Tropospheric volume elements enriched with vital elements and/or protective substances

• US 7,501,103 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2002
• Issued: 03/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ernst Ries, Franz-Dietrich Oeste
• Original Assignee: Ernst Ries, Franz-Dietrich Oeste
• Inventors: Oeste, Franz-Dietrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Vanoy; Timothy C
• Application Number:
  US10/484,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20050106061A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,416 Days
• Field of Search: 423/210, 423/644, 481/273, 208/14, 443/00, 444/57, 444/12, 444/36, 588/1, 588/300, 588/249, 588/249.5, 588/261, 588/900, 588/901, 588/256, 252/372
• US Class Current: 423/210
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/10 containing additives
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1208 elements
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1233 oxygen containing compounds, e.g. oxides, hydroxides, acids and salts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1241 metal carbonyls
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1283 phosphorus, arsenicum, antimonium containing compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1814 Chelates
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/1881 carboxylic group attached to an aliphatic carbon atom
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/201 aliphatic bond
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/2412 sulfur bond to an aromatic radical
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/2431 sulfur bond to oxygen, e.g. sulfones, sulfoxides
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/2437 Sulfonic acids; Derivatives thereof, e.g. sulfonamides, sulfosuccinic acid esters
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/2641 oxygen bonds only
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/28 containing silicon
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/301 derived from metals
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/305 organo-metallic compounds (containing a metal to carbon bond)
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 10/02 for reducing smoke development
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 3/003 Additives for gaseous fuels
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 9/10 by using additives
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 588/90 Apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 588/901 Compositions

Abstract

Tropospheric volume elements enriched with vital elements and/or protective substances as well as procedures for their production and application. The term “vital elements” applies to all matter supporting the development of life within the earth'"'"'s biosphere and the term “protective substances” means all those substances which contribute directly or indirectly to the prevention of harmful effects on the earth'"'"'s biosphere and in particular on man. Tropospheric volume elements in the form of clouds which contain contaminants and which can escape from industrial facilities due to damage or malfunction are enriched with protective substances which prevent the organism from taking in radioactive elements and minimize the extent of the area affected by the clouds and possess additional warning and identification properties.

Claims

1. Method for producing a tropospheric volume element having a lasting enriched concentration of at least one vital element (essential element) andlor at least one protective substance in comparison to its presently existing composition of elements and matter, wherein said at least one vital element and/or said at least one protective substance is chosen from the group consisting of iron compounds and titanium compounds, characterized in that the volume element is produced by a controlled addition of flue gas that contains said at least one vital element and/or said at least one protective substance, whereby said flue gas is produced by combustion of fuel and/or fuel additives.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the additives contain iron and/or titanium in elementary form and/or in a chemical compound, the chemical compound being oil- or petrol-soluble, and/or in a metal and/or in an alloy, the alloy being an iron-silicon-magnesium alloy, a magnesium-titanium alloy or an iron-cerium-titanium alloy.

3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the fuel contains one or more substances selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, natural gas, liquid gas, mineral oil, refined mineral oil products, pyrolysis oil, oils processed from renewable raw materials, diesel oil, kerosene, light oil, heavy oil, silicon oil, gasoline, methanol, metal, and metalloid and containing, in enriched form, at least one vital element and/or at least one substance which on pyrolysis and/or on combustioli results in its conversion into a protective substance.

8. Method for increasing the growth of phyto-plankton under a tropospheric volume element produced according to claim 1, comprising:

enriching a global or regional tropospheric volume element with vital elements and/or protective substances in a controlled manner,

whereby the dosage of vital elements and/or protective substances leads to an average distribution, duration of stay and concentration in the tropospheric volume element,

whereby the vital elements and/or protective substances are iron compounds and/or titanium compounds, and

whereby the vital elements and/or protective substances are transported by flue gas into the trospospheric volume element.

4. Method for the removal of contaminants or toxic substances from a tropospheric volume element, characterized by adding flue gas containing protective substances chosen from the group consisting of iron compounds and/or titanium compounds, whereby said flue gas is produced by combustion of fuel and/or fuel additives.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the contaminants or toxic substances are radioactive elements.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the contaminants or toxic substances are microbes.

7. Method for photolytic purification of waste air or fresh air currents, characterized by adding flue gas containing protective substances chosen from the group consisting of iron compounds andlor titanium compounds, whereby said flue gas is produced by combustion of fuel and/or fuel additives.

9. Method for cooling the troposphere, characterized by a controlled addition of flue gas containing protective substances chosen from the group consisting of iron compounds and/or titanium compounds, whereby said flue gas is produced by combustion of fuel andlor fuel additives.

10. Method for reducing the carbon load of the troposphere and for thereby achieving a lasting climate stabilization, characterized by enriching a global or regional tropospheric volume element with vital elements andlor protective substances in a controlled manner, whereby the dosage of vital elements andlor protective substances leads to an average distribution, duration of stay and concentration in the tropospheric volume element,

whereby the vital elements and/or protective substances are iron and/or titanium in oxide bonding,

whereby the vital elements and/or protective substances are transported by flue gas into the tropospheric volume element.

11. Method for reducing the carbon load of the troposphere according to claim 10, whereby the amount of vital elements and/or protective substances and the position of the respective location of distribution depends on one or more of the following parameters:

regional, hemispheric and global contents of methane and dimethyl sulfide measured at different heights in the troposphere and above the tropopause;

regional, and hemispheric contents of protective substances and/or vital elements in the air, on/in vegetation, on/in the ground and in waters;

average covering of cloud in the tropospheric volume element;

carbon dioxide contents measured in the air and sea water, globally, in the hemisphere and in the tropospheric volume element;

concentration of phyto-plankton below the tropospheric volume element;

oxygen content of sea water beneath the tropospheric volume element at different depths;

content of turbid matter in sea water beneath the tropospheric volume element at different depths;

sedimentation rates in the sea beneath the tropospheric volume element at different depths; and

/or

studying the ecological systems beneath the tropospheric volume element.