Serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12258296-B1
Application number	US-202318568841-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 10, 2023
Priority date	Jan 29, 2023
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure belongs to the technical field of materials for civil construction engineering, and specifically relates to a green and low carbon emission foamed lightweight soil prepared by using serpentine, magnesium oxide and CO2 as raw materials. In the serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil, the ingredients of raw material include: magnesium oxide, serpentine, a filler, CO2 bubbles and water.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil, wherein ingredients of raw materials per cubic meter comprise: 10 to 100 parts by weight of magnesium oxide, 10 to 100 parts by weight of a filler, 10 to 100 parts by weight of serpentine, 2 to 45 parts by weight of CO 2 bubbles and 20 to 400 parts by weight of water,
wherein a weight of the serpentine is 30% of a sum of a weight of the magnesium oxide and a weight of the filler,
wherein a preparation method of the serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil comprises following steps:
S 1 , preparing the raw materials: weighing 10 to 100 parts by weight of the magnesium oxide, 10 to 100 parts by weight of the filler, 10 to 100 parts by weight of the serpentine, and 20 to 400 parts by weight of the water for use later;
S 2 , preparing a slurry: placing the serpentine, the magnesium oxide, and the filler into a mixing device in proportion, and stirring at a speed of 100 r/min for 1 minute to 2 minutes to mix the serpentine, the magnesium oxide, and the filler uniformly to obtain a mixture, adding the water respectively to the mixture 2 times or 3 times, stirring for 1 minute to 2 minutes after each addition of the water, and keeping the mixture from sinking to the bottom or agglomerating to ensure that the slurry is uniform and has no sedimentation until all of the water is completely added, and obtaining the slurry;
S 3 , preparing the CO 2 bubbles: adopting a pre-foaming method to use high-pressure CO 2 to produce the CO 2 bubbles, wherein the adopted CO 2 is industrial high-purity carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide purified from industrial waste gas;
S 4 , mixing and stirring: adding 2 parts by weight to 45 parts by weight of the CO 2 bubbles into the slurry obtained from the step S 2 for stirring, and ensuring that the CO 2 bubbles are evenly distributed and the slurry has no sedimentation, then a good mixture is obtained, wherein a stirring speed is 600 r/min to 900 r/min, a stirring time is 10 minutes to 12 minutes; and
S 5 , preparing and curing a sample: pouring the blended mixture into a mold for sealing, and curing the mixture in a curing room at a constant temperature to obtain the carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil.

2. The serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil according to claim 1 , wherein the serpentine is serpentine tailings or a serpentine ore, or a mixture of the two.

3. The serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil according to claim 1 , wherein the magnesium oxide is light magnesium oxide or heavy magnesium oxide or a mixture of the two.

4. The serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil according to claim 1 , wherein the filler is engineering waste soil, sandy soil, silt soil or clay soil.

5. The serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil according to claim 1 , wherein raw materials of the CO 2 bubbles comprise 0.33 to 20 parts by weight of a foaming agent, 0.0033 to 2 parts by weight of a foam stabilizer and 0.0033 to 2 parts by weight of an active agent; the foaming agent is one of a rosin resin, a synthetic surfactant, protein, and a composite foaming agent or a mixture of the above; the foam stabilizer is magnesium acetate; the active agent is sodium cocoyl glycinate, potassium cocoyl glycinate, lauroyl glutamic acid or potassium cocoyl glutamate.

6. The serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil according to claim 5 , wherein in the step S 3 , the method of preparing the CO 2 bubbles is as follows:
diluting the foaming agent at a dilution factor of 20 times to 60 times, adding the active agent and the foam stabilizer, and mixing them to obtain a foaming liquid;
then connecting to a CO 2 cylinder through a trachea, opening a CO 2 vent valve and adjusting a pressure to 400 kPa, after air in a foaming liquid pipeline is exhausted, and the foaming liquid completely enters a water pump, a foaming device is closed after the pressure is stable and a foaming rate is stable; and
opening a foam outlet valve to control the pressure with a range from 100 kPa to 400 kPa, a water pump speed ratio from 20 to 80, and a corresponding water pump flow from 1 L/min to 4 L/min, to release fine and stable CO 2 foam, and the preparation is complete, and a container is used to collect CO 2 foam and set the CO 2 foam aside for use.

7. The serpentine carbon sequestration foamed lightweight soil according to claim 1 , wherein the sample prepared from step S 5 must be completed within a half-life of the foaming agent to prevent the foam from bursting and causing the CO 2 to leak.

Assignees

• Univ Southeast

Inventors

• Liu Songyu
• Zhang Xiang
• Yuan Zhenyang

Classifications

• C04B28/105 Primary

  Magnesium oxide or magnesium carbonate cements · CPC title

• C04B2111/00019

  Carbon dioxide sequestration · CPC title

• C04B2111/40

  Porous or lightweight materials · CPC title

• C04B2111/00732

  for soil stabilisation · CPC title

• C04B38/103 Primary

  the foaming being obtained by the introduction of a gas other than untreated air, e.g. nitrogen · CPC title