US Patent Issued to Stockton Geothermal Systems on March 11 for "Water desalination and electrical power generation utilizing gravitational flow and geothermal energy" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,553, issued on March 11, was assigned to Stockton Geothermal Systems (Stockton, Calif.).

"Water desalination and electrical power generation utilizing gravitational flow and geothermal energy" was invented by Derric Juano (Stockton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating electricity and/or providing potable water. The system includes a subterranean shaft that extends into a geothermal reservoir and a volume of heat transfer fluid. Heat from the geothermal reservoir is transferred through a wall of the shaft and into the heat transfer fluid. The system includes a water intake conduit extending from the surface ...