A geothermal heat exchanging system including a heat exchanging subsystem
installed above the surface of Earth, and one or more coaxial-flow heat
exchanging structures installed in the Earth. The coaxial-flow heat
exchanging structures installed in the Earth, facilitate the transfer of
heat energy in the aqueous-based heat transfer fluid, between the
aqueous-based heat transfer fluid and material beneath the surface of the
Earth. Each coaxial-flow heat exchanging structure includes an inner tube
section, a thermally conductive outer tube section, and outer flow
channel between the inner tube section and the outer tube section. A
turbulence generating structure is disposed along a portion of the length
of the outer flow channel so as to introduce turbulence into the flow of
the aqueous-based heat transfer fluid flowing along the outer flow
channel, thereby improving the transfer of heat energy between the
aqueous-based heat transfer fluid and the Earth along the length of the
outer flow channel.