Tower rotor blades that capture CO2 carbon dioxide

Abstract

A rotor wind turbine blades with attached mantle peridotite panel available to capture CO.sub.2 in air while the blades are rotating powers by the wind. Due to presence of Ca.sup.+ and Mg.sup.+ in the mantle peridotite glass cell, the panel composed of glass cells can conduct sequestration of carbon dioxide in air and the product of CO.sub.2 sequestration is mineralized carbon. Another means of CO.sub.2 sequestration in air is by placing the mantle peridotite panel at the top of the wing structure of plane and capture the CO.sub.2 while the plane is flying.

Claims

1. A rotor wind turbine blade with attached materials available to conduct carbon dioxide removal on a vast scale while wind turbine rotor blades are rotating from a tubular steel tower, the attached materials comprising: fragments of reactive rocks that are Mg-rich, Ca-bearing selected from the group consisting of mantle peridotite, basaltic lava, ultramafic intrusions, and wollastonite containing crystalline silicon; wherein the reactive rocks are grinded and melted to form a glass and shaped to form cells containing magnesium, calcium, pyroxine, and olivine capable of detecting light and other electromagnetic radiation, wherein the cells comprise the reactive rocks to capture the carbon dioxide in air; wherein the cells are assembled such that the front and back of the cells are connected and wired together as a module; wherein the cells are placed in an aluminum panel box having a back sheet that provides mechanical protection and electrical insulation, wherein the back sheet is made of plastics selected from the group consisting of PP, PET, and PVF; wherein the back sheet is clear, black, or white in color; wherein a device is connected to the aluminum panel box, wherein the device uses batteries to send electrical signals to the cells and is connected to the cells by one or more wires; wherein the device can check and keep a record of whether the cells have electric pathways that remain viable and if the cells have turned into a mineralized carbon after capture of the carbon dioxide from the air; wherein the rotor wind turbine blade has an entire structure within an aluminum frame sealed against weather; and wherein the rotor wind turbine blade having the attached materials capable of the carbon dioxide capture is detachable and can be replaced after the cells are mineralized into carbon.

2. The rotor wind turbine blade of claim 1, wherein the device attached to the cell panel has a remote monitoring system with wireless capabilities that communicate automatically with transmitters which relay data, wherein the data downloaded from the device by a transmitter is sent to a main office or person or department in charge of the carbon dioxide capture either using a landline phone or GSM network; wherein remote monitoring may provide alerts that involve device integrity such as battery status and programming issues; and wherein the remote monitoring concerns data acquired automatically on a daily basis by the device with unscheduled transmission of any pre-defined alerts.

3. An airplane having a portion with attached materials available to conduct carbon dioxide removal on a vast scale, the attached materials comprising: fragments of reactive rocks that are Mg-rich, Ca-bearing selected from the group consisting of mantle peridotite, basaltic lava, ultramafic intrusions, and wollastonite containing crystalline silicon; wherein the reactive rocks are grinded, melted to form a glass and shaped to form cells containing magnesium, calcium, pyroxine, and olivine capable of detecting light and other electromagnetic radiation, wherein the cells comprise the reactive rocks to capture the carbon dioxide in air; wherein the cells are assembled such that the front and back of the cells are connected and wired together as a module; wherein the cells are placed in an aluminum panel box having a back sheet that provides mechanical protection and electrical insulation, wherein the back sheet is made of plastics selected from the group consisting of PP, PET, and PVF; wherein the back sheet is clear, black, or white in color; wherein a device is connected to the aluminum panel box, wherein the device uses batteries to send electrical signals to the cells and is connected to the cells by one or more wires; wherein the device can check and keep a record of whether the cells have electric pathways that remain viable and if the cells have turned into a mineralized carbon after capture of the carbon dioxide from the air; wherein the aluminum panel box containing the cells is a removable aluminum panel box removeably embedded within a portion of the airplane selected from the group consisting of a wing and a fuselage; and wherein the removeable aluminum panel box can be replaced after the cells are mineralized into carbon.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is an illustration of a wind turbine generator.

(2) FIG. 2 is an illustration of a wind turbine in which the flat blades of the wind turbine have glass cell panels attached to the blades.

(3) FIG. 3 is an illustration of the glass cell pieces that are assemble and connected. An aluminum panel box is created with the glass cells (that contain Magnesium) that are wired and put in the panel box.

(4) FIG. 4 is an illustration of a detachable blade from the rotor of a wind turbine.

(5) FIG. 5 is an illustration of the flat blade of a wind turbine in which the glass cell panel is attached to it.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(6) A tower with rotor wind turbine blades, wind turbine with turbine components. The rotor blades have materials available to conduct the CO.sub.2 removal on a vast scale while the rotor blades are rotating from the tubular steel towers.

(7) The tower is a crane or conical with its diameter increasing towards the base in order to increase its strength and save materials at the same time. The tower height can be 60-80 m to 90-110 m or 220 m such as a giant wind turbine in Netherlands. It is stated that it is an advantaged to have tall tower in area with high terrain roughness since the wind speeds increase further away from the ground.

(8) The rotor blades are detachable. In rotor blades attached the materials that would be available to conduct the capture of the CO.sub.2 while the blades are rotating powers by the wind. The windmills or wind farm across the nation and oversees can be replaced their rotor blades with the detachable rotor blades that have materials that could be available to conduct the co.sub.2 capture. The product of CO.sub.2 mineralization is the carbon mineralization.

(9) Materials needed to be used in the carbon dioxide capture are highly reactive rocks that are Mg-rich, ca-bearing are mantle peridotite, basaltic lava, and ultramafic intrusions that are rich in olivine and pyroxene materials, wollastonite. These reactive rocks fragments are grinded, and melted into glass. Glass can be formed into a cell similar to solar cell or photovoltaic cell. Then, the glass cell pieces are assemble. The glass cells are connected. A panel box is built and wire the panels. The glass cell panel has a small device that uses batteries to send electric signals to the glass cells. The small device is connected to the glass cells by one or more wires. Tiny electric charges move through the wire to glass cells. The small device can check and keep a record if the glass. cells' electrical pathways are gone and the glass cells have turned already into a mineralized carbon. Aluminum is used to build a glass cell panel (Mg glass cells panel) because light material is needed. A thin glass that is lightweight in construction has less of an impact to the rotor wind turbine blade. It is important that the glass cell panel to be attached to the turbine blade is not too heavy and will not cause a problem to the rotating wind turbine blades.

(10) The small device attached to the Mg glass cell panel has a remote monitoring system. The device with wireless capabilities that communicate automatically with transmitters which the relay data. Using wireless technology, the data downloaded from the device by the transmitter is sent to the main person/office using either the landline phone or GSM network. Remote monitoring (which concern data acquired automatically on a daily basis by the device with unscheduled transmission of any pre-defined alerts). These alerts may involve device integrity e.g. battery status, programming issues, etc.

(11) Remote monitoring is similar to pacemaker being manufactured by Medtronic, Inc., MN, USA (Careline network), Biotronic, Berlin, Germany (Home Monitoring). Table 1 shows comparison of different remote monitoring system.

(12) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Biotronik Home Medronic Monitoring Sytem Carelink Wireless communication Radio frequency Radio frequency with implanted device Data transmission GSM Network Analogue phoneline Transmitter Mobile Stationary Frequency transmission Daily FU; Scheduled FU; Alert events Alert events Remote Follow-up Yes Yes Remote Monitoring Yes Yes Physician Notification SMS, email SMS, email Feedback LED, indicating LED indication to patient via normal status normal status transmitter or call to clinic or call to clinic IEGM (real-time at 30 s (monthly 10 s remote follow-up) periodic EGMs) IEGM (arrythmic All memorized All memorized episodes) episodes episodes Special features Alerts fully Automatic RA, configurable on-line RV and LV

(13) Medtronic enable pacemaker monitoring by smartphone. The new Myc are link Smart Monitor from Medtronic just approved by the FDA, enable patients with implanted pacemakers to use their smartphones to transmit secure data from their pacemakers to their physicians.

(14) Similar to the Mg glass cell panel remote monitoring device, it has an automated production system in capture of CO.sub.2 reporting system that automatically transmit through the network transmitter that relays the data to the person or main department/office in charge of the CO.sub.2 capture in air.

(15) There are two types of wind turbine: the vertical-axis turbines and the horizontal-axis turbines. The sizes of wind turbine are utility-scale wind turbines, offshore wind turbines, and single small turbines. The shape of wind turbine blades are flat rotor blades or curved blades. The Mg glass cell panels are taped or attached using epoxy glue to the flat rotor blade or curved blade. Recycle plant with green gas emissions may use the Mg glass cell panel in capturing the CO.sub.2 from their plant. Top of the buildings or skycrapers, towers, factories emitting CO.sub.2, tall buildings may also use the glass cell panels in capturing the carbon dioxide in air. The wind turbine blades are made of resins, core materials like balsa wood and PVC foam. Typically composed of 70% to 75% glass by weight that meet very strict mechanical requirements such as high rigidity and resistance to torsion and fatigue.

(16) The mineralized carbon from CO.sub.2 capture can be used as a carbon filtering. Carbon filtering is a method of filtering that uses a bed of activated carbon to remove contaminants and impurities of polluted water in the sea or rivers. Carbon filtering will solved the problems of water pollution globally.