IP Library Granted Patent US 8,950,111
Granted Patent B2
US 8,950,111 · App. 13/061,249 · Granted Feb 10, 2015

Device for fixing biomass-based solar heat and carbon dioxide gas, and house equipped with same fixing device

Inventor: Yasumasa Soejima (Chikushi-gun, JP)
Assignee: Plus Kaken Innovate Labo Co., Ltd.
A01G9/02A01G7/02A01G9/022
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Patent No.
US 8,950,111
App. No.
13/061,249
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided a device for fixing biomass-based solar heat and carbon dioxide gas with a similarity to containerized culture having high crop productivity, which is capable of fixing carbon dioxide gas highly efficiently, while being compact and easily managed, and a house equipped with the fixing device having an energy circulation system. The fixing device for biomass-based solar heat and carbon dioxide gas is configured to include an air intake unit which takes air into a box, a mesh-like air and water flow-through unit laid in the bottom of the box that is configured to be open to the atmosphere, a water reservoir tray on which the box is mounted, and cultivation soil which is held inside the box. Further, in the house relating to the present invention, the fixing device for biomass-based solar heat and carbon dioxide gas is arranged in an area that gets a lot of sunshine.

Claims (65)

1. A house equipped with a device for fixing biomass-based solar heat and carbon dioxide gas, the device comprising:

an air intake unit which is configured to take air into a box;

cultivating soil which is held inside the box, wherein the air intake unit being formed of a mesh cylindrical body which is partly buried in the cultivating soil with a part of the mesh cylindrical body above the cultivating soil exposed to the atmosphere;

a mesh-like air and water flow-through unit laid in the bottom of the box which is configured to be open to the atmosphere;

a water reservoir tray on which the box is mounted; and

the air and water flow-through unit is formed by holding a porous body inside a mesh-like container through which air and water can pass, and

the porous body is arranged in a state that the porous body sticks out from a surface of water which is retained in the water reservoir tray, ionizes water contacting the porous body, and increases ion concentration in the air in the vicinity of a water surface and ion concentration in the cultivating soil through this water;

wherein the device is arranged in an area that gets a lot of sunshine; and

the house further being equipped with bio auxiliary equipment necessary for operating the device for fixing biomass-based solar heat and carbon dioxide, wherein the bio auxiliary equipment is constituted of a biomass concentrated incubator and a bio generator which generates electricity by using microorganism incubated in the biomass concentrated incubator through solar heat.

2. The house equipped with the device for fixing biomass-based solar heat and carbon dioxide gas according to claim 1 wherein,

air pores are formed on a side wall of the box.

3. The house equipped with the device for fixing biomass-based solar heat and carbon dioxide gas according to claim 2 wherein,

the water reservoir tray includes a water level adjustment unit which is configured to adjust a level of the water retained inside the water reservoir tray.

4. The house according to claim 3 , wherein,

the biomass concentrated incubator includes;

a storage tank which is formed of a member having a light-blocking property and is configured to cause living plant biomass in liquid mixed with plant biomass and water to make the dark reaction of photosynthesis; and

a biomass proliferation pipe which is formed of a pipe having a translucent property and is configured, in the course of flowing the liquid retained in the storage tank, to cause the living plant biomass contained in the liquid to make the light reaction of photosynthesis and to proliferate, and

the biomass proliferation pipe includes:

an outward passage which is configured to soak up the liquid retained in the storage tank by capillary action; and

a return passage which is communicated and connected with the outward passage and has a shape where a capillary force does not work with respect to the outward passage, and is configured to flow down the liquid, specific gravity of which becomes heavy due to photosynthesis in the course of soaking up in the outward passage, into the storage tank.

5. The house according to claim 4 , wherein,

the bio generator includes:

an evaporation unit which is configured to heat and instantly evaporate the mixed liquid of plant biomass obtained from the biomass concentrated incubator and water and to make the mixed liquid into an ionized plasma state;

a temperature difference power generation unit which is configured to generate electricity by temperature difference between the temperature of the evaporation unit and the temperature in the atmosphere;

an electromagnetic fluid power generation unit which is configured to generate electric power between the electrodes by passing the plasma between a pair of electrodes arranged in a magnetic field;

a turbine generator unit which is configured to rotate a turbine with the use of pressure of gas flow of the plasma and to generate electricity;

a gas reforming unit which is configured to adjust temperature of the gas flow and to increase concentration of hydrogen gas in the gas flow;

a preparative separation unit which is configured to separate hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the gas flow; and

a fuel cell power generation unit which is configured to supply the hydrogen separated from the gas flow by the preparative separation unit and oxygen in the atmosphere to a fuel cell and to generate electricity, and furthermore, the bio generator is configured to supply the carbon dioxide separated from the gas flow by the preparative separation unit to biomass in the biomass concentrated incubator and to reproduce the plant biomass.

6. The house according to claim 2 wherein,

the biomass concentrated incubator includes;

a storage tank which is formed of a member having a light-blocking property and is configured to cause living plant biomass in liquid mixed with plant biomass and water to make the dark reaction of photosynthesis; and

a biomass proliferation pipe which is formed of a pipe having a translucent property and is configured, in the course of flowing the liquid retained in the storage tank, to cause the living plant biomass contained in the liquid to make the light reaction of photosynthesis and to proliferate, and

the biomass proliferation pipe includes:

an outward passage which is configured to soak up the liquid retained in the storage tank by capillary action; and

a return passage which is communicated and connected with the outward passage and has a shape where a capillary force does not work with respect to the outward passage, and is configured to flow down the liquid, specific gravity of which becomes heavy due to photosynthesis in the course of soaking up in the outward passage, into the storage tank.

7. The house according to claim 6 , wherein

the water reservoir tray includes a water level adjustment unit which is configured to adjust a level of water retained inside the water reservoir tray.

8. The house according to claim 7 wherein,

the bio generator includes:

an evaporation unit which is configured to heat and instantly evaporate the mixed liquid of plant biomass obtained from the biomass concentrated incubator and water and to make the mixed liquid into an ionized plasma state;

a temperature difference power generation unit which is configured to generate electricity by temperature difference between the temperature of the evaporation unit and the temperature in the atmosphere;

an electromagnetic fluid power generation unit which is configured to generate electric power between the electrodes by passing the plasma between a pair of electrodes arranged in a magnetic field;

a turbine generator unit which is configured to rotate a turbine with the use of pressure of gas flow of the plasma and to generate electricity;

a gas reforming unit which is configured to adjust temperature of the gas flow and to increase concentration of hydrogen gas in the gas flow;

a preparative separation unit which is configured to separate hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the gas flow; and

a fuel cell power generation unit which is configured to supply the hydrogen separated from the gas flow by the preparative separation unit and oxygen in the atmosphere to a fuel cell and to generate electricity, and furthermore, the bio generator is configured to supply the carbon dioxide separated from the gas flow by the preparative separation unit to biomass in the biomass concentrated incubator and to reproduce the plant biomass.

9. The house according to claim 8 , wherein

the water reservoir tray includes a water level adjustment unit which is configured to adjust a level of water retained inside the water reservoir tray.

10. The house according to claim 1 wherein,

the biomass concentrated incubator includes;

a storage tank which is formed of a member having a light-blocking property and is configured to cause living plant biomass in liquid mixed with plant biomass and water to make the dark reaction of photosynthesis; and

a biomass proliferation pipe which is formed of a pipe having a translucent property and is configured, in the course of flowing the liquid retained in the storage tank, to cause the living plant biomass contained in the liquid to make the light reaction of photosynthesis and to proliferate, and

the biomass proliferation pipe includes:

an outward passage which is configured to soak up the liquid retained in the storage tank by capillary action; and

a return passage which is communicated and connected with the outward passage and has a shape where a capillary force does not work with respect to the outward passage, and is configured to flow down the liquid, specific gravity of which becomes heavy due to photosynthesis in the course of soaking up in the outward passage, into the storage tank.

11. The house according to claim 10 wherein,

the bio generator includes:

an evaporation unit which is configured to heat and instantly evaporate the mixed liquid of plant biomass obtained from the biomass concentrated incubator and water and to make the mixed liquid into an ionized plasma state;

a temperature difference power generation unit which is configured to generate electricity by temperature difference between the temperature of the evaporation unit and the temperature in the atmosphere;

an electromagnetic fluid power generation unit which is configured to generate electric power between the electrodes by passing the plasma between a pair of electrodes arranged in a magnetic field;

a turbine generator unit which is configured to rotate a turbine with the use of pressure of gas flow of the plasma and to generate electricity;

a gas reforming unit which is configured to adjust temperature of the gas flow and to increase concentration of hydrogen gas in the gas flow;

a preparative separation unit which is configured to separate hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the gas flow; and

a fuel cell power generation unit which is configured to supply the hydrogen separated from the gas flow by the preparative separation unit and oxygen in the atmosphere to a fuel cell and to generate electricity, and furthermore, the bio generator is configured to supply the carbon dioxide separated from the gas flow by the preparative separation unit to biomass in the biomass concentrated incubator and to reproduce the plant biomass.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2011
From: SOEJIMA, YASUMASA
To: PLUS KAKEN INNOVATE LABO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025872/0051 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-222947 · Aug 30, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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