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Table 3 Assumptions intended for real, ideal and unavoidable system conditions (Fallah et al. 2016; Gökgedik et al. 2016)

From: Conventional and advanced exergy analysis of a single flash geothermal cycle

Component

Parameter

Real

Ideal

Unavoidable

Turbine

Isentropic efficiency

0.8

1

0.95

Pump

Isentropic efficiency

0.8

1

0.95

Throttling valve

–

Isenthalpic

Isentropic

Isenthalpic

Condenser

Pinch Point

ΔTmin = 12

ΔTmin = 0

ΔTmin = 3