The geothermal power plant business of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) provides
small-capacity binary power generation systems in addition to conventional large-capacity flash
power generation systems in order to respond to the needs of all markets and customers. This
binary power generation system can be applied to biomass plant or exhaust heat recovery. This
paper presents the advantages and thermal system characteristics of binary systems, as well as the
technologies of Turboden s.r.l., which is a group company of MHI and Italian binary power
generation system manufacturers that has delivered roughly 250 binary systems, mainly for
biomass plants.
