Carbon negative energy generation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247765-B2
Application number	US-202017085441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2020
Priority date	Oct 31, 2019
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A method for energy generation includes receiving, at a carbon negative energy generation system, input including calcium oxide and water and reacting, within a reaction chamber of the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide. The method further includes directing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation and dispensing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO2.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a carbon negative energy generation system, input comprising calcium oxide and water;
reacting, within a reaction chamber of the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide;
directing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation; and
dispensing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO 2 .

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input further comprises at least one of:
calcium metal, magnesium oxide, and magnesium metal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the released energy directly provides power through an electrochemical mechanism in the form of electric energy.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the released energy is thermal energy.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein directing the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation comprises:
directing the released energy to a heat engine; and
directing the output of the heat engine to an electrical generator,
wherein the released energy is thermal energy.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein directing the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation comprises directing the released energy to a turbine, and wherein the released energy is thermal energy.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein dispensing the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO 2 comprises:
controlling, by the carbon negative energy generation system and according to at least one of a target rate of release, a target volume of release, and a geographic location, the release of the calcium hydroxide.

8. A carbon negative energy generation system, comprising:
a boiler configured to react input comprising calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide and direct the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation;
a thermal management system configured to heat material streams before the streams are input to the boiler; and
a dispersion system configured to dispose of the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO 2 .

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the dispersion system comprises a material dispensing system comprising one or more independently controlled modules that each release material into ocean water.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the input further comprises at least one of:
calcium metal, magnesium oxide, and magnesium metal.

11. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
a sensing system that detects one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of: a geographical parameter defining an area in ocean water, an ocean chemistry parameter, and a material parameter; and
a controller that controls the dispersion system according to a target chemical concentration by:
modelling, based on the one or more parameters, a particular aspect of ocean chemistry;
determining, based on the one or more parameters, the modelled particular aspect of ocean chemistry, and the target chemical concentration, a first amount of material and a first rate at which the material is to be released from the ship into ocean water; and
generating a control instruction for the dispersion system to release the first amount of the material at the first rate into ocean water.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the released energy directly provides power through an electrochemical mechanism in the form of electric energy.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the released energy is thermal energy.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein directing the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation comprises:
directing the released energy to a heat engine; and
directing the output of the heat engine to an electrical generator,
wherein the released energy is thermal energy.

15. The system of claim 8 , wherein directing the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation comprises directing the released energy to a turbine, and wherein the released energy is thermal energy.

16. The system of claim 8 , wherein dispensing the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO 2 comprises:
controlling, by the carbon negative energy generation system and according to at least one of a target rate of release, a target volume of release, and a geographic location, the release of the calcium hydroxide.

17. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
two or more shipping standard compliant containers connected by piping, wherein a first container of the two or more containers contains seawater and a second container of the two or more containers contains calcium oxide, each of the two or more containers having a protective bladder lining manufactured according to a target protection parameter based on the calcium oxide; and
a mixing system that is connected to each of the two or more containers by piping; and
a controller that controls the mixing system by providing control signals to the mixing system to control the mixing of calcium oxide and ocean water by controlling the connection between the second container and the first container.

18. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a carbon negative energy generation system, input comprising calcium oxide and water;
reacting, within a reaction chamber of the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide;
directing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation; and
dispensing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO 2 .

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18 , wherein the released energy directly provides power through an electrochemical mechanism in the form of electric energy.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18 , wherein dispensing the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO2 comprises:
controlling, by the carbon negative energy generation system and according to at least one of a target rate of release, a target volume of release, and a geographic location, the release of the calcium hydroxide.

Assignees

• X Dev Llc

Inventors

• Regan William Raymond
• Hunt Thomas Peter
• Schuhmann Jr Thomas Gerard
• Saenz Benjamin Lundquist
• Atwater Joel Fraser
• Haley James Daniel
• Smith Kevin Forsythe
• Nordstrom Charles

Classifications

• F01K23/105

  Regulating means specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B63B43/06

  using ballast tanks (conduits for emptying or ballasting B63B13/00) · CPC title

• F01K27/00

  Plants for converting heat or fluid energy into mechanical energy, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B63H21/08

  relating to steam boilers · CPC title

• F01D15/10

  Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators · CPC title