System and method for removing pollutants from a roadway
Assignee3K Technologies, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Krantz
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Abstract
Systems and methods for removing hydrocarbons and other pollutants from roadway surfaces are provided. The systems can include a pollution trap attached to a vehicle, where the pollution trap comprises an absorbent pad, filter, or membrane. The pollution trap is affixed to the vehicle, for example, in the wheel well, on a mud flap, on the underside of a vehicle or another suitable place where the pollution trap can be exposed to a roadway pollutant. The methods described herein can include liberating roadway pollutants from a roadway and using a pollution trap to collect the liberated roadway pollutants.
Claims38
An apparatus on a vehicle for collecting pollutant particles liberated from a roadway, comprising:
- an element comprising a material configured to retain roadway pollutant particles, that are 10 μm or less, which are liberated from said roadway by a tire of said vehicle, wherein said element is affixed to said vehicle at a location that receives a spray of said liberated roadway pollutant particles.
A method for collecting pollutant particles liberated from a roadway surface, the method comprising:
- positioning an element to receive a spray of roadway pollutant particles that are liberated from the roadway by a tire of a vehicle, wherein said element comprises a material configured to collect said pollutant particles that are 10 μm or less;
- contacting the roadway with a tire of the vehicle;
- rotating the tire to liberate pollutant particles from the roadway;
- receiving said pollutant particles on said material;
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- collecting at least a portion of said pollutant particles on said material.
A system for collecting pollutant particles liberated from a roadway, comprising:
- a vehicle comprising at least one tire;
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- an element comprising a material configured to retain roadway pollutant particles, that are 10 μm or less, which are liberated from said roadway by said tire of said vehicle wherein said element is affixed to said vehicle at a location that receives a spray of said liberated roadway pollutant particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.