Methods and system for decreasing gas emissions from landfills
US10221115B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/145
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of diverting municipal solid waste (MSW) from a landfill that includes receiving, at a MSW processing system, a quantity of MSW, gasifying the quantity of MSW in a gasification unit to yield a syngas stream and biochar stream, converting at least a portion of the syngas to mixed alcohols in an alcohol synthesis unit, separating the mixed alcohols into one or more alcohol products, and determining a carbon offset for diverting the MSW from the landfill to the MSW processing system.
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