Consider a double

$-$

flash geothermal power plant. Geothermal resource exists as saturated liquid at

$2$

$3$

$0$

C

$.$

$$The geothermal liquid is withdrawn from the production well at a rate of

$2$

$3$

$0$

k

$($

g

$)$

$/$

$($

s

$)$

$,$

$$and is flashed to a pressure of

$5$

$0$

$0$

kPa by an essentially isenthalpic flashing process where the resulting vapor is separated from the liquid in a cyclone scparator and directed to the steam turbine. The liquid water coming out of the cyclone scparator is routed through another flash chamber maintained at

$1$

$5$

$0$

$$kPa

$,$

$$and the steam produced is directed to a lower stage of the same steam turbine. Both streams of stcam leave the steam turbine at the same state of

$1$

$0$

kPa and a moisture content of

$1$

$0$