On 31st July 2012 the 5th years Mechanical Engineering students, visited Olkaria II power plant which generates about 105MW with 3 turbines of 35MW each. The visit was organized under the power plant engineering which is a course students undertake to understand the geothermal resource utilization and relate the theory to practice. We received a very cordial welcome and had a brief introduction involving processes steam undergo upon tapping from the wells to the re-injection of condensed water back into the wells. The latter is a regeneration process that not only completes the water cycle… Continue reading →