Patents by Inventor Larry G. Chorn

Larry G. Chorn 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).

  • Patent number: 11821408
    Abstract: A system comprises a production well having an inlet in fluid communication with an underground reservoir, wherein the reservoir is at a first temperature and contains a native aqueous solution, a working fluid withdrawn from the reservoir into the inlet and through the production well. The working fluid comprises a non-water component and an aqueous component comprising a portion of the aqueous solution. The system further comprises a separation apparatus in communication with the production well configured to separate the aqueous component from the working fluid to provide a dewatered working fluid, wherein the aqueous component is from more than 0 wt. % to no more than a specified threshold of the dewatered working fluid. The system also includes an energy recovery system that comprises an expansion device through which the dewatered working fluid passes and produces work energy and a generator that converts the work energy to electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TERRACOH INC.
    Inventors: Larry G. Chorn, Philip Arthur Pogge
  • Publication number: 20230016334
    Abstract: A method comprises introducing a sequestration fluid through one or more injection wells into an underground reservoir containing at least one native fluid. Each injection well includes one or more injection well reservoir openings through which the sequestration fluid flows from the injection well into the underground reservoir. The method further comprises simultaneously or substantially simultaneously withdrawing a portion of the at least one native fluid through one or more withdrawal wells. Each injection well includes one or more withdrawal well reservoir openings through which the portion of the at least one native fluid flows from the underground reservoir into the withdrawal well. The one or more withdrawal well reservoir openings are proximate to the one or more injection well reservoir openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Larry G. Chorn
  • Publication number: 20220373230
    Abstract: A system comprises a production well having an inlet in fluid communication with an underground reservoir, wherein the reservoir is at a first temperature and contains a native aqueous solution, a working fluid withdrawn from the reservoir into the inlet and through the production well. The working fluid comprises a non-water component and an aqueous component comprising a portion of the aqueous solution. The system further comprises a separation apparatus in communication with the production well configured to separate the aqueous component from the working fluid to provide a dewatered working fluid, wherein the aqueous component is from more than 0 wt. % to no more than a specified threshold of the dewatered working fluid. The system also includes an energy recovery system that comprises an expansion device through which the dewatered working fluid passes and produces work energy and a generator that converts the work energy to electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Larry G. Chorn, Philip Arthur Pogge
  • Publication number: 20220056893
    Abstract: A system comprising a non-water working fluid feed stream, a compressor configured to compress the non-water based working fluid, to provide a compressed non-water based working fluid; and an energy recovery system configured to recover energy from the compressed non-water based working fluid, to provide a de-energized compressed non-water based working fluid, wherein the energy recovery system captures at least a portion of excess energy from the compressed non-water based working fluid and converts the captured excess energy to electricity, heat energy, or both electricity and heat energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Philip Arthur Pogge, Larry G. Chorn