Patent ID: 11927177
Assignee: GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. A geothermal system comprising:
a power generation unit;
a pump system;
a well system disposed within a hot sedimentary aquifer (HSA), wherein the well system comprises:
an extraction well that enables the pump system to provide heated water at an extraction depth of the HSA to the power generation unit, and
an injection well that enables the pump system to inject cooled water from the power generation unit into the HSA at an injection depth, wherein a thickness of the HSA is equal to or less than about 100 meters, and wherein a first portion of the extraction well and a second portion of the injection well are disposed within the HSA,
wherein the first portion of the extraction well comprises an extraction lateral extending horizontally and the second portion of the injection well comprises an injection lateral extending parallel to and offset from the extraction lateral by a horizontal distance, such that the injection lateral and the extraction lateral are configured to induce a convective recirculation cell within the HSA; and

a regulatory device configured to:
generate a first control signal configured to instruct the pump system to pump the heated water, from the extraction well, to the power generation unit;
generate a second control signal configured to instruct the power generation unit to extract thermal energy from the heated water and to transform the heated water into cooled water; and
generate a third control signal configured to instruct the pump system to pump the cooled water from the power generation unit to the injection well.