Geothermal system for heating a home or building

Abstract

A heating system for a building or structure features one or more baseboards configured to radiate heat; and a geothermal system configured to receive fluid from the one or more baseboards, to pump the fluid below the ground level at a depth necessary to find a predetermined substantially constant temperature so as to condense the fluid into a condensed fluid, and to provide pumped, compressed and condensed fluid to the one or more baseboards for heating the building or structure. The geothermal system comprises a compressor and pump is configured to be placed in a line to maintain the fluid at a substantially constant high pressure, including being placed to compress and pump the fluid from the one or more baseboards, and piping arranged below the ground level at a depth necessary to find a constant temperature.

1 . A heating system for a building or structure comprising:
 one or more baseboards configured to radiate heat in the building or structure; and   a geothermal system configured to receive fluid from the one or more baseboards, to pump the fluid below the ground level at a depth necessary to find a predetermined substantially constant temperature so as to condense the fluid into a condensed fluid, and to provide pumped, compressed and condensed fluid to the one or more baseboards for heating the building or structure.   
     
     
         2 . A heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the geothermal system comprises a compressor and pump configured to be placed in a line to maintain the fluid at a substantially constant high pressure, including being placed to compress and pump the fluid from the one or more baseboards. 
     
     
         3 . A heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the geothermal system comprises piping arranged below the ground level at the depth necessary to find the predetermined substantially constant temperature, including copper tubing. 
     
     
         4 . A heating system according to  claim 3 , wherein the constant temperature is approximately 60 degrees. 
     
     
         5 . A heating system according to  claim 3 , wherein the piping include coils placed in holes in the earth and configured to act as a condenser to condense the fluid into the condensed fluid. 
     
     
         6 . A heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the fluid is an inert refrigerant gas that substantially fills the system. 
     
     
         7 . A heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more baseboards is configured to act as an evaporator. 
     
     
         8 . The heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to act as a heat pump using what is existing as part of the system. 
     
     
         9 . The heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the geothermal system is retrofitted to one or more preexisting baseboards pre-existing in the building or structure. 
     
     
         10 . A heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more baseboards include a multiplicity of baseboards connected in parallel with one another. 
     
     
         11 . A heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more baseboards include a multiplicity of baseboards connected in series with one another. 
     
     
         12 . A heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the condensed fluid has a condensed fluid temperature that is greater than the temperature of the fluid received from the one or more baseboards. 
     
     
         13 . A heating system a building or structure comprising:
 one or more baseboards configured to radiate heat in the building or structure;   coils arranged below the ground level at a depth of about 50 feet necessary to find a constant temperature of about 60 degrees F.; and   a geothermal system configured to receive an inert refrigerant gas having a temperature from the one or more baseboards, to pump the inert refrigerant gas with a compressor and pump at a substantially constant high pressure into the coils so as to condense the inert refrigerant gas into a condensed inert refrigerant gas, and to provide pumped, compressed and condensed inert refrigerant gas back to the one or more baseboards for heating the building or structure.   
     
     
         14 . A heating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the condensed fluid temperature is greater than the temperature of the inert refrigerant gas received from the one or more baseboards. 
     
     
         15 . A heating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the inert refrigerant gas fills the system. 
     
     
         16 . A heating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the coils are placed in holes in the earth and configured to act as a condenser. 
     
     
         17 . A system according to  claim 13 , wherein the one or more baseboards is configured to act as an evaporator. 
     
     
         18 . The heating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to act as a heat pump using what is existing as part of the system.