US Patent Issued to Arelac on July 14 for "Processes and systems to capture carbon dioxide" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,420, issued on July 14, was assigned to Arelac Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Processes and systems to capture carbon dioxide" was invented by Ryan J. Gilliam (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are processes and systems related to a carbon dioxide sequestration process, comprising a) calcining limestone using a fossil fuel alternative input to form a mixture comprising lime and a gaseous stream comprising more than about 30 vol % carbon dioxide; and b) treating the mixture comprising lime with atmospheric air and allowing carbon dioxide from the atmospheric air to react with the mixture and form a composition...