Solid phase biomass carbon storage (SPBCS)
Assignee1234 10th Street LLC
InventorJames S. Rhodes, III
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Abstract
A computerized method of using a data processor having a memory to account for carbon flows and determine a regulatory value for a biofuel includes (i) storing, in memory, a first set of one or more carbon flow values characterizing the production and use of a biofuel, wherein the biofuel is derived from a first fraction of an agricultural biomass, (ii) storing, in memory, a second set of one or more carbon flow values characterizing the sequestration of solid phase biomass carbon, wherein the solid phase biomass carbon is derived from a second fraction of the agricultural biomass and wherein the sequestration mitigates anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission, and (iii) calculating, using the data processor, a regulatory value for the biofuel from the first and second sets of carbon flow values.
Claims34
A computerized method of using a data processor having a memory to account for carbon flows and determine a regulatory value for a biofuel comprising ethanol, the method comprising:
- storing, by the data processor, in memory, one or more first values characterizing carbon flows associated with the production and use of ethanol, wherein the ethanol is derived from a first fraction of an agricultural biomass;
- storing, by the data processor, in memory, one or more second values characterizing carbon flows associated with sequestration of solid phase biomass carbon comprising stover or a product of processing stover, wherein the stover or a product of processing stover is derived from a feedstock residue of the agricultural biomass and wherein the sequestration of the stover or a product of processing stover mitigates anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission;
- calculating, using the data processor, the regulatory value for the ethanol from the first values and the second values;
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- qualifying the ethanol as compliant with a regulatory framework using the regulatory value.
A method of engineering a carbon cycle for ethanol production and use, comprising:
- arranging production of the ethanol by a first generator, the ethanol produced from ethanol feedstock of an agricultural biomass;
- arranging sequestration of solid phase biomass carbon comprising stover or a product of processing stover, by a storage system, from feedstock residue of the agricultural biomass, thereby mitigating anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission;
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- assigning to the ethanol a regulatory value based at least in part upon a first set of one or more emissions credit values characterizing production and use of the ethanol and a second set of one or more emissions credit values characterizing the sequestration.
A method of manufacturing ethanol, comprising:
- producing, by a generator, the ethanol from ethanol feedstock of an agricultural biomass;
- sequestering, by a storage system, solid phase biomass carbon comprising stover or a product of processing stover from feedstock residue of the agricultural biomass, wherein sequestration mitigates anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission;
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- assigning to the ethanol a regulatory value based at least in part upon a first set of one or more emissions credit values characterizing production and use of the ethanol and a second set of one or more emissions credit value characterizing the sequestration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.