Continuous carbon sequestration material production methods and systems for practicing the same
Methods of producing solid CO 2 sequestering carbonate materials are provided. Aspects of the methods include introducing a divalent cation source into a flowing aqueous liquid (e.g., a bicarbonate rich product containing liquid) under conditions sufficient such that a non-slurry solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material is produced. Also provided are systems configured for carrying out the methods.
1. A continuous reactor-containing system configured to produce a fluidized solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material, the reactor comprising:
an inlet;
an outlet;
the reactor configured to define a flow path there-between for a flowing aqueous bicarbonate containing liquid;
a divalent cation introducer configured to introduce divalent cations at an introduction location into the flowing aqueous bicarbonate liquid; and
a non-slurry solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material production location along the flow path,
wherein the continuous reactor is configured to retain the fluidized solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material; and
the continuous reactor outlet is fluidly coupled to at least one of an aqueous bicarbonate-containing liquid production unit and a building material production unit.
2. The continuous-containing system reactor according to claim 1 , wherein the reactor comprises a flow modulator.
3. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 1 , wherein the reactor comprises a pressure modulator.
4. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 1 , wherein the reactor comprises a temperature modulator.
5. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 1 , wherein the non-slurry solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material production location comprises seed structures.
6. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 5 , wherein the seed structures comprise granules.
7. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 5 , wherein the seed structures comprise a carbonate material.
8. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 5 , wherein the seed structures comprise a non-carbonate material.
9. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 5 , wherein the reactor is configured to submerge the seed structures in the liquid.
10. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 5 , wherein the reactor is not configured to submerge the seed structures in the liquid.
11. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 1 , wherein the non-slurry solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material production location comprises a fluidized bed configured to retain the fluidized solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material.
12. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 11 , wherein the the reactor outlet is located above the reactor inlet such that the fluidized solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material is retained between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet.
13. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 11 , wherein the non-slurry solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material production location comprises a filter, a mesh, or a frit configured to retain the fluidized solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material in the non-slurry solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material production location.
14. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 1 , wherein the continuous reactor is fluidically coupled to an aqueous bicarbonate containing liquid production unit.
15. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 1 , wherein the continuous reactor is fluidly coupled to a building material production unit.
16. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 15 , wherein the building material comprises an aggregate.
17. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 15 , wherein the building material comprises roofing granules.
18. The continuous reactor-containing system according to claim 1 , wherein the system is configured such that the fluidized solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material is retained by being recirculated from the non-slurry solid phase CO 2 sequestering carbonate material production location to the introduction location.