Patent ID: 8381523

Claim:
A Device named the Geothermal Energy Collector (GEC), which connects to multiple geothermal heat sources via its insulated or non-insulated exchange chamber, said exchange chamber to be constructed of materials suitable for the intended use, able to withstand high temperatures and pressures, and its insulated or non-insulated heat exchange cylinders to be constructed of materials suitable for the intended use, able to withstand high temperatures and pressures, with said exchange chamber being installed above ground, partially below ground or completely below ground, receiving pumped or non-pumped fluid; said exchange chamber consists of only one inlet pipe near the bottom for receiving incoming fluid said incoming fluid introduced to the open tops of the heat exchange cylinders near the bottom of the exchange chamber, said fluid flowing downward into the cylinders, until conductively heated and convectively rising within the heat exchange cylinders, with such heated fluid, vapor or steam received back into the exchange chamber where it is thermally mixed and discharged; said exchange chamber mounted at the top of said multiple heat exchange cylinders, each of which is conductively heating and convectively discharging said fluid, vapor or steam, with each of the multiple cylinders installed into the earth to a depth sufficient to conductively transfer the earth's heat to the internal fluid; with each cylinder able to contain at its sealed bottom a heating core, perforated, partially perforated or non-perforated, made of highly conductive material, the whole of which conductively transfers heat energy from within the earth to said internal fluid, and then convectively rising to the earth's surface; where such energy laden fluid, vapor or steam is collected in the exchange chamber for thermal mixing and discharge, used to directly or indirectly add heat energy to any process, or to drive steam turbines for the generation of electricity.