Power plants – Utilizing natural heat – Geothermal
Patent
1981-03-25
1983-04-26
Chambers, A. Michael
Power plants
Utilizing natural heat
Geothermal
60688, 60693, 55 50, F03G 700
Patent
active
043809030
ABSTRACT:
A geothermal deep well energy extraction system is provided of the general type in which solute-bearing hot water is pumped to the earth's surface from a relatively low temperature geothermal source by transferring thermal energy from the hot water to a working fluid for driving a primary turbine-motor and a primary electrical generator at the earth's surface. The superheated expanded exhaust from the primary turbine motor is conducted to a bubble tank where it bubbles through a layer of sub-cooled working fluid that has been condensed. The superheat and latent heat from the expanded exhaust of the turbine transfers thermal energy to the sub-cooled condensate. The desuperheated exhaust is then conducted to the condenser where it is condensed and sub-cooled, whereupon it is conducted back to the bubble tank via a barometric storage tank. The novel condensing process of this invention makes it possible to exploit geothermal sources which might otherwise be non-exploitable.
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Chambers A. Michael
Sperry Corporation
Terry Howard P.
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