WO2011061635A2 - Ferme verticale associée à un procédé et une installation de production de biocarburant, de biomasse et d'électricité - Google Patents

Ferme verticale associée à un procédé et une installation de production de biocarburant, de biomasse et d'électricité Download PDF

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WO2011061635A2
WO2011061635A2 PCT/IB2010/052063 IB2010052063W WO2011061635A2 WO 2011061635 A2 WO2011061635 A2 WO 2011061635A2 IB 2010052063 W IB2010052063 W IB 2010052063W WO 2011061635 A2 WO2011061635 A2 WO 2011061635A2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12M—APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS
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    • C12M43/02—Bioreactors or fermenters combined with devices for liquid fuel extraction; Biorefineries
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12M—APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS
    • C12M43/00—Combinations of bioreactors or fermenters with other apparatus
    • C12M43/08—Bioreactors or fermenters combined with devices or plants for production of electricity
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G5/00—Incineration of waste; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor
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    • F23G5/46—Recuperation of heat
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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  • the present invention relates to methods and associated apparatus for automatically growing agricultural crops vertically and/or in a continuous fashion throughout each year (Vertical Farm) in combination with contiguous and co- located production of biofuel, food, biomass for the purpose of carbon
  • Bottoming cycles such as Organic Rankine Cycles or geothermal cooling are added to this combination to scavenge the final waste heat and moisture between the waste discharge and ambient temperature, converting said temperature difference into additional useful energy and recovering moisture and other precipitates for recirculation.
  • the process is carried out substantially in a closed system such that waste heat, waste moisture, and exhausts including but not limited to such constituents as carbon dioxide, ash, and reactive nitrogen are almost entirely reused.
  • the invention is well suited for the cost effective production of food, biofuel, biomass, and electricity.
  • the invention has the advantage of a manifold reduction in required space, water, nutrients, and time for production.
  • the present invention also accomplishes its claims with optimum economy for constructions costs. Since the invention is constructed indoors in a greenhouse setting or in individual enclosures and is supplied with its own soils, it is not dependent on location, soil conditions, water availability, weather, season, or length of day. It can be operated in the presence not only of sunlight, but can operate in the presence or with the addition of artificially powered light sources driven by any external power source provided.
  • each of the constituent processes of the invention typically lose two-thirds of their input energy as waste versus useful work or products, and individually they fail to recover any of the chemical energy from by-products such as carbon dioxide.
  • the constituent processes all contribute substantially to pollution, global warming, human disease, and international conflict to name a few of their inherent drawbacks.
  • the invention describes a clear art and process which combines all of these constituent processes into one and effectively creates a kind of process flywheel, which can be driven in part by solar insolation and/or by any other external power sources such as wind, geothermal, ocean wave energy, hydro-electric, ocean hydroelectric, solar, biomass power, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, or fossil fuels, and which recovers the heat, moisture, and chemical energy normally lost from the processes of prior art.
  • 6508033 generalized a three axis and multi-zone robotic arrangement for cultivation but failed to address an optimum arrangement for these perennial grasses in that it failed to address the geometric advantage posed by perennial crops and failed to depict the preferred arrangement for automatically harvesting and replanting these crops.
  • 6508033 failed to address an arrangement that would allow for adaptability to the application of soil, hydroponic, or aeroponic growing schemes.
  • 6508033 failed to achieve the closest arrangement for plants during all phases of growth.
  • 6508033 sequenced seedlings on a planar conveyance with a fixed ceiling height suitable for mature plants such that the over head space above the seedlings (the difference in height between mature plants and seedlings) was not utilized.
  • 6508033 was also more adapted for the production of annuals in that each time a plant was harvested, it was completely replanted. Perennial grasses can be clipped at the end of a full growth cycle, leaving the roots intact and will re-grow new shoots which can be harvested at the end of the next growing cycle. There is a need for a system that allows re- harvesting of perennials.
  • 6508033 arranged the plants in groups of many plants at the same stage of growth which would have the effect of increasing in-process inventory and therefore tie-up working capital.
  • US Patent Application 20040129188kj did not anticipate the automation of the entire process in order to facilitate conditions inhospitable to humans but ideal for plants which also realizes peak efficiencies for production and which allows for artificial selection of peak performing plant individuals. US Patent Application 20040129188kj did not anticipate the incorporation of a greenhouse or enclosure to facilitate efficient recirculation of waste streams. US Patent Application 20040129188kj failed to anticipate the benefit of depleted oxygen farming, having overlooked the increase in
  • US Patent Application 20040129188kj failed to anticipate the benefits of increased temperature and humidity provided by recirculated waste heat and moisture, lending to the production of tropical C4 crops such as sugar cane, and taking advantage of the documented behavior of plant stomata to contract in elevated carbon dioxide, retaining water, and in turn surviving higher temperatures which in turn results in higher photosynthetic reaction rates.
  • US Patent Application 20040129188kj also proposes plankton as a preferred embodiment, whereas carbon dioxide enrichment concentrations are limited by aqueous solubility per Henry's Law as compared to this patent wherein carbon dioxide concentrations are not bounded.
  • FIG. 1 The process flow ( Figure 1 ) of the invention begins with the production of plants in vast arrays of continuous conveyance loops ( Figures 2, 3, and 4) which can be fashioned in such a way as to transport each plant in the closest possible proximity to one another and thus approximate the same planar distribution of plants normally associated with the unit ground space while gaining a multiplicative advantage in productivity as a result of multiple tiers of plants circulating from the ground up and back down vertical towers (Figure 3, 11 ). Plants can be produced at regular intervals such as each minute, hour, day, week, or month depending on the particular species' growth versus time, the number of total plants in the tower, the height of the tower, and the rate at which the conveyance loops are indexed.
  • This vertical growing apparatus, "Modular Vertical Farm Cell” (MVFC) has been fully described in a separate patent application by the same author of this invention.
  • the plants are harvested at fixed locations by conventional industrial robots travelling on automated rail or cable- guided trolleys. After harvesting, the biomass is transported via networks of conveyors to a central location for milling, fermentation, and distillation into biofuels. At this stage it is also optional that the biomass be milled or processed into food or feed.
  • Waste products from farming, milling, fermentation, and distillation, comprised generally of leftover biomass are then either reformed into more biofuel, burned in a Rankine power cycle to produce electricity, or buried to the end of sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and the accompanying end of reversing or controlling global warming.
  • the burial option can have the added purposes of providing high-quality topsoil and landfill.
  • waste products of the combustion processes comprised generally of heat, moisture, carbon dioxide, mineral ash, and reactive nitrogen are then recycled back to the Vertical Farm.
  • the compact nature of the Vertical Farming operation allows even distribution of these waste products, with minimal losses.
  • Enclosing the operation in a greenhouse environment affords protection from adverse weather and environmental conditions making the production secure and predictable. Such enclosure also affords the optimal distribution of waste heat, moisture, carbon dioxide, mineral ash, and reactive nitrogen and the coinciding recovery of the maximum amount of said waste products.
  • FIG 1 shows the process diagram for the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows in plan view an exemplar embodiment of one vertical farm acre a plurality of which is embodied within item 1 on the process diagram depicted in Figure 1.
  • Figure 2 also shows an enlarged plan view labeled "Detail A" comprised of a plurality of individual "Modular Vertical Farm Cells" (MVFC's) and representing a portion of the extensive array of the same depicted in Figures 2 and 3.
  • Shaded portions Figure 2 depict chases in the foundation of said vertical farm used as aqueducts, exhaust ducts, and ventilated service tunnels.
  • Figure 3 shows an elevation section view of a portion of the exemplar depicted in Figure 2. Dotted leaders from both sides are intended to indicate that the section depicted in Figure 3 is repeated sequentially throughout the Vertical Farm.
  • Figure 4 shows in plan view one exemplar embodiment of an entire, hypothetical Combined Vertical Farm, Biofuel, Biomass, and Electric Power Generation Process and Facility and shows an extensive array of acreages as depicted in Figure 2.
  • C4 perennial crops such as corn, sorghum, or sugar cane are grown in high-volume, just-in-time, optimized, year-round, and continuous conditions in a Vertical Farm (1, and Figures 2, 3, and 4) housed in a greenhouse (21 ) as described below.
  • Artificial lighting (22) is provided in order to supplement natural lighting.
  • the foundation or hull (26) of the Vertical Farm (1) may be constructed on land, as a floating platform, or a plurality of platforms. From the Vertical Farm (1 ), harvested crops are sent for milling (2) or other processing to produce stock for mash. The sugars in the mash are fermented and then distilled in the Fermentation and Distillation (5) process into neat ethanol or other biofuel.
  • Cellulosic material leftover after fermentation of sugars from the mash, or bagasse is dried and combined with organic trash from the Vertical Farm (1 ) and the Milling (2) operations.
  • This combined organic, predominantly cellulosic material is sent either to a Reformer (3) where it is converted to additional biofuel or to the combustor of a Boiler (4) where steam is produced and electric power is generated by a Turbine (6) from this steam in a Rankine cycle.
  • harvested crops may be sent directly from the Vertical Farm (1 ) and Milling (2) operations for consumption as food or for sequestering of carbon, such as through burial of the bulk solid and liquid materials.
  • the waste products from the Mill (2), Fermentation and Distillery (5), Reformer (3), Boiler (4), and Turbine (6) include waste heat from the conditioned space where occupancy and combustion air are needed to run the processes and to facilitate occupancy, heat and moisture from hot combustion exhaust gases, carbon dioxide, steam (for example from blow-down), hot water condensed in the turbine and related condenser, reactive nitrogen compounds, and mineral-rich ash. All of these items are recycled to the Vertical Farm (1 ).
  • ash is separated by the usual means that may include either bag-filters, electrostatic precipitation, or both. This ash is rich in mineral nutrients and when mixed with soil serves as excellent fertilizer for the next generation of potted plants in the Vertical Farm (1).
  • carbon monoxide is either further combusted from the exhaust gas stream or it is catalytically reacted and the waste heat is recovered.
  • reactive nitrogen is then reacted with ammonia to precipitate ammonium nitrate for additional plant fertilizer.
  • the final combustion gas product rich in carbon dioxide and moisture, and deficient in oxygen is blown by induced-draft or other fans into a network of large Exhaust Ducts (8) in the foundation or hull (26) of the Vertical Farm (1 ).
  • These exhaust gases are blown from the Exhaust Ducts (8) through diffusers (20) that bubble the exhaust through the irrigation, cooling, and condenser water (15) stored in a network of aqueducts (7) running beneath vast arrays of MVFC's (11 ).
  • the exhaust gases heat the water (15), and the heat radiates upward to warm the greenhouse (21). This heating combined with the bubbling action serve to humidify the greenhouse (21).
  • the Aqueducts (7) collect rainwater from the roof of the greenhouse (21) and condensation from the greenhouse exhausts and shell, and can be supplemented with water from any other conventional irrigation source, including for example well, river, lake, storm-water runoff, or treated wastewater.
  • the water (15) is used as coolant for the condenser of the turbine, as irrigation for the Vertical Farm (1 ), as solvent for the diffusion process (20), as a humidity source for the greenhouse (21) environment, and as a radiant heating or cooling source for the greenhouse (21) environment.
  • Scrapers can be fitted on drag chains in the Aqueducts (7) to harvest algae from the walls and bottom for use as additional biomass.
  • cooling for the Vertical Farm can be accomplished by circulating the water (15) through buried geothermal heat exchange coils or through the heat exchanger of an Organic Rankine Cycle. If needed, depending on the outside temperature, further cooling can be accomplished by pumping the water (15) through mist nozzles at the top of the greenhouse (21 ).
  • Service Tunnels (9) are fresh-air ventilated (16) by induced draft fans at the ends of the tunnels located at the perimeter of the Vertical Farm (1 ).
  • the ventilation air is blown by the induced draft fans from the Vertical Farm (1 ) outside perimeter towards the center of the Vertical Farm (1 ), where is it used for combustion air in the boilers. Excess combustion air also cools the skin of the equipment and conditions the occupied space.
  • the ventilated, positive pressure Tunnels allow human farmers and service personnel (19) to enter the full length of the farm without suffocation or asphyxiation by the carbon dioxide enriched, oxygen-depleted atmosphere in the greenhouse (21 ) above.
  • Service Tunnels (9) double as chases for electrical, plumbing, and control cabling.
  • the Service Tunnels (9) also afford access for personnel to the picking robots (12), the cutting robots (13), the conveyors (14), and the robot Trolleys (10).
  • Specially made personnel lifts which can roll down the tunnels and lift personnel through small openings in the tunnel ceiling can be fitted with positive-pressure breathing tubes to allow personnel to ascend the height of the greenhouse and adjust portions of the MVFC's (11 ), to better service the robots (12, 13), to change light bulbs or fixtures (22), to adjust the plant height sensors (23), and to adjust the plant identification-code readers (24).
  • the Main Aqueduct (27) serves as a manifold to channel cooling water, irrigation, and condensates from the Boiler and Machinery Room (31 ) as they are pumped and circulated through the Aqueducts (7) in the Vertical Farm (1 ) and back.
  • the Main Access Tunnel (28) allows transportation of personnel, equipment, and large pieces of machinery for the Mill (2), Reformer (3), Boiler (4), Fermentation and Distillery (5), and the Turbine (6) to the Boiler and
  • the Main Access Tunnel (28) may also allow for the delivery of raw material feed-stocks as such chemicals, soils, and seeds and for the shipment of products such as food, biomass, and biofuel.
  • the Main Exhaust Duct (29) serves as a manifold for all process exhausts from the Boiler and Machinery Room (31 ) as they are routed to the Exhaust Ducts (8) for wide distribution to the Vertical Farm (1 ).
  • the Main Exhaust Duct (29) also includes provisions for separation of particulate and ash, the treatment of carbon monoxide, and the treatment of NOX in the exhaust gas stream.
  • the Modular Vertical Farm Cells (MVFC's) (11 ) are continuous-loop conveyors moving potted sugar cane, corn, sorghum, switch-grass or other perennial crops.
  • the MVFC (11 ) design allows optimal, high-density growth of perennial crops and affords optimal positioning of mature crops for automatic harvesting by robots or other mechanisms. Each potted plant rides on an individual trolley, which in turn is guided by tracks and pulled by a cable, cables, a chain, or chains.
  • the MVFC (11) design also allows for optimal positioning of new seedlings or fresh-cut perennials for re-circulation back through the said conveyor and framework. Individual plants are moved a zigzag fashion through the course of ascending and descending helical traverses for which the pitch and vertical spacing are constructed in a manner which follows the normal growth curve and provides ideal accessibility at the point of optimal harvest (11).
  • each pot and adjacent space occupies about one square-foot of plan-view space
  • the depicted Cell occupies about thirty-two plan square feet.
  • the example design allows for one plant to be harvested each day (or less than a day) in the same space that ordinarily would only produce thirty-two plants per year. Since there are 43,560 square feet per acre, 1361 such towers would be constructed per acre ( Figure 2).
  • Each MVFC (11) alternates in one direction and then in the reverse through the zigzag, reversing traverses, forming two layers of conveyed plants.
  • Each such potted layer would have four inches clearance between its neighboring layers to allow light to filter down the tower.
  • Every individual plant is cultivated in an individual pot.
  • the pot is capped with a translucent guide that consists of an outer shell with an upper tapered shell on top and a lower tapered shell inside which serve to guide each maturing plant towards the center.
  • the upper tapered shell creates a predictable diameter and a known position for the mature plant's stalk at some distance from the base at which a gripper mounted on the picking robot (12) or other device can be programmed to grip the stalk.
  • a slit in the outer shell allows a cutting robot (13) to insert a cutting attachment into the guide and the lower tapered shell allows the plant to be clear-cut around a predictable path once it is fully mature while the stalk is held by the gripping robot (12).
  • the picking robot (12) or other device can either transport the harvested plant or can place the harvested plant on the conveyor (14) for transportation along branch and main conveyor lines (30) to a central processing area, or Boiler and Machinery Room (31).
  • the Mill (2), Boiler (4), Reformer (3), Turbine (6), and Fermentation and Distillery (5) are all located in this central area of the Vertical Farm (1 ).
  • Each potted plant in each MVFC is irrigated through a daisy-chained system which includes individual, flexible irrigation conduits strung from pot to pot. Each conduit is connected near the top of one pot in order to capture over flow and is inserted to the soil bottom of the adjacent pot through a dip-tube.
  • This allows a single irrigation source at the top of the Cell, at the junction of traverse C and column D (CD) to irrigate every pot in the cell to the height at which the conduits are connected.
  • CD traverse C and column D
  • water Upon filling the pot at CD to the level of the conduit connection, water over-flows to the next lower adjacent pot such that water cascades accordingly across traverse C and down column B as well as down column D and across traverse A.
  • residual water can be collected in a sump or sumps and then recycled to CD.
  • the traverses are fastened or welded to vertical supports consisting of long, straight columns fabricated of light-gauge steel or other materials and having cross sections such as angle, channel, I, T, or flat as is indicated and appropriate to provide the main, structural, vertical support for the cell.
  • An upper track and a lower track guide the pots and trolleys and also provide structural support by bracing the vertical supports in order to prevent buckling and allow the supports to be made from lighter, cheaper materials.
  • a pulley mounted on a bracket is fastened to the vertical supports located at the ends of each traverse. Through this pulley is threaded a cable or chain to which every trolley is fastened.
  • the conveyor can be driven by a motor connected to a shaft of a pulley at one or more traverse-ends, or a more cost-effective approach is to have the cutting robot select a geared rotary attachment to turn the shaft.
  • a plant height sensor (23) can use a beam (24) to detect, for example, when a plant has reached a particular height. Further, each individual plant in each MVFC (11) will have a unique identification code that can be read by an additional sensor (25).
  • Optimal pot size can be selected by review of the scientific literature related to root-growth and irrigation, or can be determined through empirical trials.
  • the MVFC (11) can then be optimized for a given crop with respect to the pot size, pot spacing, structural construction, drive-horsepower and mechanical advantage, traverse pitch, irrigation, and other factors.
  • Optimal soils will be selected based on the literature or through empirical trials.
  • the conveyance will be equipped with braking or ratcheting, but a choice can be made to omit a motor and substitute a crank or other mechanism reliant upon an external motive force.
  • This can save the cost of motors and electrical wiring and further facilitate the mass-construction of vast arrays of MVFC's (11) incorporated into automated growing operations or farms. It is estimated that a typical total weight supported by and conveyed upon the steel framework of each cell will be about 3500 pounds, including pots, soil, water, and stalks. This weight is readily supported by light-gauge formed steel members. Lightweight construction saves both fabrication costs for each Cell and also reduces loads upon structural

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La présente invention concerne des procédés et un appareil associé permettant une culture automatique de productions agricoles, verticalement et/ou de façon continue pendant toute l'année (ferme verticale), se combinant à une production contigüe et en un même lieu, de biocarburant, de biomasse en vue d'une séquestration de carbone (crédits de carbone), et d'électricité à partir de biomasse. L'invention concerne également un procédé qui intègre de vastes ensembles de convoyeur en boucle continue, formant une tour sur un châssis vertical, permettant de faire passer es plantes pérennes en pots par tous les stades de maturité d'une façon, qui multiplie sensiblement le rendement par unité de surface, qui permet à la production de se faire aussi bien en lumière naturelle qu'en lumière artificielle, qui permet l'automatisation de la production et de la récolte, et qui permet à la production de se faire dans des conditions qui sont favorables aux plantes mais défavorables pour les humains. L'ensemble de l'appareil peut être construit de matériaux légers et bon marché, qui permettent la production de masse et la constitution d'ensembles importants dans le cadre de vastes exploitations de culture automatiques.
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