Understand the dangers and develop methods for exploring and monitoring volcanoes as a power plant

in #engineering6 years ago

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Today I discuss one way to understand the dangers and develop methods to explore and monitor volcanoes as a power plant.

Volcano eruptions are a magma precipitate coming out due to high-pressure gas from the earth's stomach. Volcanic dangers arise from the material it releases, both solid, liquid and gas objects and mixtures among them, these objects tend to damage the loss of property in our lives.

Volcanic eruptions carry rocks and ash that can spray up to 18 km while the lava flow can reach a distance of 90 km, the dangers posed directly at the time of the volcanic eruption occurred due to the direct material produced such as lava flows, molten rock melt, pyroclastic flows or clouds, pyroclastic fall or ash rain and a burst of incandescent material. Danger after a volcanic eruption, which usually comes from the material it releases.

In addition to the dangers of the eruption, volcanic materials can be beneficial to the people living nearby, the material contains many building materials and minerals. Around the volcano is often found geothermal energy, geothermal energy can be utilized as a power plant.

To search for energy sources, the activity that is done generally we can know is the earth drilling, either based on fossil or geothermal-based energy which is then used as a generator.

Drilling that has been done since 12 August 2016 ago, conducted by Iceland. Iceland is one of the countries in Northern Europe who are looking for new energy by going further with the aim to harness the energy from the magma heat that is around the volcano.

Iceland Drills Heart of a Volcano to Access Clean Energy from Magma


Utilization of Geothermal Energy

Volcano power plant with the help of satellite
This is one of the first times people monitor geothermal sources from outer space, and show what can be achieved.
If we think about Ethiopia then the imaginable image is the vast dusty desert, this country is one of the most volcanically active on Earth.

Turning this energy into electric power will help advance a geothermal pilot project that began about 20 years ago in the Aluto volcano. Geothermal power has recently become a serious issue thanks to a geophysical survey showing that some volcanoes can generate power of 1 gigawatt and this equates to several million solar panels or 500 wind turbines from each volcano.

This is one of the first times people monitor geothermal sources from outer space, and show what can be achieved.
This technique makes it possible to discover and monitor untapped geothermal resources such as Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.


Monitor geothermal resources to show what can be achieved.

Conclusion
Volcano eruptions are a magma precipitate coming out due to high-pressure gas from the earth's stomach. Volcanic dangers arise from the material it releases, both solid, liquid and gas objects and mixtures among them, these objects tend to damage the loss of property in our lives.

To search for energy sources, the activity that is done generally we can know is the earth drilling, either based on fossil or geothermal-based energy which is then used as a generator.

Monitoring geothermal sources from outer space using satellite radar techniques is one way to discover that the surface of the volcano expands and deflates so that geothermal energy can be utilized as a powerhouse.

Reference
https://nea.is/media/utgafa/GD_loka.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/apr/22/renewableenergy.alternativeenergy
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/iceland-drills-3-miles-volcano-reykjanes-geothermal-energy-a7722951.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_power


Azman Nicely Nasha/ @azman

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It is a great way to harness clean energy in regions with appropriate volcanic activity. It is sad that so far only Iceland is really utilising its potential to the fullest.

We are equally feeling like that, especially with the technological advances that make all can work smoothly

There is definite potential, and geothermal can be used anywhere. It works better in some locations (where heat is closer to the surface) but drilling can be done anywhere. I would suspect that the reason it has not been used more widely is the high startup costs and specialized equipment. This likely makes it too expensive compared to gas/coal/ and nuclear options.

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