System for geothermal production of electricity

Details System for geothermal production of electricity System for geothermal production of electricity

1997-08-29

1999-06-15

Nguyen, Hoang

Power plants

Utilizing natural heat

Geothermal

60659, 422212, F03G 700

Patent

active

059116846

ABSTRACT:
A system for the generation of electricity from geothermal energy that is less expensive, more efficient, and avoids dealing with undesirable byproducts, is disclosed. The system of the present invention relies on using endothermic reactions at the bottom of a well to capture and store the geothermal heat, and exothermic reactions at the top of the well to release the heat stored within the products of the endothermic reactions. In the preferred embodiment, the endothermic reaction is the dehydrogenation of ethanol. To induce the endothermic reaction as well as to harvest and separate the resulting products, a catalytic device is used where each type of product selectively diffuses into its individual conduit. The endothermic products undergo the exothermic reaction in a combustion turbine, and the products of the exothermic reaction are immediately condensed in a condenser. In the preferred embodiment the condenser condenses ethanol vapor into a liquid to be returned down the well, thus creating a closed system.

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