Ground Injection Implement With Movable Frames for Carbon Sequestration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for carbon sequestration, such as underground storage, are energy-intensive, time-consuming, require significant capital investment, and may be impractical or uneconomical.
Innovation Solution
An implement with a chassis and movable frames supports injection devices, allowing intermittent and synchronized injection of carbon-containing materials subsurface, using a piston-and-cylinder configuration and actuators to manage frame movement, with features like telescopic needles and pressure cylinders for efficient material distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If material is stored underground using conventional methods, then carbon sequestration is achieved, but energy consumption increases and time requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs hydraulic injection systems to inject carbon-containing materials into the ground. The implement uses hydraulic pressure to force the material through injection devices into subsurface formations, replacing energy-intensive conventional storage methods with efficient hydraulic injection that achieves carbon sequestration with reduced energy consumption and time requirements
2Manufacturing precision
If injection devices are stationary during injection, then injection precision is improved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic frame system that can move relative to the chassis during injection operations. The frame carrying the injection devices is movable with respect to the chassis, allowing the injection point to remain stationary relative to the ground while the entire implement progresses forward. This dynamic configuration enables continuous injection along a trajectory while maintaining precise injection at each location, thereby resolving the contradiction between injection precision and productivity
3Productivity
If the implement moves continuously during injection, then productivity increases, but surface disruption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a movable frame system that can extend and retract relative to the chassis. During injection, the frame extends to position the injection devices at the required depth while the implement moves forward continuously. The ground contact means support the chassis without requiring the entire implement to stop, allowing continuous operation that maintains productivity while minimizing surface disruption through controlled, localized injection points
4Productivity
If multiple injection devices are used, then carbon sequestration capacity increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs multiple injection devices distributed across the frame structure. Each injection device operates independently or in coordinated fashion, allowing the system to process and inject carbon-containing materials at multiple locations simultaneously. This segmentation of the injection function across multiple devices increases overall carbon sequestration capacity while distributing the complexity across modular units that can be managed independently
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The implement enables efficient, low-impact carbon sequestration with minimal surface disruption, allowing continuous injection and reduced energy consumption, while maintaining a constant material flow and enabling self-driving operation.
Implementation Method 1
pressure cylinder fluidically connected to the injection device via a conduit and a piston configured for cooperating with the pressure cylinder to drive a fluid through the conduit
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AI summary
An implement for injecting a material, such as biological material comprising carbon, into the ground, for instance for performing carbon sequestration. The implement includes a chassis having ground contact means, such as wheels, slides or tracks, for movably supporting the chassis on a ground surface in a movement direction. The implement further includes at least one frame with a corresponding injection device, each injection device being supported by the at least one frame. The at least one frame is reciprocally movable with respect to the chassis in the movement direction. A method of injection a material into the ground.