Algae Photobioreactors Area Required for Existing Fossil Fuel Electric CO2 Fixation (m^2)
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63790269935.331
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Algae Photobioreactors Area Required for Whole System CO2 Fixation (m^2)
|
121069387256.88
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Algae Photobioreactors Area Required for Whole System CO2 Fixation (mi^2)
|
46745.132558656
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Land Area Required for Whole System (m^2)
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181604080885.32
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Land Area Required For Whole System (mi^2)
|
70117.698837984
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Algae Biomass Output (kg/s)
|
77951.480964498
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Algae Biomass Output (metricton/year)
|
2458277903.6964
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Algae Biomass Output (kmetricton/year)
|
2458277.9036964
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Algae Biomass Output (Mmetricton/year)
|
2458.2779036964
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Algae Protein Output (kg/s)
|
25100.376870568
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Algae Protein Output (metricton/year)
|
791565484.99023
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Profit (dollar/s)
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Profit (dollar/year)
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Current US NG Consumption Rate (ft^3/year)
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23100000000000
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Current US NG Volumetric Consumption Rate (m^3/year)
|
654119156275.2
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Fraction of Current US NG Production Consumed By Whole System
|
0.17039728236954
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Current US Carbon Emissions Due To Electric Generation (kg/year)
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654545454545.45
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Current US Carbon Emissions Due To Electric Generation (kg/s)
|
20741.29384191
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Algae Photobioreactors Carbon Consumption Rate (Mmetricton/year)
|
1139.5190579353
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Current US Carbon Combustion Power Due To Electric Generation (W)
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560014933731.56
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Current Fraction US CO2 Emissions Due To Electric Generation
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0.4
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Current US CO2 Emissions (kg/year)
|
6000000000000
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Current US CO2 Emissions Due To Electric Generation (kg/year)
|
2400000000000
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US CO2 Production Due To FutureGen Electric (kg/year)
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4178236545762.9
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US CO2 Production Due To FutureGen Electric (kg/s)
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132400.32656992
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Current US Fossil Fuel Grid Power Estimated As Carbon Combustion (W)
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149104111915.03
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Peaking Power Displaced by LN2 Cold Gas Turbines from FutureGen (W)
|
0
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Current US Grid Power From Fossil Fuel (W)
|
384969084390
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Current Fraction US Grid Power From Fossil Fuel
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0.699
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Current US Grid Power Displaced by Primary (non-LN2) FutureGen (W)
|
384969084390
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Current US Grid Power (W)
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550742610000
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Algae Photobioreactors Cost ($)
|
2429931208231.7
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Nitrogen Macronutrient Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
8340.8084632013
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FutureGen Initial Cost Per Installed Power (dollar/W)
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9.5962353908757
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FutureGen Capacity Per Industrial Learning Curve Unit (W)
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300000000
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FutureGen Industrial Learning Curve Rate
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0.1
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Cost to convert all fossil fuel electric to FutureGen (dollar)
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3553084160470.6
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FutureGen electric plant bond rate (%/year)
|
0.05
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FutureGen electric plant depreciation interval (years)
|
10
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FutureGen Plants Cost Flow ($/year)
|
576438899205.57
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FutureGen Plants Cost Flow ($/s)
|
18266.246457448
|
NH3 Photosynthesis FOB Cost Flow ($/s)
|
3818.1899399159
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NH3 Photosynthesis FOB Cost Per Volume ($/m^3)
|
257.0686906517
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Ammonia FOB Cost Per Mass ($/kg)
|
0.37698884096158
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Ammonia Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
12109.395637265
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Ammonia Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
382208854.499
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Ammonia Consumption Rate (Mmetricton/year)
|
382.208854499
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Water Pipeline Cost Flow Safety Factor
|
2
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NH3 Pipeline Friction Factor
|
0.1
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NH3 Pipeline Cost Flow Safety Factor
|
5
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NH3 Photosynthesis Cost Per Mass (at Yuma) ($/kg)
|
0.67258791970617
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NH3 Photosynthesis Cost Per Volume (at Yuma) ($/m^3)
|
458.63770244764
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Pipelines Pumps Energy Cost Flow ($/s)
|
2723.4254681723
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NH3 Photosynthesis Pipelines Amortization Cost Flow ($/s)
|
6760.9705475274
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Pipelines Transport Cost Flow ($/s)
|
2993.8642900734
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
10128.124562459
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Volume Consumption Rate (m^3/s)
|
14.852800355564
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Consumption Rate (kg/y)
|
319400536201.71
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Pipeline Length (m)
|
70000000
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Pipeline Diameter (m)
|
2.4384
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Pipelines
|
5
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Pipeline Amortization Interval (s)
|
315360000
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NH3 Photosynthesis Pipeline Amortization Interval (years)
|
10
|
NH3 Photosynthesis Pipeline Bond Interest (%/year)
|
0.05
|
Steel Pipe Maintenance Cost Per Length Per Time ($/m/s)
|
1.37925E-8
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Cost Per Mass (at Yuma) ($/kg)
|
0.0010149458495238
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Cost Per Volume (at Yuma) ($/m^3)
|
1.0149458495238
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipelines Pumps Energy Cost Flow ($/s)
|
2.2441572217958
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipelines Amortization Cost Flow ($/s)
|
55.112402988638
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipelines Transport Cost Flow ($/s)
|
3.9664198151908
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
19487.870241125
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Volume Consumption Rate (m^3/s)
|
19.487870241125
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Consumption Rate (kg/y)
|
614569475924.12
|
Distilled Water Pipeline Friction Factor
|
0.1
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipeline Length (m)
|
445788
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipeline Diameter (m)
|
2.4384
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipelines
|
16
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipeline Amortization Interval (s)
|
315360000
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipeline Amortization Interval (years)
|
10
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis Pipeline Bond b86 (%/year)
|
0.05
|
Distilled Water Photosynthesis FOB Cost Flow ($/s)
|
14.226145276021
|
Desalinated Water FOB Cost Per Volume ($/m^3)
|
0.73
|
Nitrogen Macronutrient Consumption Rate Estimated From Carbon Consumption Rate (Mmetricton/year)
|
241.44265187936
|
Ammonia Macronutrient Consumption Rate Estimate from Carbon Consumption Rate (Mmetricton/year)
|
293.03928551177
|
Natural Gas Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
2825.5666229408
|
Natural Gas Consumption Rate (Mmetricton/year)
|
89.107069021061
|
Natural Gas Volumetric Consumption Rate (m^3/year)
|
111460126575.15
|
Natural Gas Volumetric Consumption Rate (m^3/s)
|
3531.958278676
|
Current Natural Gas Volumetric Production Rate of the US (m^3/s)
|
18461
|
National CO2 Pipeline Length (m)
|
70000000
|
CO2 Pipeline (30in diameter) Cost Per Length (dollar/m)
|
1000
|
National CO2 Pipeline Cost (dollars)
|
70000000000
|
National CO2 Pipeline Amortization Interval (s)
|
315360000
|
National CO2 Pipeline Amortization Interval (years)
|
10
|
National CO2 Pipeline Bond Interest (%/year)
|
0.05
|
National CO2 Pipeline Cost Flow (dollars/year)
|
9065320247.582
|
National CO2 Pipeline Cost Flow (dollars/s)
|
287.45941931703
|
Width of Contiguous 48 States (m)
|
5000000
|
Average Distance Traversed by CO2 In National CO2 Pipeline (m)
|
833333.33333333
|
CO2 Pipeline Transport Cost Per Mass Distance ($/kg/m)
|
4.40925E-9
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CO2 Pipeline Mass Distance Rate (kg*m/s)
|
110333605474.93
|
CO2 Pipeline Transport Cost Flow ($/s)
|
486.48844994034
|
CO2 overhead of CO2 pipe transport per length (1/m)
|
2.0E-8
|
CO2 effluent overhead of CO2 pipe transport (kg/s)
|
2206.6721094986
|
O2 Production Rate (kg/s)
|
131543.12412759
|
Energy Per Mass O2 Extraction from Air via Cryogenics (J/kg)
|
864000
|
Power Value of O2 Effluent At Photobioreactors As O2 Extracted from Air (W)
|
113653259246.24
|
Strand-board Volume (m^3)
|
51939709.081489
|
Strand-board Volume Consumption Rate (m^3/s)
|
0.16469973706713
|
Strand-board Volume Consumption Rate (m^3/year)
|
5193970.908149
|
Strand-board Density (kg/m^3)
|
1280
|
Strand-board Mass Consumption Rate (kg/year)
|
6648282762.4307
|
Carbon Density of Strand-board (kg/m^3)
|
242
|
Carbon Fixation Rate of Strand-board Consumption (kg/year)
|
1256940959.7721
|
CO2 Fixation Rate of Strand-board Consumption (kg/year)
|
4608783519.1644
|
CO2 Fixation Rate Per Area of Moso Bamboo Plantation (kg/year/m^2)
|
8.66238
|
Sustained Area of Moso Bamboo Plantation Required (m^2)
|
532045871.82326
|
Sustained Area of Moso Bamboo Plantation Required (acres)
|
131471.19515689
|
Moso Cost Per Pole (dollars)
|
3.25
|
Moso Poles Rate Per Area (pole/year/m^2)
|
0.296526
|
Strand-board Volume Rate per Area of Moso Bamboo Plantation (m^3/year/m^2)
|
0.006767484375
|
Moso Revenue Rate Per Area (dollar/year/m^2)
|
0.9637095
|
Moso Cost Per Volume (dollar/m^3)
|
142.40291467241
|
Municipal Solid Waste Generated in the US (kg/s)
|
11880.6
|
MSW Tipping Fees (dollar/kg)
|
0.0363763
|
Pyrex Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
0
|
Pyrex Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
0
|
Pyrex Cost Flow ($/year)
|
753643837642.84
|
Pyrex Volumetric Consumption Rate (m^3/s)
|
0
|
Pyrex Volumetric Consumption Rate (m^3/year)
|
0
|
Equivalent Glass Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
0
|
Soda Ash Consumption Rate for Equivalent Soda Glass
|
0
|
US Soda Ash Production (metricton/year)
|
10900000
|
Raw Material Fraction of Soda Glass Cost
|
0.17
|
Soda Ash Fraction of Raw Material Cost for Soda Glass
|
0.6
|
Soda Ash Fraction of Soda Glass Cost
|
0.102
|
Soda Ash Cost Per Mass ($/metricton)
|
286.6006
|
Soda Glass Cost Per Mass ($/metricton)
|
2809.8098039216
|
Raw Material Cost of Soda Glass ($/metricton)
|
477.66766666667
|
Equivalent Glass Cost Flow ($/year)
|
0
|
Silica Sand Cost Per Mass ($/metricton)
|
191.06706666667
|
Energy Cost Per Soda Glass Mass ($/metricton)
|
590.06005882354
|
Soda Glass Energy Fraction of Fused Silica Energy
|
0.5
|
Fused Silica Cost Per Mass ($/metricton)
|
3703.3293215687
|
Equivalent Fused Silica cost flow ($/year)
|
0
|
Photobioreactors
|
392910741.83812
|
Number of Levels In Distribution/Gathering Binary Fractal for Photobioreactors
|
28.549626369463
|
Desalination potential (factor of PBR need)
|
4
|
Diammonium Phosphate Solution Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
6407.5461379627
|
Diammonium Phosphate Solution Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
553611.98631998
|
Diammonium Phosphate Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
3684.3390293285
|
Diammonium Phosphate Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
318326.89213398
|
Diammonium Phosphate Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
116268897.35194
|
Late Permian Phosphoria Formation Rock Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
15847.123691603
|
Late Permian Phosphoria Formation Rock Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
1369191.4869545
|
Late Permian Phosphoria Formation Rock Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
500097190.61013
|
Dolomite Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
9168.7622589596
|
Dolomite Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
792181.05917411
|
Dolomite Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
289344131.86334
|
Potash (K2O) Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
469.52357946865
|
Potash (K2O) Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
40566.837266091
|
Potash (K2O) Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
14817037.31144
|
(NH4)6Mo7O24 Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
24.916634094009
|
(NH4)6Mo7O24 Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
2152.7971857224
|
(NH4)6Mo7O24 Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
786309.17208511
|
Molybdenum Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
14.378340887485
|
Molybdenum Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
1242.2886526787
|
Molybdenum Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
453745.9303909
|
MnCl24H2O Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
56.125066294439
|
MnCl24H2O Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
4849.2057278395
|
MnCl24H2O Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
1771172.3920934
|
Manganese Consumption Rate (kg/s)
|
15.581157868704
|
Manganese Consumption Rate (metricton/day)
|
1346.212039856
|
Manganese Consumption Rate (metricton/year)
|
491703.9475574
|