# US 12,760,939 B2 · System and a method for geothermal heating and cooling based on advection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,760,939 B2 - Document ID: US12760939B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/245,166 - Filed: 2022-11-25 - Published: 2024-10-03 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-25 - Assignees: Genesys US LLC - Applicants: Genesys US LLC - Inventors: Mandar Shridhar Kaprekar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12760939B2 ## CPC - F24T 10/30: using underground reservoirs for accumulating working fluids or intermediate fluids - F24T 10/17: using tubes closed at one end, i.e. return-type tubes - F24T 10/20: using underground water as working fluid; using working fluid injected directly into the ground, e.g. using injection wells and recovery wells - F24T 50/00: Geothermal systems (for producing mechanical power from geothermal energy F03G4/00) - F28D 20/0052: {using the ground body or aquifers as heat storage medium} - F24T 2010/50: {Component parts, details or accessories} - F24T: GEOTHERMAL COLLECTORS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS - F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general) ## Abstract An advection based geothermal system is disclosed herein. The system comprises plurality of supply wells 200 situated below the ground level (GL); plurality of geothermal apparatus 300 within each of the supply wells 200; at least one diffusion well 600 for discharge of water received from the enclosure 1300; at least one auxiliary cooling apparatus 2100 within the enclosure 1300; and plurality of heat pumps 1100 connected to the geothermal apparatus 300 & the auxiliary cooling apparatus 2100 to provide cooling & heating within the enclosure 1300. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for controlling heat exchange for an enclosure, the system comprising: a closed fluid loop; at least one supply well extending below ground level and adapted to receive groundwater from a groundwater source; at least one geothermal apparatus, wherein each geothermal apparatus of the at least one geothermal apparatus is disposed within a respective supply well of the at least one supply well, wherein each geothermal apparatus comprises: a heat exchanger configured to receive the groundwater from the respective well of the at least one supply well and exchange heat between the groundwater from the respective well of the at least one supply well and the closed fluid loop, wherein the closed fluid loop is configured to exchange heat for circulation within the enclosure; and a groundwater pump unit that is configured to pump groundwater through the heat exchanger of the geothermal apparatus; and a groundwater fluid pathway defining a discharge outlet, wherein the groundwater fluid pathway extends from the at least one supply well to the discharge outlet, wherein an entirety of the groundwater fluid pathway is below the ground level, and the groundwater fluid pathway comprises a groundwater pipe extending between and fluidly coupling the at least one supply well and the discharge outlet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each geothermal apparatus of the at least one geothermal apparatus is submerged within the groundwater of the respective supply well. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the closed fluid loop comprises at least one heat pump and/or at least one auxiliary cooling apparatus that is configured to exchange heat for circulation within the enclosure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the closed fluid loop comprises closed loop inlet and outlet pipes that provide fluid communication to and from each heat exchanger. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the closed fluid loop comprises at least one heat pump and at least one auxiliary cooling apparatus, wherein the at least one auxiliary cooling apparatus is configured to precool air traveling from the enclosure to the at least one heat pump. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one pitless adapter unit, wherein a respective pitless adapter unit of the at least one pitless adapter unit is disposed in each supply well of the at least one supply well, wherein each pitless adapter unit of the at least one pitless adapter unit comprises: a first fluid connection that is configured to direct the groundwater discharged from the heat exchanger to the discharge outlet; and second and third fluid connections providing fluid communication lines to the closed loop and from the respective heat exchanger of the supply well. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, further comprising at least one holding device, wherein a respective holding device of the at least one holding device supports each pitless adapter of the at least one pitless adapter within a respective supply well of the at least one supply well. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein each geothermal apparatus of the at least one geothermal apparatus is coupled to a respective pitless adapter of the at least one pitless adapter so that the respective pitless adapter supports the geothermal apparatus within the respective supply well of the at least one supply well. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein each holding device of the at least one holding device comprises a respective well cap and a support that extends between and couples to the well cap and a respective pitless adapter of the at least one pitless adapter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the support comprises at least one pump sling holder; a fixed sling hook; at least one fixed sling attached to one end of the pump sling holder by the fixed sling hook; a liftable sling hook; and at least one liftable sling attached to another end of the pump sling holder by the liftable sling hook. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geothermal apparatus comprises a filtration unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the filtration unit comprises: a plurality of sieves and slots provided at a middle portion of the at least one geothermal apparatus; a suction tube below said plurality of sieves and slots; a slider cone below the suction tube; a suction gate plate below the slider cone; a collector below the suction gate plate; and an aperture below the collector. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geothermal apparatus comprises a constant flow valve configured to regulate flow toward the discharge outlet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one geothermal apparatus comprises a constant flow valve configured to regulate flow of fluid of the closed fluid loop through the heat exchanger. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the groundwater fluid pathway comprises a cracking pressure valve that is configured to inhibit air intake into the groundwater fluid pathway. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a diffusion well, wherein the discharge outlet is positioned within the diffusion well. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the diffusion well is parallel to the at least one supply well. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the diffusion well extends lower than the at least one supply well. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one supply well comprises a plurality of supply wells. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger of the at least one geothermal apparatus is submerged within the groundwater source.