Portable carbon dioxide absorption system

A method for automatically reducing a concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in an enclosed environment using a portable carbon dioxide absorption machine, the method comprising:

• providing a portable carbon dioxide absorption machine in an enclosed environment, the portable carbon dioxide absorption machine comprising:
• an housing defining an inlet and an outlet,
• a blower in fluid communication with the outlet and with a manifold system, the blower being disposed within the housing, wherein the blower pulls air from the manifold system, and pushes air from the housing through the outlet,
• the manifold system comprising a manifold housing defining an expansion chamber, the expansion chamber, disposed within the housing, wherein the expansion chamber filters and reduces a velocity of air pulled by the blower, and
• a carbon dioxide absorbing device disposed within the housing, the carbon dioxide absorbing device in fluid communication with the inlet and the manifold system, wherein the carbon dioxide absorbing device absorbs carbon dioxide from the air entering the inlet;
• continuously measuring an environmental concentration level of CO2 in the enclosed environment using a sensor in communication with a control system of the portable carbon dioxide absorption machine;
• determining, at the control system if the environmental concentration level of CO2exceeds a predetermined threshold;
• continuously or intermittently operating the blower of the portable carbon dioxide absorption machine to draw the air into the portable carbon dioxide absorption machine such that the concentration of CO2 emitted from the portable carbon dioxide absorption machine is less than the environmental concentration level of CO2;
• and
• ceasing operation of the blower when the environmental concentration level of CO2 falls below the predetermined threshold.

A method of manufacturing a portable carbon dioxide absorption machine comprising:

• providing a housing including an inlet and an outlet;
• disposing a blower within the housing such that the blower is in fluid communication with the outlet and with a manifold system, wherein the blower pulls air from the manifold system and pushes air from the housing through the outlet;
• configuring the manifold system to comprise a manifold housing defining an expansion chamber, wherein the expansion chamber is disposed within the housing and filters the air and reduces a velocity of the air pulled in by the blower;
• disposing a carbon dioxide absorbing device within the housing, the carbon dioxide absorbing device in fluid communication with the inlet and the manifold system, wherein the carbon dioxide absorbing device absorbs carbon dioxide from the air entering the inlet;
• and
• disposing a power supply within the housing, wherein the power supply is in electrical communication with the blower.