ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,089, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Eavor Technologies Inc..

"Generating geothermal energy using multiple working fluids" was invented by Matthew Toews (Calgary, Canada), Bailey Schwarz (Calgary, Canada), John Redfern (Los Angeles), Paul Cairns (Calgary, Canada) and Vsevolod Zatonski (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes flowing, in a closed loop geothermal well residing in a target subterranean zone, a first heat transfer working fluid and flowing, in the geothermal well, a second working fluid from the surface inlet to the downhole location of the geothermal well. The second working fluid resides ups...