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Granted Patent B1
US 12,392,329 · App. 19/036,434 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Power generation mechanism applying solar heat together with geothermal heat

Inventor: George Uh-Schu Liau (Markham, CA)
F03G6/0055F01K11/02F03G4/037F24S70/00H02K7/1823H02S10/10H02S40/44
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Patent No.
US 12,392,329
App. No.
19/036,434
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A power generation mechanism that utilizes solar heat together with geothermal heat is equipped with a boiler and at least one pipeline generator unit. The lower end of the boiler is provided with an input pipe, which can extend deep into the ground to extract dry geothermal heat accumulated in the subterranean layer into the interior of the boiler. The upper end of the boiler is equipped with a solar heat collector, which transfers solar heat to the interior of the boiler to further heat hot water inside; in addition, the upper end of the boiler is connected to at least one output pipe, which can transport the heated water and steam to a pipeline generator unit. By directing hot water and steam through a power generation channel located between the upper water tank and the lower water tank of the pipeline generator unit, the generator unit in the power generation channel generates electricity.

Claims (27)

1. A power generation mechanism applying a solar heat together with a geothermal heat, comprising a boiler and at least one pipeline generator unit;

the bottom of the boiler is provided with a conveyor pipe capable of extending into the underground to draw dry the geothermal heat, being collected from the underground into the boiler;

the top of the boiler is provided with at least one output pipe, the other end of the at least one pipe connected to the at least one pipeline generator unit, allowing the generated hot water and steam within the boiler to be delivered to the at least one pipeline generator unit.

2. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the top of the boiler is additionally equipped with a solar heat collector, which comprises multiple inclined solar heat chip panels arranged at the top of an outer casing, with a central metal conduit positioned upright among the multiple inclined solar heat chip panels, reflecting sunlight onto the surface of the metal conduit, causing heat up.

3. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the lower ends of the multiple solar heat chip panels are connected to a helical metal coil to transfer the thermal energy generated by sunlight to the coil;

wherein the lower end of the helical metal coil is connected to the lower end of the metal conduit, connected to a metal wire extending into the boiler, thereby utilizing the metal wire, to reheat the fluid inside the boiler.

4. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the top of the boiler is further provided with a pressure relief valve to release the internal pressure of the boiler as needed.

5. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein a vacuum generator is located below the boiler, and one end of the vacuum generator is connected to a first conduit first end, while the other end of the vacuum generator is connected to a second conduit;

the other end of the first conduit is connected to the conveyor pipe, and the other end of the second conduit is connected to the interior of the boiler, with the assistance of the vacuum generator, dry geothermal heat collected underground can be rapidly drawn through the first conduit and delivered into the boiler via the second conduit.

6. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with geothermal heat as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein said at least one pipeline generator unit comprises an upper water tank and a lower water tank, with multiple power generation channels arranged in between;

wherein the upper water tank is provided with an inlet at the top, connected to the output pipe;

wherein a pump is installed in the middle section of the output pipe to direct the hot water and steam inside the boiler into the upper water tank;

wherein the hot water and the steam that enters the upper water tank flows downward through the power generation channels into the lower water tank;

wherein one side of the lower water tank is equipped with an outlet connected to a discharge pipeline, which communicates with the boiler, thus forming a closed circulating system.

7. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein said at least one generator units are arranged at intervals inside the power generation channels of the pipeline generator unit;

each at least one generator unit uses a dual-end rotor shaft with the two ends extending through the walls of the power generation channel to be fixed inside the channel, and

wherein the at least one generator unit two ends of the dual-end rotor shaft extends through the channel walls connected to a generator.

8. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said dual-end rotor shaft installed inside the power generation channel is equipped with turbine blades, the turbine blades can be driven to rotate by the downward flow of hot water and steam, thereby causing the rotor shaft to rotate and drive the generator to generate electricity.

9. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 8 ,

wherein each generator unit within the power generation channels is provided with a funnel above;

wherein the funnel's lower end is a small opening directed toward the turbine blades of the dual-end rotor shaft, while the upper end is a large opening, enabling the hot water and steam to flow from the large opening to the small opening, concentrating pressure on the turbine blades to enhance their rotational speed.

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