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US 8,261,551 B2Granted
Energy producing device
OwnerDoyle Brewingtoninventor
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Abstract
An energy producing device is provided that includes a heat exchanger section to provide a heat exchange material, and a thermal riser to receive the heat exchange material from the heat exchange section and to heat the heat exchange material based on a down-hole resource. The thermal riser may include: an outer spiral pipe to circulate the heat exchange material in a downward manner, and an inner return pipe provided inside the outer spiral pipe to receive the heat exchange material from the outer pipe after passing through the spiral pipe.
Claims19
A device comprising:
- a tubular heat exchanger section to provide a biodegradable heat exchange oil, the tubular heat exchanger section having a first end and a second end;
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- a thermal riser having a first end and a second end, the first end of the thermal riser being attached to the second end of the tubular heat exchanger section, the thermal riser to receive the heat exchange oil from the tubular heat exchanger section and to heat the heat exchange oil based on a resource, wherein the thermal riser includes a thermal riser pump and a thermal riser pump housing to house a heat transfer pump, a plurality of thermal riser sensors and a plurality of thermal riser sections, wherein a first one of the thermal riser sections is coupled to a second one of the thermal riser sections, and the first thermal riser section includes:
- a first outer spiral pipe section to circulate the heat exchange oil in a downward manner, and
- a first inner return pipe section provided inside the first outer spiral pipe section to receive the heat exchange oil after the heat exchange oil passes through the first outer spiral pipe section, wherein the first inner return pipe section provides heated heat exchange oil, wherein at least one of the sensors provides an indication of temperature of the heated heat exchange oil, and wherein the heat transfer pump in the thermal riser adjusts a speed based on the temperature of the heated heat exchange oil.
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A device comprising:
- a tubular heat exchange device to provide a heat exchange material, the tubular heat exchange device extending in a first direction from a first tubular end to a second tubular end;
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- a tubular thermal riser that extends in the first direction from a first tubular end to a second tubular end, the second tubular end of the tubular heat exchange device to couple to the first tubular end of the tubular thermal riser, the tubular thermal riser including a heat transfer pump to circulate the heat transfer material, a plurality of sensors, and a plurality of thermal riser sections, the heat transfer pump provided at the first tubular end of the tubular thermal riser, the tubular thermal riser to heat the heat exchange material received from the tubular heat exchange device based on a down-hole resource,
- wherein a first one of the thermal riser sections is coupled to a second one of the thermal riser sections, and the first thermal riser section includes a first inner pipe section and a first spiral pipe section provided outside the first inner pipe section, the first spiral pipe section to downwardly provide the heat exchange material, and the first inner pipe section to upwardly provide the heat exchange material, wherein the tubular heat exchange device includes a turbine or generator device to provide electrical energy based on the heated heat exchange material received from the tubular thermal riser,
- wherein at least one of the sensors provides an indication of temperature of the heated heat exchange material, and the heat transfer pump in the tubular thermal riser adjusts a speed based on the indication of the temperature.
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A device comprising:
- a heat exchanger section to provide a heat exchange material, the heat exchanger section extending in a tubular manner from a first end to a second end, and
- a thermal riser having a first end to connect to the second end of the heat exchanger section, the thermal riser to receive the heat exchange material from the heat exchanger section and to heat the heat exchange material based on a resource, wherein the thermal riser includes:
- a heat transfer pump at the first end of the thermal riser,
- a plurality of thermal riser sensors;
- an outer spiral pipe section to circulate the heat exchange material in a downward manner, and
- an inner return pipe section provided inside the outer spiral pipe section to receive the heat exchange material from the outer spiral pipe section after passing through the outer spiral pipe section,
- wherein the thermal riser includes a thermal riser coaxial section having an outer area for providing the heat exchange material to the outer spiral pipe, and an inner pipe section for receiving the heat exchange material from the inner return pipe, and
- wherein at least one of the sensors provides an indication of temperature of the heated heat exchange material, and wherein the heat transfer pump in the thermal riser adjusts a speed based on the temperature of the heated heat exchange material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.