# US 12,758,917 B2 · Emitter assemblies, emitter systems including the same, and associated methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,758,917 B2 - Document ID: US12758917B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 19/177,312 - Filed: 2025-04-11 - Published: 2026-06-25 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2024-12-23 - Assignees: Dehlsen Associates of the Pacific Limited - Applicants: Dehlsen Associates of the Pacific Limited - Inventors: James George Purnell Dehlsen; Ira Leifer; Grant B. Deane; Peter Stricker - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12758917B2 ## CPC - B01D 53/1475: {Removing carbon dioxide} - B01D 53/1412: {Controlling the absorption process} - B01D 53/18: Absorbing units; Liquid distributors therefor (B01D3/16, B01D3/26, B01D3/30 take precedence; packing elements B01J19/30, B01J19/32) - B01D 53/30: Controlling by gas-analysis apparatus (regulating non electrical variables in general G05D) - B01D 2221/16: Separation devices for cleaning ambient air, e.g. air along roads or air in cities - B01D 2257/504: Carbon dioxide - B01D 2259/122: Gaseous reactants - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) ## Abstract A method of operating an emitter system includes receiving measured data inputs and operating an emitter assembly based, at least in part, on the control signals to enhance a rate of carbon dioxide removal. An emitter assembly includes a plurality of distributor elements with nozzles for emitting a reactant. The emitter assembly is configured to release one or more emitted materials into an incident airflow. A method of operating an emitter assembly includes conveying a reactant to a plurality of nozzles and emitting the reactant from the plurality of nozzles along nozzle dispersal directions that are elevated relative to an emitter rotational axis. An emitter system includes a wind turbine generator and an emitter assembly positioned and configured to emit a reactant into a rotor wake of the emitter system to react the reactant with carbon dioxide in the rotor wake. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An emitter assembly, comprising: a plurality of distributor elements, each distributor element comprising one or more nozzles configured to emit a reactant along a respective nozzle dispersal direction; and a support structure that supports the plurality of distributor elements relative to an emitter rotational axis of the emitter assembly such that the nozzle dispersal direction of each nozzle of at least a subset of the one or more nozzles comprises a component that is angled relative to the emitter rotational axis by a nonzero azimuthal angle, wherein the reactant comprises a carbon dioxide reactant, and wherein the emitter assembly is configured to release the reactant into an incident airflow to react the reactant with carbon dioxide in the incident airflow. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The emitter assembly of claim 1, wherein each distributor element is configured to rotate about a corresponding distributor element axis, wherein each distributor element is shaped as an airfoil with a chord line perpendicular to the distributor element axis, and wherein each distributor element is configured to rotate to vary a pitch angle between the emitter rotational axis and a projection of the chord line onto a plane comprising the emitter rotational axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The emitter assembly of claim 1, wherein, for at least one distributor element of the plurality of distributor elements, the nozzle dispersal directions of the nozzles of the distributor element alternate on either side of a chord line of the distributor element by a nozzle offset angle that is at least 10 degrees. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The emitter assembly of claim 3, wherein the plurality of distributor elements are configured to rotate the emitter assembly about the emitter rotational axis when at least a subset of the distributor elements are characterized by nonzero pitch angles and when the emitter assembly is positioned in a path of the incident airflow. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The emitter assembly of claim 1, wherein the support structure comprises: a plurality of support masts; and a plurality of rims supported by the support masts, wherein each distributor element is supported between a corresponding pair of rims of the plurality of rims. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The emitter assembly of claim 5, further comprising one or more emitter bands, each emitter band being defined between a corresponding pair of radially adjacent rims of the plurality of rims, and wherein each emitter band comprises a number of distributor elements of the plurality of distributor elements that is positively correlated to a radial distance separating the emitter band and the emitter rotational axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The emitter assembly of claim 6, wherein the emitter assembly is configured to rotate each distributor element about a corresponding distributor element axis, and wherein, for each emitter band, the emitter assembly is configured to rotate all distributor elements of the emitter band in unison. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The emitter assembly of claim 6, wherein the emitter assembly is configured to rotate the distributor elements of different emitter bands to different pitch angles during operative use of the emitter assembly. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The emitter assembly of claim 1, wherein the emitter assembly comprises a first emitted material dispersal assembly configured to emit the reactant and a second emitted material dispersal assembly configured to emit a second emitted material that is different than the reactant, and wherein the first emitted material dispersal assembly comprises the one or more nozzles of each of the plurality of distributor elements. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The emitter assembly of claim 9, wherein the second emitted material dispersal assembly comprises a second emitted material rim that comprises a plurality of second emitted material outlets configured to emit the second emitted material. ### Claim 11 An emitter system, comprising: a wind turbine generator with a plurality of turbine rotor blades; and an emitter assembly positioned and configured to emit a reactant into a rotor wake of the turbine rotor blades, wherein the emitter assembly comprises: a plurality of distributor elements, each distributor element comprising one or more nozzles configured to emit the reactant along a respective nozzle dispersal direction; and a support structure that supports the plurality of distributor elements relative to an emitter rotational axis of the emitter assembly such that, for at least a subset of the plurality of distributor elements, each nozzle dispersal direction comprises a component that is angled relative to the emitter rotational axis by a nonzero azimuthal angle, wherein the reactant comprises a carbon dioxide reactant, and wherein the emitter assembly is configured to release the reactant into the rotor wake to react the reactant with carbon dioxide in the rotor wake. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The emitter system of claim 11, wherein the emitter assembly is configured to rotate relative to the emitter rotational axis independent of the turbine rotor blades. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The emitter system of claim 11, further comprising a reactant production system for producing the reactant, wherein the reactant production system produces the reactant at least partially from seawater using electrical power generated by the wind turbine generator. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The emitter system of claim 13, further comprising a control system configured to generate and transmit a control signal for controlling operation of the reactant production system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The emitter system of claim 14, wherein the control system is configured to generate the control signal based, at least in part, on one or more of data collected from atmospheric sensors, data collected from meteorological sensors, data collected from the wind turbine generator, or data collected ocean sensors. ### Claim 16 (depends on 6) A method of operating an emitter system, the method comprising: receiving, with a control system of the emitter system, one or more measured data inputs; generating, with the control system, one or more control signals based, at least in part, on the one or more measured data inputs; and operating an emitter assembly of the emitter system based, at least in part, on the one or more control signals, wherein the emitter assembly is the emitter assembly of claim 6, wherein the one or more measured data inputs comprise one or more of: atmospheric and/or meteorological data measured upwind of the emitter assembly; ocean data measured upwind of the emitter assembly; atmospheric and/or meteorological data measured downwind of the emitter assembly; ocean data measured downwind of the emitter assembly; meteorological data measured downwind of the emitter assembly; or marine biota data measured downwind of the emitter assembly, wherein the emitter assembly is configured to emit each of a first emitted material and a second emitted material into the incident airflow, and wherein the operating the emitter assembly comprises regulating emission of one or both of the first emitted material and the second emitted material to enhance a rate of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) produced by one or both of the first emitted material and the second emitted material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the generating the one or more control signals comprises analyzing the measured data inputs with an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine relationships between the one or more measured data inputs and one or more operating parameters of the emitter system. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the generating the one or more control signals comprises generating one or more control signals to vary at least one of the one or more operating parameters in a manner that is predicted to yield one or more of: an increase in the rate of CDR resulting from CO2 mineralization by the first emitted material; an increase in the rate of CDR by CO2 absorption in an ocean surface resulting from ocean alkalization; an enhancement of marine biota health in a region downwind of the emitter assembly by iron fertilization from the second emitted material; or an enhancement of marine biota health in the region downwind of the emitter assembly resulting from ocean alkalinization. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the first emitted material comprises the carbon dioxide reactant, and wherein the second emitted material comprises a fertilizer material comprising iron. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more operating parameters of the emitter system comprise one or more of: a first material time interval during which the emitter assembly emits the first emitted material; a first material rate at which the emitter assembly emits the first emitted material; a second material time interval during which the emitter assembly emits the second emitted material; a second material rate at which the emitter assembly emits the second emitted material; or a ratio between the first material rate and the second material rate.