Landfills have lots of microbial activity. Methane production in landfills is significant. Landfills may be operated dry or wet, but either way organic matter in a landfill cannot be considered inert. And no way is a landfill gas tight.
= Stuart = Stuart E. Strand 167 Wilcox Hall, Box 352700, Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 voice 206-543-5350, fax 206-685-3836 skype: stuartestrand http://faculty.washington.edu/sstrand/ Using only muscle power, who is the fastest person in the world? Flying start, 200 m 82.3 mph! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Whittingham Hour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_record 55 miles, upside down, backwards, and head first! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 6:03 AM To: geoengineering Subject: [geo] Re: Synthesis of cyanuric acid from atmospheric carbon dioxide (from Robert Hahl, Ph.D., Patent Attorney ) Not in a landfill. On Jan 3, 9:10 pm, Stuart Strand <[email protected]> wrote: > Cynauric acid is biodegradable aerobically and anaerobically. The carbon > would return to the atmosphere. > > = Stuart = > > Stuart E. Strand > 167 Wilcox Hall, Box 352700, Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 > voice 206-543-5350, fax 206-685-3836 > skype: stuartestrandhttp://faculty.washington.edu/sstrand/ > > Using only muscle power, who is the fastest person in the world? > Flying start, 200 m 82.3 mph!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Whittingham > Hour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_record > 55 miles, upside down, backwards, and head first! > > > > > > > Perhaps this synthetic sequence could remove CO2 from the air at low > > cost and high throughput. > > > (1) Electrolysis of water (solar or wind energy) -----> hydrogen gas > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water > > > (2) Haber process using hydrogen gas from (1) + nitrogen from air ----- > >> ammonia > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process > > > (3) Carbonic anydrase in water + CO2 from air -----> carbonic acid > > -----> carbon dioxide gas > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonic_anhydrase > > > (4) carbon dioxide from (3) + ammonia from (2) ------> urea > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea > > > (5) urea -----> cyanuric acid -----> land fill > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanuric_acid > > > Step 3) would reduce CO2 levels rather than just avoid increasing them > > (as with carbon capture), in case of a real emergency in which we must > > remove CO2 or perish. > > > Step 1) could put wind and solar energy equipment to good use for a > > change, and less need for cooperation by existing electrical grid > > operators than renewable energy projects normally entail. > > > As to the energy consumption of the Haber process, it may be > > reasonable since the hydrogen is not from reformation of methane. > > > Robert Hahl, Ph.D., Patent Attorney > > Neifeld IP Law, PC > > 4813-B Eisenhower Avenue > > Alexandria, VA 22304 > >www.neifeld.com > > Tel: 703-415-0012 ext 25 > > Fax: 703-415-0013- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
