US 12,477,687 B1
Ground-source thermal system for rejecting data center waste heat to a facility
Matthieu Simon, Clamart (FR); Cindy Demichel, Clamart (FR); Olivier Lecoq, Clamart (FR); Carlos Merino, Clamart (FR); Sylvain Thierry, Clamart (FR); and Rafael Vinit, Clamart (FR)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/884,615.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/648,552, filed on May 16, 2024.
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F24T 10/00 (2018.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01); F03G 4/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20272 (2013.01) [F24T 10/00 (2018.05); H05K 7/20327 (2013.01); H05K 7/2079 (2013.01); E21B 36/00 (2013.01); F03G 4/00 (2021.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal system, comprising:
a borehole heat exchanger (BHE);
a facility;
a data center including at least one heat generating electronic component;
a ground-source heat pump (GSHP);
a dynamic downhole fluid circuit comprising:
a plurality of flow paths fluidly connecting the data center, the BHE, and the GSHP,
at least one pump driving a downhole fluid through the plurality of flow paths between the data center, the BHE, and the GSHP, and
a plurality of valves directing the downhole fluid through the plurality of flow paths between the data center, the BHE, and the GSHP, the plurality of valves having a plurality of different configurations to direct the downhole fluid to reject heat from the data center to the GSHP and/or the BHE, wherein a flow direction of the downhole fluid through the plurality of flow paths changes between the plurality of different configurations of the plurality of valves; and
a facility fluid circuit fluidly connecting the facility and the GSHP with a facility fluid, wherein the GSHP thermally connects the dynamic downhole fluid circuit and the facility fluid circuit.