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US 5,165,235 AGranted
System for using geopressured-geothermal reservoirs
OwnerGeorge S. Nitschkeinventor
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Abstract
Process of drilling a bore into a geopressured-geothermal reservoir containing a gas-laden fluid, allowing the fluid to escape through the bore, passing the fluid into a rotatable turbine which causes a generator to produce electricity, passing the fluid to means for separating gas from the fluid, and passing the fluid into a multi-effect distillation system to extract fresh water from the fluid to produce fresh water and saturated brine.
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A method of using a geopressured-geothermal reservoir containing a gas-laden fluid, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) drilling a bore into the reservoir;
- (b) allowing the fluid within the reservoir to escape through the bore;
- (c) passing the fluid into an interior of a turbine such that movement of the fluid causes the turbine to rotate, rotation of the turbine causing a generator to rotate to produce electricity;
- (d) passing the fluid from the interior of the turbine to means for separating the gas from the fluid;
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- (e) passing the fluid into an interior of a multi-effect distillation system, the multi-effect distillation system extracting fresh water from the fluid to produce fresh water and saturated brine.
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