US 11,808,524 B2
Power plant cooling systems
Bob Burkett, Carrollton, TX (US)
Filed by Bob Burkett, Carrollton, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,310.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,596, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107140 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F28D 20/00 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC F28D 20/0052 (2013.01) [F28D 2020/0078 (2013.01); F28D 2021/004 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0054 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for cooling an electricity power plant, said system comprising:
a turbine hall and;
a closed cycle circulation geothermal cooling system,
wherein the closed cycle cooling system includes:
a plurality of fluid connectors;
a first at least one of said connectors located between the turbine hall and a geothermal piping loop which is submerged in a river, lake, and/or ocean; and
a second at least one of said connectors located between the geothermal piping loop and the turbine hall;
wherein the closed cycle cooling system is configured such that:
fluid in the closed cycle flows from the turbine hall to the geothermal piping loop via the first connector(s),
then from the geothermal piping loop to the turbine hall via the second connector(s), at which point the fluid flow can be directed to flow through the turbine hall for cooling or to one or more auxiliary locations and then back to the turbine hall, wherein the fluid directed to flow through the turbine hall and the fluid which is directed back to the turbine hall are then directed back to the geothermal piping loop via the first connector(s).