F03G 4/001
Binary cycle plants where the source fluid from the geothermal collector heats
Official title: {Binary cycle plants where the source fluid from the geothermal collector heats the working fluid via a heat exchanger}
F03G4/001 (Binary cycle plants where the source fluid from the geothermal collector heats) appears on 202 US grants and 165 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Thermal energy storage system coupled with thermal power cycle systems2 Jun 2026US 12,644,396 B2Rondo Energy, Inc.
- Geothermal power generation systems with pressure exchangers12 May 2026US 12,624,681 B2Energy Recovery, Inc.
- Methods and systems for installing tubulars in wells5 May 2026US 12,618,311 B2GreenFire Energy Inc.
- Onshore electricity generation system5 May 2026US 12,618,395 B1
- Multi-well geothermal syphoning system21 Apr 2026US 12,607,386 B2Good Water Energy Ltd.
- Geothermal and geopressure recovery systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298213 A1Sage Geosystems Inc.
- Pressure and temperature recovery systems for geothermal power plants24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286940 A1Sage Geosystems Inc.
- Pondless hydromechanical storage system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286941 A1Sage Geosystems Inc.
- Geothermal power systems and processes20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243234 A1Sage Geosystems Inc.
- Device for exchanging geothermal energy with an aquifer which is near the surface, and thermal power station comprising at least one such device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243235 A1Usc-Consulting GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for converting heat from geothermal liquid and geothermal steam to electric power142US 5,440,882 AExergy S.P.A. · 1995
- Method and apparatus for converting heat from geothermal fluid to electric power114US 4,982,568 A1991
- Method of and apparatus for producing power using steam107US 5,497,624 AOrmat, Inc. · 1996
- System for geothermal production of electricity104US 5,661,977 A1997
- Geothermal energy production with supercritical fluids104US 6,668,554 B1The Regents of the University of California · 2003