Carbon-based durable goods and renewable fuel from biomass waste dissociation for transportation and storage
View Patent ↗Techniques, systems, apparatus and material are described for generating renewable energy from biomass waste while sequestering carbon. In one aspect, a method performed by a reactor to dissociate raw biomass waste into a renewable source energy or a carbon byproduct or both includes receiving the raw biomass waste that includes carbon, hydrogen and oxygen to be dissociated under an anaerobic reaction. Waste heat is recovered from an external heat source to heat the received raw biomass waste. The heated raw biomass waste is dissociated to produce the renewable fuel, carbon byproduct or both. The dissociating includes compacting the heated raw biomass waste, generating heat from an internal heat source, and applying the generated heat to the compacted biomass waste under pressure.
1. A method to produce a renewable fuel or a carbon byproduct, or both, from a waste source, the method comprising:
obtaining an organic feedstock derived from a waste produced by at least one of an industrial or agricultural process;
heating the organic feedstock waste with a low temperature heat recovered from a waste heat source;
compacting the low temperature-heated organic feedstock waste;
removing moisture from the compacted and low temperature-heated organic feedstock waste to produce substantially dried organic feedstock;
dissociating the substantially dried organic feedstock by an anaerobic reaction to produce waste constituents including hydrogen and at least one of carbon donors or nitrogen donors, wherein the dissociating includes using microbes in the anaerobic reaction to dissociate the substantially dried organic feedstock and using an electrolyzer system to provide pressurized hydrogen to the anaerobic reaction and remove acidic constituent by-products; and
reacting the hydrogen with at least one of the carbon donors or nitrogen donors to generate the renewable fuel or the carbon byproduct, or both.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the low temperature heat is recovered by at least one of:
capturing heat rejected from an engine, or
generating heat from a renewable energy generator including at least one of a wind energy generator, a solar energy generator, a hydro energy generator, or a geothermal energy generator.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
subdividing the organic feedstock into a plurality of groups of the organic feedstock.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing the moisture includes partially removing some moisture from the compacted and low temperature-heated organic feedstock waste, thereby preserving a particular amount of the moisture in the compacted and low temperature-heated organic feedstock waste.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the waste includes biomass waste, and the organic feedstock includes at least one of rotted wood or livestock feed.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the waste constituents in a storage located in a first location; and
transporting at least some of the waste constituents to a second location to implement the reacting to generate the renewable fuel or the carbon byproduct, or both.
7. A method to produce a renewable fuel or a carbon byproduct, or both, from a waste source, the method comprising:
obtaining an organic feedstock derived from a waste produced by at least one of an industrial or agricultural process;
heating the organic feedstock waste with a high temperature heat recovered from a waste heat source to remove moisture from the organic feedstock waste to produce substantially dried organic feedstock;
compacting the substantially dried organic feedstock;
dissociating the substantially dried organic feedstock by an anaerobic reaction to produce waste constituents including hydrogen and at least one of carbon donors or nitrogen donors, wherein the dissociating includes using microbes in the anaerobic reaction to dissociate the substantially dried organic feedstock and using an electrolyzer system to provide pressurized hydrogen to the anaerobic reaction and remove acidic constituent by-products; and
reacting the hydrogen with at least one of the carbon donors or nitrogen donors to generate the renewable fuel or the carbon byproduct, or both,
wherein the high temperature heat is recovered by at least one of capturing heat rejected from an engine, or generating heat from a renewable energy generator including at least one of a wind energy generator, a solar energy generator, a hydro energy generator, or a geothermal energy generator.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the waste includes biomass waste, and the organic feedstock includes at least one of rotted wood or livestock feed.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
storing the waste constituents in a storage located in a first location; and
transporting at least some of the waste constituents to a second location to implement the reacting to generate the renewable fuel or the carbon byproduct, or both.