Granted Patent B2

US 12,522,511 · App. 18/200,208 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Inventors: Michael Joseph Weiss (Los Gatos, CA); Ryan J Gilliam (San Jose, CA)

Assignee: Arelac, Inc.

C01F11/183C01F11/181C01F11/185

Abstract

Claims (23)

1 . A method comprising:

(i) dissolving limestone in N-containing salt solution to produce an aqueous solution comprising calcium salt and gaseous stream comprising carbon dioxide, wherein the N-containing salt is N-containing organic salt that has N-containing organic compound selected from the group consisting of aliphatic amine, alicyclic amine, heterocyclic amine, and combination thereof; and

(ii) treating the aqueous solution comprising calcium salt with the gaseous stream comprising carbon dioxide to form precipitation material comprising calcium carbonate, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises vaterite, aragonite, calcite, precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), or combination thereof.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein molar ratio of the N-containing salt:limestone is between about 0.5:1-2:1.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the aliphatic amine is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl amine, wherein the substituted alkyl amine is independently substituted with halogen, hydroxyl, acid, ester, or combination thereof.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the aliphatic amine is primary alkyl amine, secondary alkyl amine, tertiary alkyl amine, chloromethylamine, bromomethylamine, chloroethylamine, bromoethylamine, or combination thereof.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the aliphatic amine is amino acid.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the amino acid is serine, threonine, asparagine, glutamine, arginine, histidine, lysine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, proline, or combination thereof.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the alicyclic amine is cycloalkylamine, cyclopropylamine, cyclobutylamine, cyclopentylamine, cyclohexylamine, cycloheptylamine, cyclooctylamine, or combination thereof.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the heterocyclic amine is pyrrole, pyrrolidine, pyridine, pyrimidine, or combination thereof.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the aqueous solution further comprises dissolved ammonia.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the gaseous stream further comprises ammonia.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the gaseous stream further comprises ammonia and water vapor and the method further comprises recovering the gaseous stream from the dissolving step and subjecting the gaseous stream to a cooling process to condense a second aqueous solution comprising ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium carbonate, ammonia, ammonium carbamate, or combination thereof; and

treating the aqueous solution comprising calcium salt with the second aqueous solution to form the precipitation material.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the aqueous solution comprising calcium salt is in a mixture with solids.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising separating the solid from the aqueous solution before the treatment step by filtration and/or centrifugation.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising subjecting the aqueous solution to treating step (ii) to produce the precipitation material further comprising solid.

15 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising using the precipitation material to form cementitious product or non-cementitious product.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the cementitious product is aggregate; building material; or formed building material selected from masonry unit, construction panel, conduit, basin, beam, column, slab, acoustic barrier, insulation material, and combination thereof.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the non-cementitious product is selected from the group consisting of paper product, polymer product, lubricant, adhesive, rubber product, chalk, asphalt product, paint, abrasive for paint removal, personal care product, cosmetic, cleaning product, personal hygiene product, ingestible product, agricultural product, soil amendment product, pesticide, environmental remediation product, and combination thereof.

18 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising adding an additive to the aqueous solution comprising calcium salt or to the precipitation material, wherein the additive is selected from the group consisting of fatty acid ester, sodium decyl sulfate, lauric acid, sodium salt of lauric acid, urea, citric acid, sodium salt of citric acid, phthalic acid, sodium salt of phthalic acid, taurine, creatine, dextrose, poly(n-vinyl-1-pyrrolidone), aspartic acid, sodium salt of aspartic acid, magnesium chloride, acetic acid, sodium salt of acetic acid, glutamic acid, sodium salt of glutamic acid, strontium chloride, gypsum, lithium chloride, sodium chloride, glycine, sodium citrate dehydrate, sodium bicarbonate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium acetate, sodium polystyrene, sodium dodecylsulfonate, poly-vinyl alcohol, and combination thereof.

19 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising blending the precipitation material with Portland cement, aggregate, or combination thereof.

20 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising mixing the precipitation material with an admixture selected from the group consisting of set accelerator, set retarder, air-entraining agent, foaming agent, defoamer, alkali-reactivity reducer, bonding admixture, dispersant, coloring admixture, corrosion inhibitor, damp-proofing admixture, gas former, permeability reducer, pumping aid, shrinkage compensation admixture, fungicidal admixture, germicidal admixture, insecticidal admixture, rheology modifying agent, divided mineral admixture, pozzolan, aggregate, wetting agent, strength enhancing agent, water repellent, reinforced material, and combination thereof.

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