Heat pump system and method for implementing efficient evaporation by using geothermal well

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12305895-B2
Application number	US-202118012991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2021
Priority date	Sep 15, 2020
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A heat pump system and a method for implementing efficient evaporation by using a geothermal well are provided. The system includes a stepped underground evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, a liquid storage tank, and a throttle. The underground evaporator includes an inner pipe and an outer pipe. The inner pipe is designed into a multi-section structure. Each section includes a gas guiding pipeline, a baffle plate, and a seepage hole. Under the action of the structure, a liquid working medium flowing into the underground evaporator flows downwards along an inner wall of the outer pipe, and absorbs heat from an underground rock mass and gasifies into a gas working medium; and the gas working medium flows upwards to ground. Compared with the prior art, neither gas-liquid re-entrainment nor a liquid accumulation effect can occur in the underground evaporator designed according to the system and method.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat pump system for implementing an evaporation by using a geothermal well, comprising an underground evaporator, a liquid storage tank, a condenser and a compressor, wherein the underground evaporator, the liquid storage tank, the condenser and the compressor are connected in turn through a pipeline,
wherein the underground evaporator is at least partially disposed under the ground and is provided with an inner pipe and an outer pipe; the inner pipe comprises a plurality of separated sections, wherein the plurality of separated sections are arranged axially; each of the plurality of separated sections comprises a gas guiding pipeline and a baffle plate; the gas guiding pipeline is disposed adjacent to an axial center of the outer pipe; an axial center of the gas guiding pipeline is coincident with or parallel to the axial center of the outer pipe;
a higher end and a lower end of the baffle plate are respectively connected to an outer wall surface of the gas guiding pipeline and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe, wherein a reservoir is formed, wherein the reservoir is provided with a slant inner reservoir surface; a plurality of seepage holes are formed in the reservoir; a predetermined gap exists between one gas guiding pipeline and a gas guiding pipeline of an adjacent separated section to form a gas channel; an upstream pipeline of the compressor is connected to the gas guiding pipeline; and a downstream pipeline of the liquid storage tank is connected to the reservoir.

2. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid storage tank is provided with an exhaust/liquid injection valve; and the exhaust/liquid injection valve is configured to exhaust a non-condensable gas in the liquid storage tank and inject a fluid working medium into the liquid storage tank.

3. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein a liquid-level sensor is disposed in a bottom of the underground evaporator, wherein the liquid-level sensor is configured to detect a depth of a liquid accumulated in the underground evaporator.

4. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein a downstream pipeline of the condenser is provided with a throttle; and the throttle is configured to adjust a reflux amount of a liquid working medium.

5. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein the underground evaporator is disposed in an underground target rock mass; and the underground target rock mass comprises a soil, a hypertonic aqueous rock mass, a hot dry rock, and an artificial fractured rock mass, wherein the artificial fractured rock mass is built by means of a hydraulic power excitation.

6. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein a fluid working medium comprises distilled water, ammonia, carbon dioxide, and an organic working medium, wherein the fluid working medium circulates in the heat pump system.

7. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein a length of a gas guiding pipeline of a separated section adjacent to a top location is greater than a length of a separated section at any location.

8. An evaporation method using a geothermal well, applied to the heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein the evaporation method comprises the following:
a fluid working medium flows from the liquid storage tank into a separated section at a topmost part of the underground evaporator and flows downwards along an inner wall of the outer pipe under an action of an in-pipe structure;
a liquid working medium in each of the plurality of separated sections absorbs heat from an underground target rock mass through the outer pipe and gasifies into a gas working medium; and
the gas working medium enters the gas guiding pipeline through the gas channel, flows into the compressor for pressurization and heating up, flows into the condenser for heat releasing and condensation, and flows back into the liquid storage tank.

9. The evaporation method according to claim 8 , wherein in the heat pump system, the liquid storage tank is provided with an exhaust/liquid injection valve; and the exhaust/liquid injection valve is configured to exhaust a non-condensable gas in the liquid storage tank and inject the fluid working medium into the liquid storage tank.

10. The evaporation method according to claim 8 , wherein in the heat pump system, a liquid-level sensor is disposed in a bottom of the underground evaporator, wherein the liquid-level sensor is configured to detect a depth of a liquid accumulated in the underground evaporator.

11. The evaporation method according to claim 8 , wherein in the heat pump system, a downstream pipeline of the condenser is provided with a throttle; and the throttle is configured to adjust a reflux amount of the liquid working medium.

12. The evaporation method according to claim 8 , wherein in the heat pump system, the underground evaporator is disposed in the underground target rock mass; and the underground target rock mass comprises a soil, a hypertonic aqueous rock mass, a hot dry rock, and an artificial fractured rock mass, wherein the artificial fractured rock mass is built by means of a hydraulic power excitation.

13. The evaporation method according to claim 8 , wherein in the heat pump system, the fluid working medium comprises distilled water, ammonia, carbon dioxide, and an organic working medium, wherein the fluid working medium circulates in the heat pump system.

Assignees

• Guangzhou Inst Energy Conversion Cas

Inventors

• Huang Wenbo
• Jiang Fangming
• Chen Juanwen
• Cen Jiwen
• Cao Wenjiong

Classifications

• F24T10/10

  with circulation of working fluids through underground channels, the working fluids not coming into direct contact with the ground · CPC title

• F24T10/30

  using underground reservoirs for accumulating working fluids or intermediate fluids · CPC title

• F25B30/02

  of the compression type · CPC title

• F25B2339/047

  Water-cooled condensers · CPC title

• F24T50/00

  Geothermal systems  (for producing mechanical power from geothermal energy F03G4/00) · CPC title