US Patent Issued to GreenFire Energy on July 28 for "Methods and systems for increasing heat transfer in geothermal systems" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,046, issued on July 28, was assigned to GreenFire Energy Inc. (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for increasing heat transfer in geothermal systems" was invented by Greg Szutiak (Calgary, Canada), Alan D. Eastman (Holladay, Utah) and John R. Muir (St. George, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slurry configured to promote the transfer of heat, systems employing the slurry, and a method of using the systems and slurry are provided. The slurry may include a quantity of a thermally conductive material configured to transfer heat. The slurry may also include a quantity of a proppant configured to prop open one or more fractu...