Carbon mineralization using hyaloclastite, volcanic ash or pumice pozzolan, cement and concrete using same and method of making and using same
OwnerRomeo Ilarian Ciupercainventor
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Abstract
The invention comprises a method of sequestering carbon dioxide. The method comprises delivering hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice to a mill capable of reducing the particle size of the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice; processing the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice in the mill so that the processed hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 μm; and exposing the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice to carbon dioxide in gaseous, liquid or solid form during or after the particle reduction process.
Claims18
A method of mineralizing carbon dioxide comprising:
- delivering hyaloclastite to a mill capable of reducing the particle size of the hyaloclastite;
- processing the hyaloclastite in the mill so that the processed hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 μm;
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- exposing the hyaloclastite to carbon dioxide in gaseous, liquid or solid form during the particle reduction process, wherein the carbon dioxide gas is at a concentration greater than its atmospheric concentration.
A method of mineralizing carbon dioxide comprising:
- delivering hyaloclastite to a mill capable of reducing the particle size of the hyaloclastite;
- processing the hyaloclastite in the mill so that the processed hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 μm;
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- exposing the hyaloclastite to carbon dioxide in gaseous, liquid or solid form during the particle reduction process, wherein the carbon dioxide gas is at a concentration of approximately 10% to 100% by weight.
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