Mobile carbon capture system enhancement
AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorJulio GIL
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Abstract
The technology disclosed herein relates to a system for the efficient capture and storage of carbon dioxide from a vehicle's exhaust while in transit. The system includes an apparatus for extracting the carbon dioxide from an exhaust gas and passing it to a compressor or carbon dioxide management system. The system then compresses the carbon dioxide and determines if a tire has capacity for the carbon dioxide. The tire has a carbon dioxide chamber and an external air chamber. If the carbon dioxide air chamber has capacity, the compressor will supply compressed carbon dioxide into the carbon dioxide chamber. Upon arrival at an external storage location, the carbon dioxide stored in the tires are able to be extracted and supplied to the external storage location.
Claims20
A system onboard a vehicle to facilitate a storage of carbon dioxide extracted from a vehicle in transit, the system comprising:
- a carbon dioxide capture apparatus;
- a carbon dioxide compressor coupled to the carbon dioxide capture apparatus by a first air transfer line;
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- a tire coupled to the carbon dioxide compressor by a second transfer line, the tire having a first compartment and a second compartment.
A method comprising:
- determining that a first chamber within a first tire has capacity to accept carbon dioxide;
- determining that a second chamber within the first tire has capacity to discharge air contained in the second chamber;
- based at least in part on the determination that the first chamber within the first tire has capacity to accept carbon dioxide, supplying pressurized carbon dioxide at a first pressure to the first chamber until the first chamber does not have capacity;
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- allowing the air contained within the second chamber to be released until the first chamber is at full capacity.
One or more non-transitory computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by at least one processor, cause operations comprising:
- determining that a first chamber within a first tire has capacity to accept carbon dioxide;
- determining that a second chamber within the first tire has capacity to discharge air contained in the second chamber;
- based at least in part on the determination that the first chamber within the first tire has capacity to accept carbon dioxide, supplying pressurized carbon dioxide at a first pressure to the first chamber until the first chamber does not have capacity wherein the pressurized carbon dioxide supplied is provide by a carbon sequestration system that captures carbon dioxide from an engine exhaust system;
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- allowing the air contained within the second chamber to be released until the first chamber is at full capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.