Geothermal Loop Experimental Facility. Quarterly report, July-September, 1978 and annual report, October 1, 1977-September 30, 1978

Information obtained on the operation of the plant, components, brine and steam composition, production and injection wells, and the potential of the Niland Reservoir are reviewed. The Geothermal Loop Experimental Facility (GLEF) was modified from a four stage flash/binary process to a two stage flash process with two parallel flash trains for the extraction of energy from a high temperature, high salinity, liquid-dominated resource. The general operation and accomplishments of the GLEF during the period from October 1977 through September 1978 are summarized and these activities during the period from July 1978 through September 1978 are detailed. The four stage flash/binary process test results were used in a Feasibility and Risk Study which identified the two stage flash cycle as the preferred cycle. The facility was modified to test critical portions of the cycle and testing was initiated.