Microbiological CO2 sequestration within waste disposal sites

• Main Authors: ZAOUI, CAROLINE, CHAPELLE, GAUTHIER, VALAYER, JEAN, WOUTERS, NOEMIE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.08.2011
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATERTREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT; DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINED SOIL SOIL; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to the sequestration of large quantities of carbon dioxide generated in waste landfill sites. It provides means for sequestering and stabilising waste containing carbon and calcium by promoting the metabolism of calcifying microorganisms.