Back to results
US 2026/0036003 A1Published application
Geothermal system materials
AssigneeA.L.E. Systems, Inc.
InventorsJesse Silverberg, Arthur Evans
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention provides components with metamaterial structures for use in enhanced geothermal systems.
Claims34
A packer assembly comprising:
- a mandrel comprising a hollow cylinder;
- a sealing element disposed around the exterior surface of the hollow cylinder of the mandrel, the sealing element comprising a plurality of open cells, each open cell comprising walls of material and open space, wherein when pressure is applied axially to the sealing element, the open cells promote deformation of the sealing element laterally outward from the mandrel;
- and
- a slip element movably disposed around or within the hollow cylinder of the mandrel,
- wherein, when the packer assembly is positioned within a wellbore, the slip element is operable to apply pressure axially to the sealing element to form a seal between the sealing element and a wall of the wellbore.
2 more elements
A sealing element comprising:
- a hollow cylinder comprising:
- a plurality of repeats of an open unit cell, each unit cell comprising walls of material and open space, wherein when pressure is applied axially to the sealing element, the plurality of repeats of the open unit cell promotes deformation of the sealing element outward from the center of the hollow cylinder.
A casing connector for a geothermal well, the connector comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical body having a cylindrical external surface;
- a bellows inside the hollow cylindrical body;
- a first mating face at a first end of the hollow cylindrical body, the first mating face being configured to couple the first end of the hollow cylindrical body to a first casing;
- and
- a second mating face at a second end of the bellows, the second mating face being configured to couple the second end of the bellows to a second casing.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.