US 12,348,185 B1
Integrated hybrid solar energy plant and district heating and cooling network
Julien Toniolo, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/764,473.
Int. Cl. H02S 40/44 (2014.01); F24S 10/95 (2018.01); F24S 40/55 (2018.01); H02S 40/42 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 40/44 (2014.12) [F24S 10/95 (2018.05); F24S 40/55 (2018.05); H02S 40/42 (2014.12)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing electrical power, the system comprising:
a solar thermal collector including a photovoltaic (PV) module, wherein the solar thermal collector is configured to convert a first portion of sunlight to thermal energy and a second portion of the sunlight to electrical energy;
a thermal cycle generator configured to generate electricity including a generator working fluid, wherein the generator working fluid receives heat from the solar thermal collector and exhausts the heat to a district working fluid;
a district working fluid ring of a district heating and cooling network (DHCN) configured to receive heat from the thermal cycle generator with the district working fluid therein, wherein the district working fluid ring includes a warm-temperature fluid ring or a cool-temperature fluid ring; and
a preheater configured to heat the generator working fluid before an evaporator, wherein the preheater receives district thermal energy from at least one of the warm-temperature fluid ring of the DHCN or the cool-temperature fluid ring of the DHCN.