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- Patent Title: Optimized CO2 sequestration and enhanced geothermal system
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Application No.: US17588267Application Date: 2022-01-29
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Publication No.: US11732929B2Publication Date: 2023-08-22
- Inventor: William James Hughes
- Applicant: William James Hughes
- Applicant Address: US CO Highlands Ranch
- Assignee: William James Hughes
- Current Assignee: William James Hughes
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Highlands Ranch
- Agent Michael D. Reilly
- Main IPC: F24T10/40
- IPC: F24T10/40 ; E21B41/00 ; E21B10/00 ; E21B43/12 ; F24T10/00

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems for drilling and operating a well which may have dual uses. The well may be drilled and operated as a geothermal well using a hybrid approach where a heat transfer fluid is injected into a hot rock formation but is not removed, and heat is extracted using a closed loop method. The geothermal well is then evaluated for use as a carbon dioxide sequestration well. In other embodiments, the well is drilled as a carbon dioxide sequestration well and then evaluated for its potential for generating geothermal energy using a hybrid approach where supercritical carbon dioxide is injected into a hot rock formation but is not removed, and heat is extracted using a closed loop method. Both horizontal and vertical wells are disclosed, in sedimentary rocks and in basement granite.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230114197A1 Optimized CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Geothermal System Public/Granted day:2023-04-13
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