Method of and means for generating power from a hot brine source

Details Method of and means for generating power from a hot brine source Method of and means for generating power from a hot brine source

1980-06-03

1983-02-01

Ostrager, Allen M.

Power plants

Utilizing natural heat

Solar

606418, 60649, F03G 702

Patent

active

043708609

ABSTRACT:
Power is generated from a body of hot brine by injecting a liquid operating fluid, such as butane or Freon, into the brine at a depth where the hydrostatic pressure of the brine is approximately equal to the vapor pressure of the operating fluid at a temperature of the brine for producing a bubble regime in a vertically oriented lift tube whose lower end is immersed in the brine whereby working fluid is raised in the lift tube as the bubbles rise therein. The gaseous operating fluid is separated from the liquid working fluid which is returned to the body of brine, and the gaseous operating fluid is condensed in a condenser and returned in a liquid state for injection into the hot brine at the inlet of the lift tube. The working fluid that is raised in the lift tube is passed through an hydraulic turbine.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4030303 (1977-06-01), Kraus et al.
patent: 4041710 (1977-08-01), Kraus et al.
patent: 4063419 (1977-12-01), Garrett
Wright, Thomas R. Jr., What's Happening in Production, World Oil, Feb. 1, 1980, (p. 21).

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