公开(公告)号：US5992089A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-30

申请号：US515280

申请日：1995-08-15

申请人： Ian S.F. Jones ,  William Rodgers ,  Michael Kassipillai Gunaratnam ,  Helen Elizabeth Young

发明人： Ian S.F. Jones ,  William Rodgers ,  Michael Kassipillai Gunaratnam ,  Helen Elizabeth Young

IPC分类号： A01H13/00 ,  A01K61/00 ,  A01K63/04 ,  C12N1/12 ,  A01B79/00 ,  A01G33/00

CPC分类号： B01D53/84 ,  A01H13/00 ,  A01K61/00 ,  A01K63/04 ,  C12N1/12 ,  B01D2257/504 ,  Y02C10/02 ,  Y02P20/59 ,  Y02P60/247

摘要： The present invention provides a method for removing CO.sub.2 from the atmosphere. The method comprises the step of delivering a source of nitrogen to the mixed layer of the ocean to cause an increase in the number of phytoplankton in the mixed layer and thereby increase the amount of photosynthesis carried out by the phytoplankton. The source of nitrogen is delivered to the mixed layer at a location where an ocean current will carry the source of nitrogen and phytoplankton over a region of the ocean having a depth sufficient to allow dead phytoplankton and organic material derived from the phytoplankton to fall from the mixed layer and enable carbon originating from the CO.sub.2 to be sequestered from the atmosphere.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种从大气中除去CO 2的方法。 该方法包括将氮源输送到海洋的混合层中以引起混合层中浮游植物数量的增加，从而增加浮游植物进行的光合作用量的步骤。 氮源将被输送到混合层，其中海洋电流将在海洋区域内运载氮源和浮游植物，其深度足以允许浮游植物的浮游植物和来自浮游植物的有机物从 使得来自CO 2的碳与大气隔离。