US 11,896,930 B2
Carbon-removing sand and method and process for design, manufacture, and utilization of the same
Stephen Justin Romaniello, Knoxville, TN (US); Brian David Ley, Hawi, HI (US); Margaret Grace Andrews, Montclair, NJ (US); Nathan Gerard Walworth, Los Angeles, CA (US); Thomas Ishoey, San Diego, CA (US); Tom Coxeter Green, San Francisco, CA (US); Francesc Montserrat, Capelle aan den Ussel (NL); Chloe Sarah Leach, Newark and Sherwood (GB); David L. Kriebel, Kennett Square, PA (US); Devon Barnes Cole, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Geoffrey Wadsworth Calkins, Durango, CO (US); and Douglas Owen Edwards, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to PROJECT VESTA, PBC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Project Vesta, PBC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,943.
Application 18/328,943 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/078323, filed on Oct. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,986, filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/281,575, filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/298,412, filed on Jan. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/403,446, filed on Sep. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/377,171, filed on Sep. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0364554 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 53/14 (2006.01); B01D 53/62 (2006.01); B01D 53/78 (2006.01); B01D 53/82 (2006.01); B01J 20/10 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G06N 5/022 (2023.01)
CPC B01D 53/62 (2013.01) [B01D 53/1475 (2013.01); B01D 53/78 (2013.01); B01D 53/82 (2013.01); B01J 20/103 (2013.01); G01N 33/004 (2013.01); G06N 5/022 (2013.01); B01D 2251/402 (2013.01); B01D 2252/1035 (2013.01); B01D 2257/504 (2013.01); B01D 2258/06 (2013.01); B01D 2259/128 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A method for quantifying carbon sequestration derived from dissolution of carbon-removing sand, comprising:
a. obtaining (i) one or more measurements from at least one sensor or (ii) one or more readings from at least one instrument:
b. validating or updating one or more models for determining or predicting transport of said carbon-removing sand, dissolution of said carbon-removing sand, carbon sequestration resulting from said carbon-removing sand, or one or more chemical fluxes associated with the dissolution of said carbon-removing sand in a target environment based on said one or more measurements or said readings;
c. using said one or more models to determine or predict an amount of carbon dioxide removal, wherein said one or more models generates at least a spatial-temporal atmospheric carbon dioxide removal amount of a total project, wherein said one or more models comprise a model of sand transport, sand dissolution, carbon sequestration or chemical fluxes; and
d. subtracting project emissions ascertained by a project-specific life-cycle analysis from a gross atmospheric carbon dioxide drawdown to calculate a net atmospheric carbon dioxide drawdown.