Patent ID: 9546640
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: F01K,F03B,F03G,F24S,Y02E

Claim:
1. A pressurized solar power system comprising: a) at least one solar collector; b) a closed loop pipe containing a heat transfer liquid having a boiling temperature at one atmosphere of pressure, wherein said pipe is positioned such that concentrated solar energy from the solar collector is focused on a portion of the closed loop pipe thereby heating the transfer liquid to an operating temperature that is above the boiling temperature of the heat transfer liquid at the one atmosphere of pressure; c) a sealed bubble pressurizer attached to said pipe and comprising an internal chamber, where vapor of the heat transfer liquid can form in an upper section of the chamber but cannot be released, thereby self-regulating the vapor pressure of the heat transfer liquid contained in the closed loop pipe to maintain the heat transfer liquid in its liquid state in the closed loop pipe at the operating temperature; d) a heat exchanger with a portion of the closed loop pipe located in the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger including a steam outlet pipe; e) a ground source of geothermal energy; f) ground source of natural gas; and g) a gas/water separation tank connected to the source of natural gas for receiving a combination of natural gas and ground water and connected to the source of geothermal energy, wherein the geothermal energy supplied to the gas/water separation tank assists in the separation of the ground water from the natural gas, wherein the heated ground water in the separation tank is connected to the heat exchanger and supplements the thermal energy from the heat transfer liquid in the closed loop pipe in the heat exchanger, and wherein the heated ground water after circulating through the heat exchanger is injected into the ground to assist in extraction of natural gas from the ground.