GEOHEAT HARVESTING ENHANCEMENT

Systems and methods for improved geoheat harvesting enhancements are presented in which a wellbore contains a closed loop geoheat harvesting system that is thermally coupled to a hot and dry rock formation via thermal reach enhancement structures that extend from the wellbore into the formation and...

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Main Authors SURYANARAYANA, Poodipeddi V, CHANDRASEKHAR, Sharat Vishwanath, MONCARZ, Piotr D
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.2024
Subjects
BLASTING
GEOTHERMAL COLLECTORS
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
RANGES
VENTILATING
WEAPONS
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Summary:Systems and methods for improved geoheat harvesting enhancements are presented in which a wellbore contains a closed loop geoheat harvesting system that is thermally coupled to a hot and dry rock formation via thermal reach enhancement structures that extend from the wellbore into the formation and that are filled with a thermally conductive filler. Preferred configurations and/or operational parameters are determined by a model that calculates heat flow in a three dimensional system considering time changes and the influence of the thermal reach enhanced intrinsic thermal conductivity of the rock.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20240204753