Patent ID: 8944014
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: E21F,F02D,F02M,G07C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A flammable gas control system that removes a flammable gas from a source, comprising: a blower that is configured to attach to a borehole that is associated with the source and includes an inlet that generates an air stream from the source through the borehole and a discharge section that expels the air stream from said blower into the atmosphere; a fuel collector operably connected to said discharge section of said blower that collects the flammable gas contained in the air stream from the borehole, the flammable gas comprising a greenhouse gas; an engine that is at least partially fueled by the flammable gas resulting in a destruction of the greenhouse gas; a choke configured to control the amount of air to the engine in order to establish a proper air to fuel ratio based on the amount of flammable gas contained in the airstream; a sensor that generates a sensor data related to operating conditions of said engine, the sensor comprising a methane content sensor configured to measure the methane content of the flammable gas fueling the engine; a manager component that records said sensor data to document the greenhouse gas destruction, the records of the manager component configured to be used to verify destruction of greenhouse gases and to provide audit trails to obtain greenhouse gas emission offsets or credits; and a heated dryer operably connected to said fuel collector that eliminates moisture from the flammable gas, the heated dryer comprising an inner section and a jacket that surrounds the inner section, wherein the borehole comprises a borehole to a mine, landfill, or dump.