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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2025
Ebb Carbon, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Todd Pelman, Moss Beach, CA (US);
David Hegeman, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeremy Loretz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ebb Carbon, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
A release apparatus for receiving an ocean alkalinity product from an Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) system (or other alkalinity source), and for releasing the alkalinity into an ocean at a maximum safe delivery rate to facilitate atmospheric COreduction and mitigate ocean acidification. The release apparatus includes a diffuser having a plenum chamber defining exit ports, a flow control mechanism that controls delivery of the ocean alkalinity product through the exit port(s) into an outfall region (i.e., an ocean region surrounding the diffuser), sensors for measuring seawater parameters in the outfall region, and a controller configured to control an operating (actuation) state of the flow control device (e.g., by way of generating and transmitting a flow control signal) in accordance with the measured seawater parameters. The plenum chamber is anchored at an outfall location and is maintained at a constant depth with the exit ports aimed toward the ocean surface.