Patents by Inventor Sovani Meksvanh

Sovani Meksvanh 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).

  • Solar augmented geothermal energy
    Patent number: 7472548
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method is disclosed for storage of solar energy in a subsurface geologic reservoir. The method includes transferring concentrated solar thermal energy to a fluid, thereby generating a supercritical fluid. The supercritical fluid is then injected into the subsurface geologic reservoir through at least one injection well. The subsurface geologic reservoir may be a highly permeable and porous sedimentary strata, a depleted hydrocarbon field, a depleting hydrocarbon field, a depleted oil field, a depleting oil field, a depleted gas field, or a depleting gas field. Once charged with the supercritical fluid, the subsurface geologic formation forms a synthetic geothermal reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Inventors: Sovani Meksvanh, Ronald P. Whelan, Douglas B. Swift
  • Solar augmented geothermal energy
    Publication number: 20060048770
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method is disclosed for storage of solar energy in a subsurface geologic reservoir. The method includes transferring concentrated solar thermal energy to a fluid, thereby generating a supercritical fluid. The supercritical fluid is then injected into the subsurface geologic reservoir through at least one injection well. The subsurface geologic reservoir may be a highly permeable and porous sedimentary strata, a depleted hydrocarbon field, a depleting hydrocarbon field, a depleted oil field, a depleting oil field, a depleted gas field, or a depleting gas field. Once charged with the supercritical fluid, the subsurface geologic formation forms a synthetic geothermal reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Sovani Meksvanh, Ronald Whelan, Douglas Swift