文档介绍:GEOTHERMALENERGY:ANALTERNATIVERESOURCEFORTHE21STCENTURYThispageintentionallyleftblankGEOTHERMALENERGY:ANALTERNATIVERESOURCEFORTHE21STCENTURYHARSHGUPTARajaRamannaFellowNationalGeophysicalResearchInstituteHyderabad,IndiaSUKANTAROYNationalGeophysicalResearchInstituteHyderabad,IndiaAmsterdamBostonHeidelbergLondonNewYorkOxfordParisSanDiegoSanFranciscoSingaporeSydneyTokyoElsevierRadarweg29,POBox211,1000AEAmsterdam,herlandsTheBoulevard,LangfordLane,Kidlington,OxfordOX51GB,,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeanselectronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwisewithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisherPermissionsmaybesoughtdirectlyfromElsevier’sScience&TechnologyRightsDepartmentinOxford,UK:phone(+44)(0)1865843830;fax(+44)(0)1865853333;email:******@.AlternativelyyoucansubmityourrequestonlinebyvisitingtheElsevierwebsiteat/locate/permissions,andselectingObtainingpermissiontouseElseviermaterialNoticeNoresponsibilityisassumedbythepublisherforanyinjuryand/ordamagetopersonsorpropertyasamatterofproductsliability,negligenceorotherwise,orfromanyuseoroperationofanymethods,products,,inparticular,independentverificationofdiagnosesanddrugdosagesshouldbemadeLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataAcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongressBritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryISBN-13:978-0-444-52875-9ISBN-10:0-444-52875-**********DedicatedtoSiddharth,,theuseofEarth’sheatasasourceofenergybeganintheearly20thcenturywhenelectricitywasproducedforthefirsttimefromgeothermalsteamatLarderello,