US Patent Issued to CarbonBuilt on March 11 for "Methods and systems for biomass-derived CO 2 sequestration in concretes and aggregates" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,993, issued on March 11, was assigned to CarbonBuilt (El Segundo, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for biomass-derived CO 2 sequestration in concretes and aggregates" was invented by Iman Mehdipour (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are integrated biomass combustion-carbonation gas conditioning systems to directly sequester carbon dioxide from biomass-derived CO2-containing flue gas. The CO2 is sequestered by mineral carbonation in concrete materials within a carbonation reactor. The mineral carbonation processes sequester CO2 in concrete materials, aqueous slurries, or aggregates without any additional carbon ...