Method of Recycling Exhaust Emissions
OwnerGary Lewisinventor
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Abstract
An emissions recycling system is used on a vehicle towing an agricultural implement to enrich the fertility of the soil. The system includes an exhaust collector for collecting exhaust emissions from the internal combustion engine of the towing vehicle and an exhaust distribution system for injecting at least a portion of the exhaust emissions collected by the exhaust collector into the ground worked by the ground working tools of the agricultural implement. Fertility of the soil is enriched by bioactivity within the soil's micro flora which consumes the greenhouse gas and emissions.
Claims25
-8. (canceled)
A method of improving growth characteristics of a soil, the method comprising:
- operating an internal combustion engine to produce exhaust emissions;
- incorporating the exhaust emissions into the soil;
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- increasing NOx content in the soil by adding a catalyst to the soil with the exhaust emissions.
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A method of improving growth characteristics of a soil, the method comprising:
- operating an internal combustion engine to produce exhaust emissions;
- collecting condensate from the exhaust emissions in a condensate tank;
- culturing micro-organisms including aerobic bacteria in the condensate tank which feed on exhaust emissions in the collected condensate;
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- incorporating the cultured micro-organisms into the soil.
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A method of improving growth characteristics of a soil, the method comprising:
- operating an internal combustion engine to produce exhaust emissions;
- incorporating the exhaust emissions into the soil;
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- drawing the exhaust emissions from the internal combustion engine into a suction side of a blower and distributing the exhaust emissions under pressure from a pressure side of the blower when incorporating the exhaust emissions into the soil.
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A method of decomposing organic matter comprising:
- operating an internal combustion engine to produce exhaust emissions;
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- mixing the exhaust emissions into the organic matter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.