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US 12,325,633 B2Granted
Thermochemical reactions using geothermal energy
AssigneeEnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
InventorsGreg Lindberg, Kimberly C. Conner
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Abstract
A method for producing hydrogen by thermochemical splitting of water includes injecting one or more feed streams of water into a reaction chamber. The method further includes using heat from a subterranean heat source to carry out the thermochemical splitting of water to form hydrogen and oxygen in the reaction chamber. The formed products are subsequently removed from the reaction chamber.
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A reaction system for producing hydrogen by thermochemical splitting of water, the reaction system comprising:
- a wellbore extending from a surface into a subterranean heat source comprising a magma reservoir;
- a reaction chamber housed within the wellbore and configured to be maintained at a reaction temperature using heat obtained from the magma reservoir;
- one or more inlet conduits configured to provide one or more feed streams to the reaction chamber, wherein at least one of the one or more feed streams comprise water;
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- one or more outlet conduits configured to allow flow of a first product stream comprising hydrogen and a second product stream comprising oxygen.
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