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US 2023/0167567 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for manufacturing of steel and other support material structures with carbon capture capability and high efficiency
OwnerIrving N. WEINBERG, Sahar Jafari CHAMKAVI +1inventors
InventorsIrving N. WEINBERG, Sahar Jafari CHAMKAVI, Lamar Odell MAIR
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a template-former, a growth template, having a surface area containing three-dimensional features; a container which includes or retains electrolytes or other fluids from which materials are deposited, removed, or modified onto the growth template or to a structure-in-production; and a computer to plan and control said deposition, removal, or modification.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a template-former or similar material-producing component that produces conducting material to build at least one segment of a growth template, the growth template having a surface area containing three-dimensional features;
- a container which includes or retains electrolytes or other fluids from which materials are deposited, removed, or modified onto the growth template or to a structure-in-production;
- a potentiostat or other controllable voltage source to control the deposition, removal, or modification;
- at least one electrode to implement said deposition, removal, or modification;
- a computer to plan and control the deposition, removal, or modification;
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- a monitoring device that is used by the computer to plan and control said deposition, removal, or modification.
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A method for building structures, the method including:
- planning, via a computer, construction of a growth template and deposition, removal, or modification of materials onto the growth template and structure-in-production;
- production of one or more sections of a growth template;
- adding, removing, or modifying of electrolytes or other fluids from which materials are to be deposited, removed, or modified onto said growth template or structure-in-production in a container which includes and retains the electrolytes or other fluids;
- growing, removing or modifying of materials on the growth template or structure-in-production via at least one electrode and a potentiostat or other controllable voltage source;
- monitoring the structure-in-production via a monitoring device;
- repeating one or more of the above operations;
- and
- removing the produced structure,
- wherein the growth template or structure-in-production contains three-dimensional structures.
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