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BULLET PERFORATING GEOTHERMAL TURBINE

APPARATUS, GUN ASSEMBLY
AND BARREL
M a n m o h a n S Chawla, Junius L Speights as-
signed to Dresser Industries Inc
A bullet perforating apparatus for perforating
subsurface formations traversed by a borehole.
The bullet perforating apparatus comprises a
gun body with a plurality o f bullet perforating
gun assemblies. The individual gun assemblies
further comprise a gun barrel, a cartridge tube
with propellant, means for igniting propellant, a
projectile, and a seal at the well bore end of the
barrel. The barrel further comprises an outer
member and a replaceable wear member securely
retained within the outer member.
Peter Markovitch, Philip H Klepesch assigned to
Geothermal Energy Development Corporation
A geothermal turbine for converting the energy
of two-phase geothermal fluids to rotary power
includes a housing having a generally cylindrical
rotor chamber with a circular manifold, and a
plurality of peripheral nozzles for com-
municating fluid to the rotor chamber, and a
rotor mounted coaxially within the chamber in-
cuding a plurality of converging overlapping
blades mounted around a central hub and
positioned within the rotor for engagement by
fluid from the nozzles.

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