Patent ID: 11945005
Assignee: nan
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A system for reducing smog in an urban area, comprising:
a smog atmospheric layer located above an urban surface of the urban layer, wherein the urban surface is a ground surface of the urban area;
a mixing atmospheric layer located in and above the urban area proximate to the ground surface, wherein the smog atmospheric layer is at least a hectometer thick;
a plurality of turbines located on the urban surface and moving a quantity of air between the smog atmospheric layer and the mixing atmospheric layer; and
at least one air conduit through which the plurality of turbines move the quantity of air, wherein the at least one air conduit has a first end connected to a stationary location on the ground surface in the urban area and extends a hectometer or more through the smog atmospheric layer, and into the mixing atmospheric layer, wherein an opening at a second end of the at least one air conduit is positioned above the smog atmospheric layer, wherein the at least one air conduit is freestanding and without external or internal support, wherein the at least one air conduit is formed from a substantially flexible material having a tube-like shape, wherein the at least one air conduit has a naturally deflated state and converts to an expanded state when the quantity of air moved from one or more of the plurality of turbines generates a positive air pressure within the at least one air conduit, and wherein in the expanded state, the substantially flexible material having the tube-like shape forming the at least one air conduit becomes vertical and semi-rigid, and maintains the vertical and semi-rigid state as the quantity of air is moved through it.