# US 2025/0144564 A1 · Carbon Capture Entrainment System and Method

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- Number: US 2025/0144564 A1
- Document ID: US20250144564A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/514,599
- Filed: 2023-11-20
- Published: 2025-05-08
- Earliest claimed: 2022-11-21
- Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation
- Applicants: Purdue Research Foundation
- Inventors: Clarice E. NELSON; Venkatesh PULLETIKURTHI; Helber Antonio ESQUIVEL-PUENTES; Luciano CASTILLO; Maria Mirian VELAY LIZANCOS
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250144564A1

## CPC

- B01D 53/62: Carbon oxides
- B01D 53/346: {Controlling the process}
- F03D 7/049: {in relation to the wake effect}
- F03D 9/30: Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations (means for mounting or supporting wind motors F03D13/20)
- B01D 2221/16: Separation devices for cleaning ambient air, e.g. air along roads or air in cities
- B01D 2257/504: Carbon dioxide
- B01D 2258/06: Polluted air
- Y02C 20/40: of CO2
- 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)
- F03D: WIND MOTORS
- Y02C: CAPTURE, STORAGE, SEQUESTRATION OR DISPOSAL OF GREENHOUSE GASES [GHG]

## Abstract

The carbon capture system includes a wind turbine, a direct-air capture (DAC) system, and a processor. The wind turbine has a first location and/or a first position. The processor is communicatively coupled to the DAC system. The processor is configured to input a wind turbine wake from the wind turbine and/or incident carbon dioxide profile, execute an algorithm to determine a wind velocity and/or a concentration of the carbon dioxide in the wind turbine wake, and output a second location and/or a second position of the DAC system. The second location and/or the second position of the DAC system is optimized to enhance the quantity of carbon dioxide captured from to the wind turbine.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A carbon-capture system configured to optimize the capture of carbon dioxide, the system comprising:
a wind turbine having at least one of a first location and a first position;
a direct-air-capture (DAC) system;
a processor communicatively coupled to the DAC system, the processor configured to:
input a wind turbine wake from the wind turbine;
execute an algorithm to determine at least one of a wind velocity and a concentration of the carbon dioxide in the wind turbine wake; and
output at least one of a second location and a second position of the DAC system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The carbon-capture system of claim 1, wherein the wind turbine includes a plurality of wind turbines.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The carbon-capture system of claim 1, wherein the algorithm includes:
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### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The carbon-capture system of claim 3, wherein the algorithm further includes:
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### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The carbon-capture system of claim 1, wherein the processor continuously monitors for a change in at least one of the wind velocity and the concentration of the carbon dioxide in the wind turbine wake.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The carbon-capture system of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to move the DAC system from at least one of the second location and the second position to at least one of a third location and a third position.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The carbon-capture system of claim 6, wherein the DAC system includes a telescoping platform that the processor adjusts to move the DAC system to one of the second position and the third position.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The carbon-capture system of claim 6, wherein the DAC system includes a vehicle that the processor adjusts to move the DAC system to one of the second location and the third location.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The carbon-capture system of claim 1, the wind turbine is electrically coupled to the DAC system.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The carbon-capture system of claim 9, wherein the wind turbine powers the DAC system.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The carbon-capture system of claim 1, wherein the DAC system is at least partially constructed from carbon-sequestering cement.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The carbon-capture system of claim 1, wherein the DAC system is at least one of a liquid solvent and a solid sorbent capture system.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The carbon-capture system of claim 1, wherein the DAC system is a photosynthesis system that includes one of a biomass and a biofuel feedstock.

### Claim 14

A system comprising a processor, the processor configured to:
input a wind turbine wake from a wind turbine and/or incident carbon dioxide profile, the wind turbine having at least one of a first location and a first position;
execute an algorithm to determine at least one of a wind velocity and a concentration of carbon dioxide in the wind turbine wake; and
output at least one of a second location and a second position of a direct-air-capture (DAC) system.

### Claim 15

A method of using a carbon-capture system configured to optimize the capture of carbon dioxide, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a wind turbine, a direct-air-capture (DAC) system, and a processor, the wind turbine having at least one of a first location and a first position, the processor communicatively coupled to the DAC system;
inputting a wind turbine wake from the wind turbine;
executing an algorithm to determine at least one of a wind velocity and a concentration of the carbon dioxide in the wind turbine wake; and
outputting at least one of a second location and a second position of the DAC system.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, further comprising a step of identifying an incident carbon dioxide profile.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the algorithm includes:
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### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein the algorithm further includes:
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### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, further comprising a step of monitoring for a change in at least one of the wind velocity and the concentration of the carbon dioxide in the wind turbine wake via the processor.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, further comprising a step of adjusting the DAC system from at least one of the second location and the second position to at least one of a third location and a third position.