Patent ID: 9649582
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B01D,C02F,E21B,F01K,F03G,F24T,Y02E

Claim:
1. An apparatus for collecting solid materials from a geothermal fluid, the apparatus comprising: a heat exchanger in thermal communication with a flow of the geothermal fluid through the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger receiving the geothermal fluid in a supercritical state; a mesh extending across the flow of the geothermal fluid within the heat exchanger, the mesh configured to allow the geothermal fluid to flow therethrough and to allow a solid material to precipitate out of the geothermal fluid onto the mesh; and a first spool supporting a first portion of the mesh and a second spool supporting a second portion of the mesh, the first spool and the second spool configured to each rotate about a corresponding axis to allow the mesh to be controllably transferred from the first spool to the second spool.