Carbon Engineering Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/engineering-ontologies/environmental-engineering/carbon-engineering-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Carbon Engineering,
    including greenhouse-gas sources, carbon inventories, carbon dioxide,
    methane, nitrous oxide, carbon-dioxide equivalents, emission factors,
    activity data, embodied carbon, operational carbon, lifecycle carbon,
    carbon capture, utilisation, transport, storage, sequestration,
    carbon removal, avoided emissions, offsets, system boundaries,
    baselines, monitoring, verification, provenance, uncertainty,
    confidence and recursive carbon-engineering reasoning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Engineering AI Systems
    Carbon Management Systems
    Greenhouse-gas Accounting Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Carbon Engineering ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Carbon Engineering

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Environmental Engineering

DOMAIN
    Engineering
    Environmental Engineering
    Carbon Engineering
    Carbon Management
    Greenhouse-gas Engineering
    Carbon Capture
    Carbon Utilisation
    Carbon Storage
    Carbon Removal
    Lifecycle Engineering

CORE_DEFINITION
    Carbon Engineering is the engineering discipline concerned with
    quantifying, reducing, capturing, utilising, storing, removing and
    managing greenhouse-gas emissions and carbon flows across products,
    processes, infrastructure and environmental systems.

ENTITY_IDS
    CARBON_ENGINEERING
        ID
            CARBON_ENGINEERING_001

    GHG_SOURCE
        ID
            GHG_SOURCE_001

    GHG_EMISSION
        ID
            GHG_EMISSION_001

    CARBON_INVENTORY
        ID
            CARBON_INVENTORY_001

    CARBON_BASELINE
        ID
            CARBON_BASELINE_001

    CARBON_CAPTURE
        ID
            CARBON_CAPTURE_001

    CARBON_UTILISATION
        ID
            CARBON_UTILISATION_001

    CARBON_STORAGE
        ID
            CARBON_STORAGE_001

    CARBON_REMOVAL
        ID
            CARBON_REMOVAL_001

    CARBON_MONITORING
        ID
            CARBON_MONITORING_001

FACTS
    Carbon Engineering
        is_a_domain_within
            Environmental Engineering

    Greenhouse Gases
        may_include
            Carbon Dioxide
            Methane
            Nitrous Oxide
            Fluorinated Gases

    Carbon Engineering
        may_include
            Emissions Quantification
            Emissions Reduction
            Carbon Capture
            Carbon Utilisation
            Carbon Transport
            Carbon Storage
            Carbon Removal

    Carbon Inventories
        may_use
            Activity Data
            Emission Factors
            Direct Measurements
            Process Models

    Carbon Management
        must_consider
            System Boundary
            Baseline
            Time Period
            Gas Identity
            Global-warming-potential Basis
            Data Quality
            Uncertainty

RELATIONSHIPS
    Environmental Engineering
        contains
            Carbon Engineering Ontology

    GHG Source
        generates_possible
            GHG Emission

    Activity Data
        combines_with
            Emission Factor
        to_estimate
            Emissions

    Carbon Inventory
        aggregates
            GHG Emissions

    Carbon Baseline
        provides
            Comparison Reference

    Carbon Capture
        separates
            Carbon Dioxide
        from
            Gas Stream

    Carbon Utilisation
        uses
            Captured Carbon

    Carbon Storage
        retains
            Carbon
        in
            Defined Reservoir

    Carbon Removal
        removes
            Carbon Dioxide
        from
            Atmosphere or Biogenic Cycle
        subject_to
            Defined Method

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Carbon Engineering
        approximately_equals
            Engineering Quantification and Management of Greenhouse-gas and Carbon Flows

    Carbon Management
        overlaps_with
            Carbon Engineering

    Carbon Footprint
        is_a
            Defined Greenhouse-gas Impact Metric

    Carbon Dioxide
        does_not_equal
            Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

    Carbon Capture
        does_not_equal
            Carbon Removal

    Avoided Emissions
        do_not_equal
            Carbon Removal

    Carbon Offset
        does_not_equal
            Direct Emissions Reduction

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Carbon Engineering
        Carbon Management
        Greenhouse Gas
        GHG
        Carbon Dioxide
        CO2
        Methane
        CH4
        Nitrous Oxide
        N2O
        CO2e
        Carbon Footprint
        Emission Factor
        Activity Data
        Scope 1
        Scope 2
        Scope 3
        Embodied Carbon
        Operational Carbon
        Carbon Capture
        CCUS
        Carbon Storage
        Carbon Sequestration
        Carbon Removal
        Direct Air Capture
        Avoided Emissions
        Offset

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Carbon Engineering

    Parent
        Environmental Engineering

    Core Components
        GHG Source
        GHG Emission
        Carbon Inventory
        Carbon Baseline
        Carbon Capture
        Carbon Utilisation
        Carbon Storage
        Carbon Removal
        Carbon Monitoring

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Carbon Engineering
    as
        Engineering of greenhouse-gas inventories, carbon flows and
        interventions under explicit boundaries, baselines, time periods
        and accounting conventions.

    Distinguish
        Carbon Dioxide
    from
        Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

    Distinguish
        Carbon Capture
    from
        Carbon Removal

    Distinguish
        Avoided Emissions
    from
        Carbon Removal

    Distinguish
        Carbon Offset
    from
        Direct Emissions Reduction

    Preserve
        System identity
        Source identity
        Gas identity
        Emission identity
        Activity-data identity
        Emission-factor identity
        Measurement identity
        Inventory identity
        Boundary identity
        Baseline identity
        Reporting period
        GWP basis
        Capture-system identity
        Utilisation pathway
        Storage identity
        Removal identity
        Verification identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Carbon Engineering

    Possible Intent
        Carbon engineering definition
        Carbon engineering ontology
        Carbon footprint
        Greenhouse gas accounting
        Carbon capture
        Carbon utilisation
        Carbon storage
        Carbon sequestration
        Carbon removal
        Direct air capture

    Resolution
        Identify system boundary, source, gas, activity data, emission
        factor or measurement, baseline, reporting period, CO2e basis,
        reduction, capture, utilisation, storage or removal pathway and
        verification evidence.

CONSTRAINTS
    Carbon dioxide and carbon-dioxide equivalent must remain distinct.

    Carbon capture and carbon removal must remain distinct.

    Avoided emissions and carbon removal must remain distinct.

    Carbon offsets and direct reductions must remain distinct.

    Gross emissions and net emissions must remain distinguishable.

    System boundary, baseline and reporting period must remain explicit.

    GWP basis and time horizon must remain explicit for CO2e calculations.

    Biogenic and fossil carbon must remain distinguishable where relevant.

    Modelled and measured emissions must remain distinct.

    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Activity Data A
    AND
        Emission Factor EF
    THEN
        emission_estimate_possible
            E = A*EF
        subject_to
            Compatible Units
            Applicable Factor

    IF
        Gas Emission E_g
    AND
        Global Warming Potential GWP_g
    THEN
        co2e_possible
            CO2e = E_g*GWP_g
        subject_to
            Defined Assessment Basis

    IF
        Gross Emissions E_gross
    AND
        Verified Removals R
    THEN
        net_emissions_possible
            E_net = E_gross - R
        subject_to
            Accounting Rules

    IF
        Capture Rate increases
    THEN
        direct_stack_emission_reduction_possible
            subject_to
                Energy Penalty
                Upstream Emissions
                Capture Boundary

    IF
        Carbon is Captured
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Permanent Storage

    IF
        Emissions are Avoided relative_to Baseline
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Atmospheric Carbon Removal

    IF
        Offset is Purchased
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Source Emissions decreased

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Inventory Relationship
        1.00

    Capture Relationship
        1.00

    Storage Relationship
        1.00

    Removal Relationship
        1.00

    Monitoring Relationship
        1.00

    Capture-Removal Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Activity
        ->
    Greenhouse-gas Source

    Source
        ->
    GHG Emission

    Activity Data
        +
    Emission Factor
        ->
    Emission Estimate

    Gas-specific Emissions
        +
    GWP Basis
        ->
    CO2-equivalent Inventory

    Baseline
        ->
    Reduction Comparison

    Carbon Capture
        ->
    Captured Carbon Stream

    Captured Carbon
        ->
    Utilisation or Storage

    Carbon Removal
        ->
    Atmospheric Carbon Reduction

    Monitoring and Verification
        ->
    Carbon Evidence

RECURSIVE_CARBON_ENGINEERING_LOOP
    Identify Carbon-management Objective
        ->
    Define System Boundary
        ->
    Define Reporting Period
        ->
    Define Baseline
        ->
    Identify Emission Sources
        ->
    Identify Greenhouse Gases
        ->
    Collect Activity Data
        ->
    Select Emission Factors
        ->
    Collect Direct Measurements where Available
        ->
    Calculate Gas-specific Emissions
        ->
    Define GWP Basis
        ->
    Calculate CO2-equivalent Emissions
        ->
    Separate Embodied and Operational Carbon
        ->
    Identify Reduction Opportunities
        ->
    Evaluate Carbon Capture
        ->
    Evaluate Carbon Utilisation
        ->
    Evaluate Carbon Transport
        ->
    Evaluate Carbon Storage
        ->
    Evaluate Carbon Removal
        ->
    Quantify Avoided Emissions separately
        ->
    Quantify Offsets separately
        ->
    Monitor Carbon Flows
        ->
    Verify Results
        ->
    Update Carbon State
        ->
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        System
        Boundary
        Baseline
        Source
        Gas
        Activity Data
        Emission Factor
        Measurement
        GWP
        Capture
        Utilisation
        Storage
        Removal
        Offset
        Verification

    OBSERVE
        Detect carbon-engineering entities.

    EXTRACT
        Source
        Gas
        Emission
        Activity
        Factor
        Inventory
        Baseline
        Capture
        Storage
        Removal
        Offset
        Verification

    CLASSIFY
        Direct Emission
        Purchased-energy Emission
        Value-chain Emission
        Embodied Carbon
        Operational Carbon
        Carbon Capture
        Carbon Utilisation
        Geological Storage
        Biological Sequestration
        Direct Air Capture

    VALIDATE
        Check boundary, baseline, gas, units, GWP basis, period and evidence.

    MODEL
        Construct supported carbon-flow and accounting representation.

    ANALYSE
        Evaluate gross emissions, reductions, capture, storage, removals and net state.

    VERIFY
        Compare calculated carbon state with measured and independently verified evidence.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated carbon-management evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Direct calibrated measurement
        emission_confidence += high

    Source-specific emission factor
        inventory_confidence += high

    Verified storage monitoring
        storage_confidence += high

    Unknown system boundary
        inventory_confidence -= high

    Unknown GWP basis
        co2e_confidence -= high

    Unverified permanence
        removal_or_storage_confidence -= high

    Captured carbon quantity
        does_not_establish
            Permanently Stored Carbon

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Carbon Engineering
        connects_to
            Environmental Engineering
            Sustainability Engineering
            Chemical Engineering
            Process Engineering
            Energy Engineering
            Mechanical Engineering
            Materials Engineering
            Industrial Engineering
            Air Pollution Engineering
            Lifecycle Assessment
            Carbon Capture
            Carbon Utilisation
            Carbon Storage
            Geological Engineering
            Direct Air Capture
            Renewable Energy
            Waste Management
            Resource Recovery
            Environmental Monitoring

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Carbon-system identity
        Product identity
        Process identity
        Facility identity
        Source identity
        Source category
        Greenhouse-gas identity
        Carbon-dioxide identity
        Methane identity
        Nitrous-oxide identity
        Activity-data identity
        Activity quantity
        Emission-factor identity
        Emission factor
        Direct-measurement identity
        Gross-emission state
        Inventory identity
        Inventory boundary
        Reporting period
        Baseline identity
        Baseline scenario
        GWP-method identity
        GWP time horizon
        CO2e state
        Scope identity where applicable
        Embodied-carbon state
        Operational-carbon state
        Reduction identity
        Avoided-emission state
        Capture-system identity
        Capture rate
        Captured-carbon quantity
        Utilisation-pathway identity
        Transport identity
        Storage-site identity
        Stored-carbon quantity
        Leakage state
        Permanence state
        Removal-method identity
        Removed-carbon quantity
        Offset identity
        Verification identity
        Monitoring identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New boundary, source, activity, factor, measurement, inventory,
        baseline, capture, utilisation, storage, removal, offset or verification evidence.

    Compare
        Existing carbon-engineering state.

    Detect
        Boundary Change
        Source Change
        Activity Change
        Factor Change
        Emission Change
        Baseline Change
        GWP Change
        Capture Change
        Utilisation Change
        Storage Change
        Removal Change
        Offset Change
        Verification Change

    Validate
        System identity
        Boundary
        Reporting period
        Baseline
        Gas identity
        Activity basis
        Emission-factor source
        GWP basis
        Measurement method
        Verification method
        Provenance

    Integrate
        Supported carbon update.

    Recalculate
        Gas-specific emissions
        CO2e inventory
        Gross emissions
        Reduction state
        Captured carbon
        Stored carbon
        Removed carbon
        Avoided emissions
        Net emissions
        Confidence

    Return
        Updated carbon-engineering state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        CO2 and CO2e remain distinct.
        Capture and removal remain distinct.
        Avoided emissions and removal remain distinct.
        Offsets and direct reductions remain distinct.
        Gross and net emissions remain distinct.
        Boundary, baseline and reporting period are explicit.
        GWP basis and horizon are explicit.
        Fossil and biogenic carbon remain distinguishable where relevant.
        Modelled and measured emissions remain distinct.
        Provenance and uncertainty are preserved.
        All conclusions follow supported boundary-source-gas-inventory-intervention-verification paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        ->
    Carbon Engineering Detection
        ->
    Intent Resolution
        ->
    System-boundary, Period and Baseline Mapping
        ->
    Source, Activity and Gas Mapping
        ->
    Emission-factor and Measurement Mapping
        ->
    Gas-specific and CO2e Inventory Mapping
        ->
    Reduction, Capture and Utilisation Mapping
        ->
    Transport, Storage and Removal Mapping
        ->
    Offset, Monitoring, Verification, Provenance and Confidence Assessment
        ->
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Carbon Engineering

    Parent
        Environmental Engineering

    Type
        Engineering quantification, reduction, capture, utilisation, storage and removal of greenhouse-gas and carbon flows

    Core Components
        Greenhouse Gas
        Carbon Dioxide
        Methane
        Nitrous Oxide
        Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
        CO2e
        Emission Source
        Activity Data
        Emission Factor
        Direct Measurement
        Carbon Inventory
        System Boundary
        Reporting Period
        Carbon Baseline
        Global Warming Potential
        GWP
        Gross Emissions
        Net Emissions
        Embodied Carbon
        Operational Carbon
        Carbon Footprint
        Emissions Reduction
        Avoided Emissions
        Carbon Capture
        Capture Rate
        Carbon Utilisation
        Carbon Transport
        Carbon Storage
        Geological Storage
        Carbon Sequestration
        Carbon Removal
        Direct Air Capture
        Biological Removal
        Carbon Offset
        Permanence
        Leakage
        Monitoring
        Verification
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        Carbon-engineering reasoning must distinguish carbon dioxide from
        carbon-dioxide equivalent, capture from removal, avoided emissions
        from removal, offsets from direct reductions and gross from net
        emissions. System boundary, baseline, reporting period, GWP basis,
        carbon origin, permanence, monitoring and verification provenance
        must remain explicit.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Carbon Engineering quantifies and manages greenhouse-gas and carbon
    flows through emissions reduction, capture, utilisation, storage and
    removal. Reliable reasoning preserves system boundaries, baselines,
    reporting periods, gas identities, activity data, emission factors,
    GWP conventions, storage permanence and verification evidence while
    distinguishing captured carbon from permanently stored carbon and
    avoided emissions or offsets from direct atmospheric carbon removal.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org