Patent ID: 11912942
Assignee: PHILERGOS GROUP FOUNDATION
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  H  B  F | IPC B  C  F  H

Claim 11:
12. A method of reducing carbon dioxide emissions when moving bituminous material from a first location to a second location comprising:
a) providing a transport chamber comprising an environmental control system;
b) collecting a plurality of bricks in the transport chamber at the first location, wherein each brick comprises non-volatile bituminous material formed into an irregularly shaped solid defined by a plurality of faces configured to minimize surface contact with adjacent bricks and a skeleton distributed throughout the solidified non-volatile bituminous material;
c) transporting the transport chamber and plurality of bricks collected therein to the second location with a vehicle; and
d) with the environmental control system, environmentally controlling the transport chamber during transport such that each brick remains substantially solid.