Corporate Authors	Oregon Inst. of Tech., Klamath Falls.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198112
Contract Number	FG06-79ET27256