# US 2014/0150427 A1 · Geothermal system for regulating temperature of pavement and superstructures

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- Number: US 2014/0150427 A1
- Document ID: US20140150427A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/097,026
- Filed: 2013-12-04
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04
- Inventors: Emad FAROUZ
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150427A1

## CPC

- E01C 11/26: Permanently installed heating or blowing devices {(specially for combating fog E01H; built-in melting devices for dislodged snow E01H5/102); Mounting thereof}
- E01H 5/102: {Self-contained devices for melting dislodged snow or ice, e.g. built-in melting chambers, movable melting tanks (combined with removing devices E01H5/104)}
- F03G 4/072: {Controlling or monitoring}
- F03G 4/074: {Safety arrangements}
- Y02E 10/10: Geothermal energy
- E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)
- E01H: STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING {OR PREVENTING} FOG IN GENERAL {CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS}(cleaning in general B08B)
- F03G: SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L8/00)
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A geothermal system is provided. The geothermal system may include a superstructure with at least one geothermal concrete layer, a geothermal source, a heat exchange system, a transfer medium, a distribution system having at least one pump, and a plurality of in-feed piping circuitously connected to a plurality of return piping, both embedded within the geothermal concrete layers. The heat exchange system may bring the transfer medium into contact with the geothermal source so as to convey its heat to the transfer medium. The at least one pump may pump the transfer medium throughout the distribution system, wherein the temperature of the superstructure may be regulated. A user may operate the distribution system to provide sufficient transfer medium to cure the geothermal concrete layer at a near ideal heat of hydration.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for regulating the temperature of structural elements comprising:
a heat exchange system comprising a geothermal loop configured to contact a geothermal source, wherein the geothermal loop contains a heat transfer thermal medium;
a distribution system comprising:
a superstructure;
an in-feed piping embedded within the superstructure and interconnecting the geothermal loop to the superstructure, wherein the in-feed piping is configured to transmit the thermal medium from the geothermal loop to and through the superstructure;
a return piping embedded within the superstructure and connected to the in-feed piping , wherein the return piping is configured to transmit the thermal medium from the in-feed piping back to the geothermal loop; and
at least one pump for pumping the thermal medium through the heat exchange system and through the distribution system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the superstructure comprises a geothermal concrete layer covering a reinforcement layer, wherein the in-feed piping and the return piping are embedded within the geothermal concrete layer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, further comprising a power system interconnecting the heat exchange system to the distribution system so that a turbine receives a portion of the in-feed piping, the return piping and the geothermal loop.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein the power system comprises a turbine configured to convert the temperature differential between the received in-feed piping, the return piping and the geothermal loop into electrical energy.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the geothermal loop is housed in a foundational support within a drilled shaft in the earth's surface.

### Claim 6

A method of regulating the temperature of a superstructure comprising:
placing a geothermal loop below the ground of the earth's surface thereby contacting the geothermal loop with a geothermal source, wherein the loop comprises an input and an output;
placing a reinforcement structure on the earth's surface;
arranging a plurality of piping comprising an in-feed piping and a return piping on the reinforcement structure;
connecting the in-feed of the plurality of piping to the output and connecting the return of the plurality of piping to the input;
creating a superstructure by pouring concrete over the piping and onto the reinforcement structure, thereby embedding the piping within the concrete; and
pumping a thermal transfer medium from the geothermal loop into the in-feed through the superstructure, into the return piping and back into the geothermal loop.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of providing a turbine receiving a portion of the in-feed piping, the return piping and the geothermal loop.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein the turbine is configured to convert the temperature differential between the received in-feed piping, the return piping and the geothermal loop into electrical energy.