MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202444099909 A) filed by Man Energy Solutions Se, Augsburg, Germany, on Dec. 17, 2024, for 'system and method for utilising geothermal energy.'
Inventor(s) include Mischo, Bob; Kohlert, Sebastian; and Schonenberger, Markus.
The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system (10) for utilising geothermal energy, having a storage device (13) which is equipped for storing carbon dioxide, which is present at a first temperature level and a first density level, in subterranean reservoir (11), having a retrieving device (14) which is equipped for retrieving carbon dioxide which is present at a second temperature level and a second density level from the subterranean reservoir, wherein the second temperature level is higher than the first temperature level and the second density level is lower than the first density level, having a heat pump (16) comprising a first heat exchanger (17), a compressor (18), a second heat exchanger (19) and an expander (26) or a throttle, wherein the first heat exchanger (17) is equipped for transmitting thermal energy of the carbon dioxide downstream of the retrieving device (14) and upstream of the storage device to a process medium of the heat pump (16), wherein the compressor (18) is equipped for compressing the process medium downstream of the first heat exchanger (17), wherein the second heat exchanger (19) is equipped for transmitting thermal energy of the compressed process medium to a consumer, and wherein the expander (26) or the throttle is equipped for expanding the process medium downstream of the second heat exchanger (19), and having an introduction device (21) which is equipped for introducing carbon dioxide of a carbon dioxide source (22) downstream of the retrieving device (14) and upstream of the heat pump (16) into the system (10)."
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