| CPC F03G 4/072 (2021.08) [F03G 4/02 (2021.08); F03G 7/04 (2013.01); F24T 10/20 (2018.05)] | 20 Claims |
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14. A system comprising:
a subsea geothermal power system comprising:
a plurality of well connections configured to couple to a plurality of geothermal wells comprising a producer well and an injector well; and
a geothermal power plant fluidly coupled to the plurality of well connections, wherein the geothermal power system is configured to receive a geothermal fluid from the producer well, extract thermal energy from the geothermal fluid, convert the thermal energy into at least one of electrical energy or mechanical energy, and inject the geothermal fluid into the injector well after extracting the thermal energy;
a sensor configured to:
detect one or more characteristics of the geothermal fluid received from the producer well; and
transmit a signal indicative of the detected one or more characteristics of the geothermal fluid to a processor; and
a controller having the processor, a memory, and instructions stored on the memory and executable by the processor to:
determine an estimated water content of the geothermal fluid based on the signal received from the sensor;
compare the estimated water content to a threshold water content; and
activate the geothermal power plant to receive and convert the thermal energy into the at least one of the electrical energy or the mechanical energy in response to the estimated water content of the geothermal fluid exceeding the threshold water content.
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