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The Problem:
Climate Change
Effects are Real
They are caused by decades of excess carbon dioxide from human and natural sources that have overwhelmed nature’s self-regulating processes.
Storms are more energetic. Ocean levels are rising. Ocean acidification and warming caused by excess carbon dioxide are killing ocean flora and fauna. The land and the ocean’s natural ability to deal with carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is overwhelmed.
We have a solution.
Combustion will not disappear overnight. The ultimate goal is to transition away from combustion as an energy source, but in the meantime, we can restore some of the balance by capturing and sequestering the excess carbon.
Carbon Capture, Mineralize, and Repurpose
Clean Scrub Technologies offers a series of integrated and profitable CO2 capture and repurpose technologies. CO2 is removed from industrial and commercial exhaust gas or captured directly from the air (DAC).
The byproducts of this green process are commercially viable sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate (mineralized CO2). The process is simple, very scalable, and can have zero consumable cost.
We have developed proprietary processes that use the mineralized CO2 to sequester carbon while enhancing concrete, reducing ocean acidification, supplying industrial consumables, or enabling greener enhanced oil recovery.
CO2 Capture and Mineralization
Capture CO2 from combustion exhaust and convert it to mineralized salts – for as low as $23/tonne of CO2.
In our patent-pending capture process, a reaction chamber captures ninety-five percent of the CO2 from exhaust and efficiently converts it to sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate using lithium hydroxide. The chamber’s only consumables are electricity and sodium chloride – either from aquifer brine, ocean water, or recycled directly from one of the four sequestration options shown here. Lithium hydroxide and other chemicals are required at startup, but at steady state, all reactants are recycled using waste heat from the combustion source that generates the CO2-laden exhaust. The only other output is hydrochloric acid.
Stronger Concrete
Sequester carbon in concrete using outputs from our carbon capture solution – and make it stronger.
Tri-Crete, our new, patent-pending concrete formulation, allows unprecedented control over concrete’s characteristics, such as setting time, strength, permeability, and slump. Tri-Crete can thus accommodate unique product requirements with process-specific mix formulas.
This patent-pending concrete process was developed as a way to utilize the byproducts made using another process from captured CO2 originating in industrial exhaust or the atmosphere.
Through our affiliate, Concrete Technologies, Inc., we regenerate CO2 gas from the acid and sodium bicarbonate outputs of our carbon capture solution, then dissolve it into the concrete’s feedwater. This approach forms improved calcium compounds during hydration that sequesters carbon and increases the concrete’s structural properties. We also inject the CO2 gas into the concrete during mixing to further improve the calcium compounds and sequester even more carbon.
Healthier Oceans
Sequester carbon in the ocean floor using outputs from our carbon capture solution – and help it heal.
Atmospheric CO2 enters the oceans and creates an acidification of seawater resulting in major disruption to its delicate ecological balance. The algae that produce about seventy percent of our planetary oxygen are sensitive to this acidification process; and, if left unchecked, this source for life will be eliminated.
Through our affiliate, SeaQuester, and with collaborating scientists at NOAA, Scripps, Oregon State University and other esteemed institutions we are addressing this problem using our patented
Carbon Capture and Repurpose technology which uses the sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate byproducts from our carbon capture solution to reverse devastating ocean acidification. This technology mimics the ocean’s natural cycle for absorbing and processing atmospheric CO2 in a way that sustains an optimum environment – and simply gives it a boost so the cycle can happen faster, commensurate with what is now needed to avoid causing irreversible damage to the world.
Industrial Consumables
Sequester carbon underground using outputs from our carbon capture solution.
The outputs of our carbon capture solution can be used in a variety of industrial processes, and there can be significant savings realized when the CO2 is captured from sources on site. In some applications, the mineralized salts are converted into other salts during the industrial process, and those salts can be pumped underground – a method of carbon sequestration.
Greener Oil Recovery
Sequester carbon underground using outputs from our carbon capture solution.
Gas-fired boilers at oil fields produce steam for secondary oil recovery, and CO2 is used for tertiary oil recovery.
Our carbon capture solution can be used to capture the CO2 from those on-site boilers, and the byproducts can be easily stored until needed. Then, we can use the byproducts to regenerate CO2 gas on location for the tertiary oil recovery. We can also supply the byproducts from a carbon capture process at a different location, as they are stable and easily transported without losses using existing transportation modes. No pipelines needed.
This process can earn carbon tax credits today from the federal government and the state of California.
In our patent-pending capture process, a reaction chamber captures ninety-five percent of the CO2 from exhaust and efficiently converts it to sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate using lithium hydroxide. The chamber’s only consumables are electricity and sodium chloride – either from aquifer brine, ocean water, or recycled directly from one of the four sequestration options shown here. Lithium hydroxide and other chemicals are required at startup, but at steady state, all reactants are recycled using waste heat from the combustion source that generates the CO2-laden exhaust. The only other output is hydrochloric acid.
Tri-Crete, our new, patent-pending concrete formulation, allows unprecedented control over concrete’s characteristics, such as setting time, strength, permeability, and slump. Tri-Crete can thus accommodate unique product requirements with process-specific mix formulas.
This patent-pending concrete process was developed as a way to utilize the byproducts made using another process from captured CO2 originating in industrial exhaust or the atmosphere.
Through our affiliate, Concrete Technologies, Inc., we regenerate CO2 gas from the acid and sodium bicarbonate outputs of our carbon capture solution, then dissolve it into the concrete’s feedwater. This approach forms improved calcium compounds during hydration that sequesters carbon and increases the concrete’s structural properties. We also inject the CO2 gas into the concrete during mixing to further improve the calcium compounds and sequester even more carbon.
Atmospheric CO2 enters the oceans and creates an acidification of seawater resulting in major disruption to its delicate ecological balance. The algae that produce about seventy percent of our planetary oxygen are sensitive to this acidification process; and, if left unchecked, this source for life will be eliminated.
Through our affiliate, SeaQuester, and with collaborating scientists at NOAA, Scripps, Oregon State University and other esteemed institutions we are addressing this problem using our patented
Carbon Capture and Repurpose technology which uses the sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate byproducts from our carbon capture solution to reverse devastating ocean acidification. This technology mimics the ocean’s natural cycle for absorbing and processing atmospheric CO2 in a way that sustains an optimum environment – and simply gives it a boost so the cycle can happen faster, commensurate with what is now needed to avoid causing irreversible damage to the world.
The outputs of our carbon capture solution can be used in a variety of industrial processes, and there can be significant savings realized when the CO2 is captured from sources on site. In some applications, the mineralized salts are converted into other salts during the industrial process, and those salts can be pumped underground – a method of carbon sequestration.
Gas-fired boilers at oil fields produce steam for secondary oil recovery, and CO2 is used for tertiary oil recovery.
Our carbon capture solution can be used to capture the CO2 from those on-site boilers, and the byproducts can be easily stored until needed. Then, we can use the byproducts to regenerate CO2 gas on location for the tertiary oil recovery. We can also supply the byproducts from a carbon capture process at a different location, as they are stable and easily transported without losses using existing transportation modes. No pipelines needed.
This process can earn carbon tax credits today from the federal government and the state of California.
CO2 Capture and Mineralization
Capture CO2 from combustion exhaust and convert it to mineralized salts – for as low as $23/tonne of CO2.
In our patent-pending capture process, a reaction chamber captures ninety-five percent of the CO2 from exhaust and efficiently converts it to sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate using lithium hydroxide. The chamber’s only consumables are electricity and sodium chloride – either from aquifer brine, ocean water, or recycled directly from one of the four sequestration options shown here. Lithium hydroxide and other chemicals are required at startup, but at steady state, all reactants are recycled using waste heat from the combustion source that generates the CO2-laden exhaust. The only other output is hydrochloric acid.
Stronger Concrete
Sequester carbon in concrete using outputs from our carbon capture solution – and make it stronger.
Tri-Crete, our new, patent-pending concrete formulation, allows unprecedented control over concrete’s characteristics, such as setting time, strength, permeability, and slump. Tri-Crete can thus accommodate unique product requirements with process-specific mix formulas.
This patent-pending concrete process was developed as a way to utilize the byproducts made using another process from captured CO2 originating in industrial exhaust or the atmosphere.
Through our affiliate, Concrete Technologies, Inc., we regenerate CO2 gas from the acid and sodium bicarbonate outputs of our carbon capture solution, then dissolve it into the concrete’s feedwater. This approach forms improved calcium compounds during hydration that sequesters carbon and increases the concrete’s structural properties. We also inject the CO2 gas into the concrete during mixing to further improve the calcium compounds and sequester even more carbon.
Healthier Oceans
Sequester carbon in the ocean floor using outputs from our carbon capture solution – and help it heal.
Atmospheric CO2 enters the oceans and creates an acidification of seawater resulting in major disruption to its delicate ecological balance. The algae that produce about seventy percent of our planetary oxygen are sensitive to this acidification process; and, if left unchecked, this source for life will be eliminated.
Through our affiliate, SeaQuester, and with collaborating scientists at NOAA, Scripps, Oregon State University and other esteemed institutions we are addressing this problem using our patented
Carbon Capture and Repurpose technology which uses the sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate byproducts from our carbon capture solution to reverse devastating ocean acidification. This technology mimics the ocean’s natural cycle for absorbing and processing atmospheric CO2 in a way that sustains an optimum environment – and simply gives it a boost so the cycle can happen faster, commensurate with what is now needed to avoid causing irreversible damage to the world.
Industrial Consumables
Sequester carbon underground using outputs from our carbon capture solution.
The outputs of our carbon capture solution can be used in a variety of industrial processes, and there can be significant savings realized when the CO2 is captured from sources on site. In some applications, the mineralized salts are converted into other salts during the industrial process, and those salts can be pumped underground – a method of carbon sequestration.ings realized when the CO2 is captured from sources on site. In some applications, the mineralized salts are converted into other salts during the industrial process, and those salts can be pumped underground – a method of carbon sequestration.
Greener Oil Recovery
Sequester carbon underground using outputs from our carbon capture solution.
Gas-fired boilers at oil fields produce steam for secondary oil recovery, and CO2 is used for tertiary oil recovery.
Our carbon capture solution can be used to capture the CO2 from those on-site boilers, and the byproducts can be easily stored until needed. Then, we can use the byproducts to regenerate CO2 gas on location for the tertiary oil recovery. We can also supply the byproducts from a carbon capture process at a different location, as they are stable and easily transported without losses using existing transportation modes. No pipelines needed.
This process can earn carbon tax credits today from the federal government and the state of California.
Partners
Clean Scrub Technologies Carbon Capture Advantages
- We project a lower CO2 capture cost than nearly all current technologies: $23/tonne.
- Modular and highly scalable: capture occurs in a simple, tube-shaped reaction chamber that can be oriented in any direction and scaled to fit any size combustion exhaust or chemical process that generates CO2.
- Unlike amine and other processes, no extra energy is needed other than electricity for pumps; all heat needs are met using waste heat from the CO2 source.
- The process recycles its reactants.
- Unlike compressed CO2 gas, the stability of the byproducts from this process makes them easily transported using existing transportation modes. No pipelines needed.
Team
Robert Richardson
PH.D.
Robert founded Pacific Rim in 1989. His specialty is finding solutions for air and water pollution challenges when conventional solutions are lacking. Many of the solutions have become patents and produce environmentally responsible byproducts. His most recent process inventions capture CO2 and convert it to useful byproducts for industry or sequestration.
Kevin Colburn
M.S. (BOARD OF DIRECTORS)
Kevin has program, team leadership, and P&L experience across a variety of complex product development programs, from clean energy to hybrid-electric vehicles, in positions ranging from Co-Founder to President. He has 30 years of engineering experience and 18 years of startup experience.
Greg Hall
Ph.D. (Board of Directors)
Greg is a seasoned executive and technical manager with 20+ years of experience in early-stage start-ups. He has built and led cross-functional technical teams, has been responsible for P&L as a General Manager, and has served as a Quality Management System Representative.
Rim Stanley
Rim specializes in full-scale commercialization and startups of new technology, focusing on instrumentation and control. Rim’s experience encompasses design reviews, construction, maintenance, and operations. He developed the bench-scale model of Pacific Rim’s concrete formulation and is a General Journeyman Electrician (J), IBEW 569
Anne Walters
Ph.D.
Anne holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration/Public Affairs and is a specialist in government policy. She has work experience in local government as well as on Capitol Hill. She makes Pacific Rim services well known and well thought of by industry and government.
Edward Walters
M.B.A. (Board of Directors)
Edward has 20 years of experience in the private and public sectors serving in executive positions such as V.P. of Marketing & Communications at ACT, General Manager of Strategy and Research at ConocoPhillips, and Brand Manager at Kraft Foods. Ed also served as Chief Marketing Officer and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Army.
About Us
Clean Scrub Technologies is a new branch of Pacific Rim Design & Development (PRDD).
For 30 years, PRDD has been scrubbing the nitrogen and sulfur compounds that lead to acid rain from a variety of industrial exhaust streams. We leveraged that experience to design new technology to capture and sequester carbon from exhaust streams and, as appropriate, directly from the air.
To learn more about PRDD’s environmental solutions, design services, regulatory compliance consulting, and analytical and performance testing, please visit:
For 30 years, PRDD has been scrubbing the nitrogen and sulfur compounds that lead to acid rain from a variety of industrial exhaust streams. We leveraged that experience to design new technology to capture and sequester carbon from exhaust streams and, as appropriate, directly from the air.
To learn more about PRDD’s environmental solutions, design services, regulatory compliance consulting, and analytical and performance testing, please visit:
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