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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3991817 | Geothermal energy recovery Apparatus and method for recovering resources from subterranean rock formations, particularly heat energy, and more particularly geothermal energy. A heat-drill, which has means associated therewith for removing some rock from the earth and forming other ... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3990502 | Arrangement to control heat flow between a member and its environment An arrangement of insulating, thermal absorbing and/or dissipating elements controlling heat flow between a member and its environment. In certain permafrost environments, for example, one or more elements of the system can include a heat sink and/or a th... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990253 | Method for constructing an ice platform A work platform for oil drilling, oil production, or other purposes is constructed in arctic waters by locating a natural ice island of suitable area and thickness, and moving it to the desired platform location. The ice island is anchored to the sea floo... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3986339 | Storing a substance which, at atmospheric pressure, has a boiling point below 0°C Liquid natural gas is stored in a rock chamber. Some liquid gas is vaporized because of the natural heat flow from the surrounding rock. Said gas is conveyed to a second rock chamber serving as a buffer store. Some gas leaks out through cracks in the rock... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3986362 | Geothermal power plant with intermediate superheating and simultaneous generation of thermal and electrical energy A geothermal power device including typically a volcanic plug basalt rock geothermal heat exchange unit and a source of a high temperature thermal energy source connected to a gas generator vessel and passing through and through interior space of the gene... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3975912 | Geothermal dual energy transfer method and apparatus This is a method, and apparatus for practicing the method, for the transfer of geothermal energy and for its use in the production of power, wherein an energy extractor is placed within each of two wells (or within each well of two groups of wells) in suc... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3976125 | Thermal bleed for permafrost environments Trafficked surfaces built on foundations which remain substantially undisturbed during seasonal climatic cycles, particularly in permafrost and near permafrost regions where considerable disturbance of the ground beneath foundations is otherwise common. T... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3972372 | Exraction of hydrocarbons in situ from underground hydrocarbon deposits A method of extracting hydrocarbons in situ from an underground hydrocarbon deposit (such as petroleum or lignite). A selected part of the deposit is heated by electrical induction to temperatures high enough to drive off hydrocarbon fractions as gases or... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3970140 | Air operated underground cooler means with natural lift The difference in density between heated and unheated air is used to provide flow of air across a heat transfer means located underground. An underground passageway connects an inlet orifice with an outlet orifice for flow of ambient air therethrough. The... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3967675 | Method and device for exploiting the geothermal energy in a submarine volcano For the exploitation of the geothermal energy in an active submarine volcano an elongated, substantially vertical, columnar concrete body is arranged above the orifice of the volcano so as to extend from the water surface vertically downwards through the ... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3967448 | Geothermal energy well casing seal A geothermal energy transfer and utilization system makes use of thermal energy stored in hot solute-bearing well water to generate super-heated steam from an injected flow of clean water. The super-heated steam is then used for operating a turbine-driven... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3965972 | Heating and cooling system An environment heating and cooling system comprising a solar collector, heat storage ground well, cold storage ground well and a heat exchange apparatus. Water from a cold storage ground well is heated in the heat exchange apparatus by solar heating fluid... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3961866 | Geothermal energy system heat exchanger and control apparatus A geothermal energy transfer and utilization system extracts thermal energy stored in hot solute-bearing well water to generate super-heated steam from an injected flow of clean water; the super-heated steam is then used for driving a turbine-driven pump ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3957108 | Multiple-completion geothermal energy production systems A system for the mining of geothermal energy in which a plurality of geothermal wells radiate from a single surface site into a subsurface geothermal reservoir. The wells can be drilled by conventional slant drilling techniques and each may contain a clos... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3953971 | Power generation arrangement This invention relates to a system for generating power utilizing the elevation differences and available temperatures on the earth's surface, such as occurs in a mountainous region with a nearby valley or desert. The system includes heat rejection means,... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3955042 | Cooling of power cables by a closed-cycle evaporation-condensation process An apparatus for cooling underground power cables. Cooling of underground power cables is presently effected by the circulation of water or oil through pipes within which the cables are situated. The oil or water is then circulated through air or water-co... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3952531 | Cryogenic storage tanks A cryogenic storage tank characterised by the provision of a space between the outer walls of the tank and the ground surrounding same, and means for introducing heated air into said space at the lower regions thereof for flow upwardly therethrough.... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952802 | Method and apparatus for in situ gasification of coal and the commercial products derived therefrom The process of the invention includes the concept of igniting a coal formation in situ with hot granular material and subsequently allowing the material to flow into the burning coal formation to serve as a propping agent in the event of a cave-in. Gasify... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3950958 | Refrigerated underground storage and tempering system for compressed gas received as a cryogenic liquid Methods and systems for storing large volumes of gas, such as natural gas, commonly shipped as liquid at very low temperature and unloaded through comparatively short cryogenic pipelines. Systems are disclosed for receiving, storing and warming shipments ... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3951794 | Geothermal power method Disclosed are a system and method for extracting heat from hot unrefined water for the purpose of using this heat to do useful work, and specifically for extracting such heat while minimizing the undesirable effects caused by formation of scale and other ... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3948313 | Arrangement to control heat flow between a member and its environment An arrangement of insulating, thermal absorbing and/or dissipating elements controlling heat flow between a member and its environment. In certain permafrost environments, for example, one or more elements of the system can include a heat sink and/or a th... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3945218 | Environment control system This invention relates to an environment control system utilizing the elevation differences and available temperatures on the earth's surface, such as occur in a mountainous region with a nearby valley or a desert. The system includes heat rejection means... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3943722 | Ground freezing method An apparatus and method of freezing a large volume of ground for tunnel construction and the like utilizing liquified nitrogen is described. The apparatus consists generally of a series of freeze pipes embedded in the ground, each of the freeze pipes cons... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3939659 | Geothermal energy system fluid filter and control apparatus A geothermal energy transfer and utilization system abstracts thermal energy stored in hot solute-bearing well water to generate super-heated steam from an injected flow of clean water; the super-heated steam is then used for operating a turbine-driven pu... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3937973 | Method for determining and controlling liquid cooling system characteristics A system for determining the thermal characteristics of a cooling system and controlling the cooling system in response to the determined thermal characteristics. The flow pattern of a cooling reservoir having a surface exposed to the atmosphere is repres... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3935900 | Permafrost structural support with integral heat pipe means Structural support assembly for use in arctic and subarctic (permafrost) areas or in any areas where the upper ground layer is subject to a severe annual freeze-thaw cycle, including the cooperative combination of a support structure and a heat pipe eleme... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3935102 | Geothermal power system and method A system and method for extracting heat from hot unrefined water and ultimately using this heat to do useful work, while avoiding the danger of damage to heat exchange equipment by scale and corrosion, which is many times attendant on such methods. The ho... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3932997 | Method for suppressing the formation of ice in natural or man-made bodies of water A method for suppressing the formation of ice in natural or man-made bodies of water such as lakes, rivers, sounds, straits, bays, shipping canals, shipping locks, harbors, and the like. The method is particularly useful in areas where ice breakers or the... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3931851 | Liquid aquifer energy storage method A liquid aquifer energy storage method by which hot water is collected and stored in underground aquifers during the summer months and made available for heating during winter months. The liquid aquifer energy storage method also allows for the storage of... | 01/13/1976 |
