Abstract: Turbine for a turbomachine comprising an annular casing (1), upstream (3) and downstream (4) ring supports and a sealing ring (2) configured to extend around and radially face a blade assembly (6) of a rotor of the turbine, the supports are mounted against a radially inner surface of the casing (1), the sealing ring (2) being configured to be disposed radially between the blade assembly (6) and the casing (1), and being mounted against the upstream support and the downstream support, the sealing ring (2) having a maximum radius with respect to the main axis (X) of the turbine, and the casing (1) being dimensioned such that the maximum radius of the sealing ring (2) is strictly smaller than the radius of the upstream end of the casing (1) so as to allow a mounting by axial insertion, of the sealing ring (2) and of the upstream ring support (3), against the downstream ring support (4).

Abstract: A thermal system for a facility includes a facility fluid circuit, a ground-source heat pump, and an air-source heat pump. The ground-source heat pump and the air-source heat pump each include a fluid circuit connected to the facility fluid circuit in parallel via a common facility heat exchanger. The ground-source heat pump includes a ground-source heat exchanger for transferring heat between a ground-source working fluid and a downhole fluid of a downhole fluid circuit. The air-source heat pump includes an air-source heat exchanger for transferring heat between an air-source working fluid and an ambient air. Heat can be transferred, at the facility heat exchanger, between the facility fluid and one or more of the ground-source working fluid or the air-source working fluid in order to provide thermal heating, cooling, or both to the facility.

Abstract: A thermal system for providing thermal conditioning to a facility includes a facility air circuit for circulating a facility air throughout the facility and a downhole fluid circuit for circulating a downhole fluid. The facility air circuit is thermally connected to a heat pump for exchanging heat with the facility air. The downhole fluid circuit includes the heat pump for exchanging heat with the downhole fluid, a main loop, including a borehole heat exchanger (BHE) for exchanging heat between the downhole fluid and a geological formation, and an exhaust loop including an exhaust heat exchanger coupled to an exhaust of the facility air circuit, wherein the exhaust loop is configured to circulate at least some of the downhole fluid through the exhaust heat exchanger to exchange heat between the downhole fluid and an exhaust flow of the facility air exhausted from the facility at the exhaust.

Abstract: A method of operating a thermal system includes receiving a data center heat with a downhole fluid, the data center heat generated by at least one heat generating electronic component of a data center. The method also includes exchanging heat between a facility and the downhole fluid via a ground-source heat pump (GSHP) to fulfill at least a portion of a thermal load of the facility. The method further includes maintaining a thermal balance of the downhole fluid with a borehole heat exchanger (BHE) implemented in a borefield.

Abstract: A thermal system includes a borehole heat exchanger, a facility having a peak heating load, a data center including at least one heat generating electronic component, and a ground-source heat pump. The data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump are connected in a dynamic downhole fluid circuit with a flow of a downhole fluid. The dynamic downhole fluid circuit is configured to reject heat from the data center to the facility and to the BHE, and a power capacity of the data center is less than the peak heating load of the facility.

Abstract: A wellhead container for a geothermal system includes a base configured to engage a bottom of a recess within a ground. The recess extends vertically from the bottom of the recess to a surface of the ground, the base includes at least one first opening, and the at least one first opening is configured to receive a drilling string. The wellhead container includes a top configured to support a load applied by a drilling machine to the wellhead container. The top includes second openings, and each second opening is configured to receive the drilling string. The wellhead container includes a sidewall extending along a vertical axis between the base and the top. The sidewall is configured to position an upper surface of the top substantially flush with the surface of the ground, and the sidewall is configured to transfer at least a portion of the load to the base.

Abstract: A thermal system for a facility includes a facility fluid circuit, a ground-source heat pump, and an air-source heat pump. The ground-source heat pump and the air-source heat pump each include a fluid circuit connected to the facility fluid circuit in parallel via a common facility heat exchanger. The ground-source heat pump includes a ground-source heat exchanger for transferring heat between a ground-source working fluid and a downhole fluid of a downhole fluid circuit. The air-source heat pump includes an air-source heat exchanger for transferring heat between an air-source working fluid and an ambient air. Heat can be transferred, at the facility heat exchanger, between the facility fluid and one or more of the ground-source working fluid or the air-source working fluid in order to provide thermal heating, cooling, or both to the facility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbine rotor (1) comprising a rotor disc (2), provided at its periphery with a plurality of axial cells (23) for receiving a bilobed root (30) of a blade (3), each cell (23) comprising a radially inner cavity (232) and a radially outer cavity (231). This rotor is characterised in that it comprises a ring (4) for axially retaining the blade roots and an annular flange (5), the ring (4) comprising a radially inner portion provided with notches (43) and being arranged against the upstream face (21) of the disc (2), so that each of its notches (43) is located opposite a cell (23) of the disc (2), the flange (5) being secured against the upstream face of the ring (4), forming a space (E) with said disc (2), and comprising at least one air-intake opening (54) which opens into said space (E), and in that each blade (3) comprises a groove (33) for receiving the outer circumferential edge (46) of said ring (4).

Abstract: A thermal system includes a borehole heat exchanger, a facility having a peak heating load, a data center including at least one heat generating electronic component, and a ground-source heat pump. The data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump are connected in a dynamic downhole fluid circuit with a flow of a downhole fluid. The dynamic downhole fluid circuit is configured to reject heat from the data center to the facility and to the BHE, and a power capacity of the data center is less than the peak heating load of the facility.

Abstract: A thermal system includes a borehole heat exchanger, a facility, a data center including at least one heat generating electronic component, and a ground-source heat pump. A dynamic downhole fluid circuit connects the data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump with a flow of a downhole fluid and is configured to connect the data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump in a plurality of different configurations to reject heat from the data center. The thermal system further includes a facility fluid circuit for connecting the facility and the ground-source heat pump with a facility fluid, wherein the ground-source heat pump thermally connects the dynamic downhole fluid circuit and the facility fluid circuit.

Abstract: A thermal system includes a borehole heat exchanger, a facility, a data center including at least one heat generating electronic component, and a ground-source heat pump. A dynamic downhole fluid circuit connects the data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump with a flow of a downhole fluid and is configured to connect the data center, the borehole heat exchanger, and the ground-source heat pump in a plurality of different configurations to reject heat from the data center. The thermal system further includes a facility fluid circuit for connecting the facility and the ground-source heat pump with a facility fluid, wherein the ground-source heat pump thermally connects the dynamic downhole fluid circuit and the facility fluid circuit.

Abstract: A thermal system for providing thermal conditioning to a facility includes a facility air circuit for circulating a facility air throughout the facility and a downhole fluid circuit for circulating a downhole fluid. The facility air circuit is thermally connected to a heat pump for exchanging heat with the facility air. The downhole fluid circuit includes the heat pump for exchanging heat with the downhole fluid, a main loop, including a borehole heat exchanger (BHE) for exchanging heat between the downhole fluid and a geological formation, and an exhaust loop including an exhaust heat exchanger coupled to an exhaust of the facility air circuit, wherein the exhaust loop is configured to circulate at least some of the downhole fluid through the exhaust heat exchanger to exchange heat between the downhole fluid and an exhaust flow of the facility air exhausted from the facility at the exhaust.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nozzle guide vane for a turbine, having an axis of revolution and comprising: a flange extending radially relative to the axis; —a ring seal mounted on the flange and comprising an inner face that is configured to bear an abradable element; —a ventilation cavity delimited radially on the inside by an outer face of the ring seal and downstream by an upstream face of the flange; —a baffle configured to guide an airflow toward the ventilation cavity; and—at least one through-opening formed in the ring seal and configured to put the ventilation cavity in fluidic communication with the inner face of the ring seal.

Abstract: A method of producing a geothermal well includes obtaining site information including at least a site volume; obtaining drilling parameters; determining lengths and orientations of planned wellbores based at least partially on the site information and the drilling parameters.

Abstract: A thermal system includes a first facility fluid circuit including a facility fluid for circulating through a facility, a first facility heat exchanger, and a first facility supply inlet for providing the facility fluid to the facility. A second facility fluid circuit includes the facility fluid, a second facility fluid heat exchanger, and a second facility supply inlet. A ground-source heat pump includes the first facility heat exchanger and is associated with the first facility fluid circuit. An air-source heat pump includes the second facility heat exchanger and is associated with the second facility heat exchanger. A mutual supply duct connects the first and second facility fluid circuits such that the first facility fluid circuit is fluidly connected to the second facility supply inlet and the second facility fluid circuit is connected to the first facility supply inlet.

Abstract: A geothermal management system may receive time-series data for operation of the geothermal energy system. A geothermal management system may calibrate a physical model using the time-series data. A geothermal management system may apply the physical model to a pre-determined comparison parameter to generate a performance indicator. A geothermal management system may identify an operating status of the geothermal energy system based on the performance indicator.

Abstract: A turbine has a first rotor and a second rotor configured to pivot about a longitudinal axis (X) according to two opposite directions of rotation. The first rotor has a radially outer drum from which blades extend radially inwards. The first rotor and the second rotor are surrounded by a stator annular part. The stator annular part delimits, with the drum, at least one upstream annular cavity and one downstream annular cavity separated from each other by sealing means.

Abstract: A method of operating a ground-source heat pump includes generating a thermal power based on a thermal communication of the ground-source heat pump with a borefield, the thermal power at least partly covering a thermal load of a facility. The method includes receiving a temperature associated with the borefield and controlling the thermal power based on the temperature. The method further includes maintaining the temperature within a temperature range based on controlling the thermal power, wherein the ground-source heat pump is configured to cause the temperature to fall outside of the temperature range at a full capacity of the thermal power.

Abstract: A method of operating a thermal system implementing a ground-source heat pump includes receiving design parameters associated with a design of the thermal system and receiving one or more measurement inputs associated with a flow of a thermal fluid through a borefield of a ground heat exchanger. The method further includes, based on the measurement inputs and the design parameters, predicting one or more predicted thermal values of the thermal fluid using a forward model. The method further includes predicting one or more predicted borefield parameters of the borefield based on inverting the forward model. The method further includes monitoring the thermal system based on the predicted borefield parameters.

Abstract: A thermal system for providing thermal conditioning to a facility includes a facility air circuit for circulating a facility air throughout the facility and a downhole fluid circuit for circulating a downhole fluid. The facility air circuit is thermally connected to a heat pump for exchanging heat with the facility air. The downhole fluid circuit includes the heat pump for exchanging heat with the downhole fluid, a main loop, including a borehole heat exchanger (BHE) for exchanging heat between the downhole fluid and a geological formation, and an exhaust loop including an exhaust heat exchanger coupled to an exhaust of the facility air circuit, wherein the exhaust loop is configured to circulate at least some of the downhole fluid through the exhaust heat exchanger to exchange heat between the downhole fluid and an exhaust flow of the facility air exhausted from the facility at the exhaust.