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US 12,644,361 B2Granted
System and process for geological sequestration of carbon-containing materials
AssigneeCharm Industrial, Inc.
InventorsShaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Peter Reinhardt
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.
Claims17
A method of sequestering carbon-containing materials, the method comprising:
- obtaining a mixture comprising a liquid and biomass particles;
- providing the mixture for injection into an underground well, wherein the underground well comprises at least one of a commercial disposal well, a salt cavern, a Class II cavern, a depleted mine, an abandoned mine, a purpose-constructed mine, or a natural cavern, and wherein the underground well is at least one hundred meters beneath a surface of the Earth;
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- reducing a microbial growth potential of the mixture.
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A system for sequestering carbon-containing materials, the system comprising:
- a mixture comprising a liquid and biomass particles;
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- at least one of a container, a pump, or a pipe for injecting the mixture into an underground well and reducing a microbial growth potential of the mixture, wherein the underground well comprises at least one of a commercial disposal well, a salt cavern, a Class II cavern, a depleted mine, an abandoned mine, a purpose-constructed mine, or a natural cavern, and wherein the underground well is at least one hundred meters beneath a surface of the Earth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.