Patents by Inventor Brad William Mullard

Brad William Mullard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Geothermal assisted power generation
    Patent number: 9273866
    Abstract: In a coal fired power plant (17) incorporating a feed-water heater (10), energy is provided to the feed-water heater by pumping geothermal hot water through supply and return pipes (15, 16) from a geothermal reservoir (14) located beneath an adjacent coal seam (19). The coal seam acts as an insulating layer, increasing the temperature of the geothermal reservoir (14). Solar heat collectors (21) and (25) can also be provided to boost the temperature of the geothermal hot water and/or the feed water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NEWCASTLE INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Brad William Mullard, Behdad Moghtaderi
  • GEOTHERMAL ASSISTED POWER GENERATION
    Publication number: 20140116045
    Abstract: In a coal fired power plant (17) incorporating a feed-water heater (10), energy is provided to the feed-water heater by pumping geothermal hot water through supply and return pipes (15, 16) from a geothermal reservoir (14) located beneath an adjacent coal seam (19). The coal seam acts as an insulating layer, increasing the temperature of the geothermal reservoir (14). Solar heat collectors (21) and (25) can also be provided to boost the temperature of the geothermal hot water and/or the feed water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Brad William Mullard, Behdad Moghtaderi