While
the fastest way to implement and capitalize on new technology is to put
it in the hands of an existing manufacturer in the field this can be an
uphill struggle due to the resistance to outside inventors and the
royalties they want. We can develop much of this technology
ourselves and with prototype builders. Then, do testing with
college
agriculture departments. We may be able to get government grants
without the strings and strictures due to the high interest in this
area. We can prepare budgets for each area when real interest arrives.
NatroX™
This
device is little more than a sheet metal box with perforated cylinders
in it. It needs an induction pipe for loading and a trapdoor
bottom to be unloaded. The interior must conduct internal
combustion exhaust gases through the NatroX™ salts to capture the
CO2. The efficiency of capture will not be
100%, but we can optimize it by experimentally determining the optimum amount of
radioactive catalyst. The radioactive material ionizes
the air immediate to the hydroxide tendrils growing on the
NatroX™ "X" forms.
In Field Fertilization
This
process
will need a lot of development work given the many types of soil,
degrees of water saturation and variation over growing periods.
We have some rough figures that are probably representative, but
need to better formalize the procedures and develop a database in order
to better design the delivery of the gas. This would be an ideal
project area for work with a college agriculture department as they
have demonstration farms that are well documented and would give our
data more validity.
The gas may be delivered by subsoil plows or gas
conducting articulated spikes as shown on other pages. All of
this hardware needs to be developed. It is all straightforward,
simple and obvious, but needs to be made.
Permanent Installations
The permanent installation systems are very similar
to drip systems and should be able to use much of the same hardware as
water will be delivered by the same tubes if needed. The valves
offer us a special opportunity as those working like stomata, swelling
shut with the passage of amounts of gas or water as the molecules are
similar, simplifies and perfects the system. One problem with
systems of this kind is that they tend to overwater the plants the near
the source and underwater those at the ends of the tubes if they are
long. The valves near the source end will shut first and
eventually all will constrict, raising the pressure in the system
signaling the controls to shut it off. This is a major, but not
expensive development project for which we have the skills to execute,
but only need to set up a workshop, lab and test field.
SCAF Gas Generators
The
SCAF gas generator uses carbonates from the NatroX™
scrubbers. They only require heating the salts over 300 Celsius
degrees until all the material is converted to oxides and gas production stops.
The generators are nothing more than metal "bombs" with an exit
for the gas, a pressure reading port plus a safety
valve and perhaps a blowout plug. All of this should be assembled from existing gas
handling and production equipment for which we would use a consulting
engineer to design the system.
Much of the gas we will use will come from other
existing capture and production systems so we have to incorporate
existing gas systems. This will not complicate anything as we are
starting from nothing and breadboarding these systems will be very
straightforward.
