公开(公告)号：US12135148B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US18144466

申请日：2023-05-08

Applicant: Geothermal Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Bruce D. Marsh ,  Saman Karimi ,  James Hollis ,  J. Gary McDaniel

IPC: F24T10/10 ,  F03G4/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for using a hot sedimentary aquifer (HSA) in geothermal energy generation applications. An example embodiment operates by pumping, via multiple extraction wells, heated water from one or more extraction depths of an HSA. The HSA is identified based on a permeability satisfying a threshold permeability range. The example embodiment further operates by extracting, via a power generation unit, heat from the heated water to generate power and transform the heated water into cooled water. Subsequently, the example embodiment operates by injecting, via multiple injection wells, the cooled water at one or more injection depths of the HSA.

公开(公告)号：US11927177B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17459438

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: Geothermal Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Bruce D. Marsh ,  Saman Karimi

IPC: F03G4/00 ,  F24T10/00 ,  F24T10/20

CPC classification number: F03G4/072 ,  F03G4/026 ,  F03G4/033 ,  F24T10/20 ,  F24T2010/53 ,  F24T2010/56 ,  F24T2201/00 ,  Y02E10/10

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for using a thin-bed hot sedimentary aquifer (HSA) in geothermal energy generation applications. An example embodiment operates by pumping, via an extraction well, heated water from an extraction depth of an HSA. The HSA is identified based on a permeability satisfying a threshold permeability range and could even have a thickness equal to or less than about 100 meters. The example embodiment further operates by extracting, via a power generation unit, heat from the heated water to generate power and transform the heated water into cooled water. Subsequently, the example embodiment operates by injecting, via an injection well, the cooled water at an injection depth of the HSA. A first portion of the extraction well and a second portion of the injection well are disposed within the HSA.

公开(公告)号：US11644220B1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17554126

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: Geothermal Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Bruce D. Marsh ,  Saman Karimi ,  James Hollis ,  J. Gary McDaniel

IPC: F24T10/10 ,  F03G4/00

CPC classification number: F24T10/10 ,  F03G4/029 ,  F03G4/072

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for using a hot sedimentary aquifer (HSA) in geothermal energy generation applications. An example embodiment operates by pumping, via multiple extraction wells, heated water from one or more extraction depths of an HSA. The HSA is identified based on a permeability satisfying a threshold permeability range. The example embodiment further operates by extracting, via a power generation unit, heat from the heated water to generate power and transform the heated water into cooled water. Subsequently, the example embodiment operates by injecting, via multiple injection wells, the cooled water at one or more injection depths of the HSA.