Title:
【発明の名称】地熱発電システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH11508342
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A system for the generation of electricity from geothermal energy that is less expensive, more efficient, and avoids dealing with undesirable byproducts, is disclosed. The system of the present invention relies on using endothermic reactions at the bottom of a well to capture and store the geothermal heat, and exothermic reactions at the top of the well to release the heat stored within the products of the endothermic reactions. In the preferred embodiment, the endothermic reaction is the decomposition of water. To induce the endothermic reaction as well as to harvest and separate the resulting products, a catalytic device is used where each type of product selectively diffuses into its individual conduit. The endothermic products undergo the exothermic reaction in a combustion turbine, and the products of the exothermic reaction are immediately condensed in a condenser. In the preferred embodiment the condenser condenses steam into liquid water to be returned down the well, thus creating a closed system.
Inventors:
Schnell, James, H.
Application Number:
JP50182597A
Publication Date:
July 21, 1999
Filing Date:
June 07, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Schnell, James, H.
International Classes:
E21B36/00; E21B41/00; F03G7/04; F03G4/00; F24J3/08; (IPC1-7): F03G4/00; F24J3/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadashi Wakabayashi (4 others)