Fluid Vortex Energy Transfer System

Abstract

A fluid energy transfer system comprising at least one coil containing a fluid pumped in a first flow direction. The fluid comes from a source and returns to the same source. The coil is enclosed within a tank. The tank contains a tank fluid. The tank fluid is pumped into the tank in a closed system from at least one heat pump. The tank fluid is circulated from the heat pump into the tank through at least one jet located along a wall of the tank. The tank fluid moves in a direction starting from a first end of the tank and exiting at a second end of the tank in an flow direction opposite that of the coil fluid. The circulation of the tank fluid creates a vortex that creates an increase in the heat transfer coefficient by forced convection in immersion of the tank fluid over the coil.

1 . A fluid energy transfer system comprising at least one coil containing a fluid pumped in a first flow direction, said coil fluid coming from a source and returning to the same source, said coil enclosed within a tank, said tank containing a tank fluid, said tank fluid pumped into the tank in a closed system from at least one heat pump, said tank fluid circulating from the heat pump into the tank through at least one jet located along a wall of the tank, said tank fluid moving in a direction starting from a first end of the tank and exiting at a second end of the tank in a flow direction opposite that of the coil fluid, said circulation of the tank fluid creating a vortex that creates an increase in the heat transfer coefficient by forced convection in immersion of the tank fluid over the coil. 
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the fluid is pumped from an aquifer and returned to the same aquifer. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the tank is located in an aquifer below the level of ground water. 
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein more than one tank is interconnected and the tank fluid is circulated between the tanks from the side of a first tank and exiting at a center of a bottom end of the first tank, to a side of each additional tank and exiting at a center of a bottom end of each tank. 
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 4  wherein each tank is distanced at least 10 feet from another tank. 
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the coil fluid is water and the tank fluid is a refrigerant. 
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the coil fluid and the tank fluid are in separately contained structures and wherein a least one sensor alerts when either fluid leaks from its structure. 
   
   
       8 . A method of transferring energy comprising creating a vortex in a fluid in a tank, said fluid pumped in a closed system from a heat pump, said vortex in a flow direction opposite that of a fluid contained within at least one coil, said coil fluid acquired from a source and returning to the same source, said coil enclosed within the tank, said vortex creating an increase in the heat transfer coefficient by forced convection in immersion of the tank fluid over the coil. 
   
   
       9 . A method of transferring energy comprising creating a vortex in a fluid in a tank, said tank located in an aquifer below the ground water level, said fluid pumped in a closed system from a heat pump, said vortex in a flow direction opposite that of a fluid contained within at least one coil, said coil fluid geothermally acquired from a source and returning to the same source, said coil enclosed within the tank, said vortex creating an increase in the heat transfer coefficient by forced convection in immersion of the tank fluid over the coil. 
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 8  wherein multiple tanks are interconnected.