Apparatus and related methods for reducing the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide

An apparatus comprising:

• an air pump configured to take in ambient air and discharge it via an air-pump air-outlet port;
• the air-pump air-outlet port configured to introduce air into an ambient-air conduit that has a first end and a second end;
• the ambient-air-conduit first end being fixedly attached to the air-pump air-outlet port;
• the ambient-air-conduit second end configured to directly or indirectly introduce ambient air into a distribution manifold that has a plurality of distribution-manifold air-outlet ports;
• at least one metallic ambient-air conduit having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is fixedly attached to and configured to receive ambient air from a distribution-manifold air-outlet port;
• the metallic-ambient-air-conduit second end configured to introduce ambient air into an electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components that reside in a reaction chamber;
• the reaction chamber being at least partially submerged in an ultrasonic bath that introduces ultrasonic radiation into the reaction chamber;
• the at least one metallic ambient-air conduit further configured to receive and pass an electrical current into the electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components;
• and
• a conveyor element configured to convey solid-phase carbon-containing reaction products that are received from within the reaction chamber, wherein the solid-phase carbon-containing reaction products are the reaction products of a process having the step of:
• (i) introducing ambient air into an electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components.

An apparatus comprising:

• an air pump configured to take in ambient air and discharge it via an air-pump air-outlet port;
• the air-pump air-outlet port configured to introduce air into an ambient-air conduit that has a first end and a second end;
• the ambient-air-conduit first end being fixedly attached to the air-pump air-outlet port;
• the ambient-air-conduit second end configured to directly or indirectly introduce ambient air into a distribution manifold that has a plurality of distribution-manifold air-outlet ports;
• at least one metallic ambient-air conduit having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is fixedly attached to and configured to receive ambient air from a distribution-manifold air-outlet port;
• the metallic-ambient-air-conduit second end configured to introduce ambient air into an electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components that reside in a reaction chamber;
• the reaction chamber being at least partially submerged in an ultrasonic bath that introduces ultrasonic radiation into the reaction chamber;
• the at least one metallic ambient-air conduit further configured to receive and pass an electrical current into the electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components;
• and
• a conveyor element configured to convey solid-phase carbon-containing reaction products that are received from within the reaction chamber, wherein the solid-phase carbon-containing reaction products are the reaction products of a process having the steps of:
• (i) introducing ambient air into an electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components, and
• (ii) introducing ultrasonic radiation into the electrified liquid-phase composition having gallium and silver components.