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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Grzegorz Cieslewski, Orlando, FL (US);
Xuhua Gao, Stanford, CA (US);
Ryan Falcone Hess, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Avery T. Cashion, IV, Albuquerque, NM (US);
William Corbin, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Sasha Egan, Belen, NM (US);
Roland N. Horne, Stanford, CA (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and tools that measure ionic concentrations and downhole enthalpy of a flowing geothermal fluid in real-time at high-temperature and pressure. The systems, methods and tools include measuring the concentration of selected naturally occurring ions found in the liquid phase of the geothermal fluid throughout the wellbore using novel electrochemical sensor technologies. The change in liquid-phase ion concentration will be used to calculate the proportion of liquid to steam and allow for accurate enthalpy measurements. The techniques and technologies described here can be applied to any application of electrochemical sensing in extreme environments.