WO2020097724A1 - Système de culture portable utilisant la cogénération pour dériver de la chaleur et de l'énergie à partir de puits de gaz naturel de faible production ou non exploités - Google Patents

Système de culture portable utilisant la cogénération pour dériver de la chaleur et de l'énergie à partir de puits de gaz naturel de faible production ou non exploités Download PDF

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WO2020097724A1
WO2020097724A1 PCT/CA2019/051616 CA2019051616W WO2020097724A1 WO 2020097724 A1 WO2020097724 A1 WO 2020097724A1 CA 2019051616 W CA2019051616 W CA 2019051616W WO 2020097724 A1 WO2020097724 A1 WO 2020097724A1
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cultivation system
natural gas
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Poul BAY
Maureen KEOUGH
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Well-Powered Technologies Inc.
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
    • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
    • E04H1/1205—Small buildings erected in the open air
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D18/00—Small-scale combined heat and power [CHP] generation systems specially adapted for domestic heating, space heating or domestic hot-water supply
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/14—Greenhouses
    • A01G9/16—Dismountable or portable greenhouses ; Greenhouses with sliding roofs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/24—Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature, illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/24—Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature, illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
    • A01G9/26—Electric devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H5/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial or agricultural purposes
    • E04H5/08—Buildings or groups of buildings for agricultural purposes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
    • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
    • E04H2001/1283—Small buildings of the ISO containers type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2101/00—Electric generators of small-scale CHP systems
    • F24D2101/10—Gas turbines; Steam engines or steam turbines; Water turbines, e.g. located in water pipes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2101/00—Electric generators of small-scale CHP systems
    • F24D2101/40—Photovoltaic [PV] modules
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D2200/00—Heat sources or energy sources
    • F24D2200/16—Waste heat
    • F24D2200/18—Flue gas recuperation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
    • Y02A40/10—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in agriculture
    • Y02A40/25—Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries
    • Y02P60/14—Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

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  • the present disclosure generally relates to portable cultivation systems that are configured with cogeneration equipment for connection to low-producing or shut-in natural gas wells, as well as to methods of supplying power and heating and/or cooling to a cultivation system or workstation from natural gas and/or natural gas liquids recovered from low-producing and shut-in gas wells.
  • the present disclosure relates to a portable cultivation system for production of plants and/or fungi, said cultivation system comprising one or more portable units that individually or in combination comprise: (i) a power supply for connection to a low- producing or shut-in natural gas well, wherein the power supply comprises a cogeneration system that converts natural gas from the low-producing or shut-in natural gas well into electricity, heat and exhaust gas; (ii) an area for plant and/or fungi production; (iii) an artificial light source; (iv) one or more power-consuming devices; and (v) a heat-exchange system for heating the area for plant and/or fungi production by using heat from the exhaust gas, wherein at least one of the artificial light source and the one or more power-consuming devices is supplied electricity from the cogeneration system.
  • natural gas has its plain and ordinary meaning in the art and is intended to encompass both natural gas and natural gas liquids.
  • types of natural gas include conventional associated natural gas (found in oil fields), conventional non-associated natural gas (found in natural gas fields), coalbed or coal seam gas (CSG), shale gas, and tight gas/tight sand gas.
  • the natural gas is a natural gas liquid.
  • the natural gas is a shallow natural gas meaning that the natural gas has accumulated at a very shallow depth from the earth’s surface.
  • shallow natural is natural gas that is located at a buried depth of less than 1500 meters.
  • the portable cultivation system 10 includes more than one portable unit 12, in which case the portable units 12 may need to be separated from one another before transportation.
  • the portable unit 12 may be of any number of designs and embodiments.
  • the portable unit 12 does not have a ceiling or walls, and some or all of the components of the cultivation system are mounted on the portable unit 12.
  • the portable unit 12 is a skid, and some or all of the components of the cultivation system may be skid-mounted to form a skid-mounted portable unit.
  • the portable unit has walls and a ceiling, and is in the form of a portable container.
  • the portable unit 12 is a portable container.
  • the portable container is a shipping
  • the portable container may be newly manufactured and purpose-built for the portable cultivation system 10 described herein.
  • the portable container may be one of the types described herein that is recycled and/or re-purposed to meet the requirements of the portable container of the present disclosure, as described herein.
  • the portable container is a re purposed mobile office trailer or modular building, such as an ATCO ® -type structure (ATCO Structures & Logistics; Calgary, AB).
  • the portable container is a construction site office trailer.
  • the portable cultivation system 10 comprises one or more portable units 12 that individually or in combination comprise a power supply, an area for plant and/or fungi production, an artificial light source, and a heat-exchange system.
  • each portable unit 12 comprises all of these features: a power supply, an area for plant and/or fungi production, an artificial light source, and a heat-exchange system.
  • in combination it is meant that by any number of two or more portable units 12, the portable cultivation system 10 as a whole comprises all of these features: a power supply, an area for plant and/or fungi production, an artificial light source, and a heat-exchange system.
  • the artificial lights 44 may be fluorescent lights (e.g.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un système de culture portable qui est conçu avec un équipement de cogénération pour un raccordement à des puits de gaz naturel de faible production ou non exploités, ainsi que des procédés de fourniture d'énergie à un système de culture ou à un poste de travail et de chauffage et/ou de refroidissement de ceux-ci, à partir de gaz naturel récupéré à partir de puits de gaz de faible production et non exploité.
PCT/CA2019/051616 2018-11-14 2019-11-13 Système de culture portable utilisant la cogénération pour dériver de la chaleur et de l'énergie à partir de puits de gaz naturel de faible production ou non exploités WO2020097724A1 (fr)

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