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US 12,643,070 B2Granted
Direct air carbon capture catalyst system
OwnerCyrus Abbasiinventor
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Abstract
A direct air carbon capture catalyst system wherein using direct air capture, combined with electrolysis of water and molecular separation, leftover carbon dioxide may undergo a hydrogenation process in a catalyst reactor to produce a desired hydrocarbon as a product, while storing other components of air, such as nitrogen and oxygen separated in earlier steps as side products.
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A direct carbon capture catalyst system comprising:
- an air compressor that receives ambient air;
- one or more vapor filters that filter out water vapor in the ambient air;
- at least one ball valve positioned after the one or more vapor filters to shut down gas flow to the system;
- a flow meter that provides flow feedback measurements for gases moving from the compressor;
- a nitrogen membrane that filters out nitrogen, wherein the nitrogen passes through the at least one ball valve to a nitrogen storage tank;
- at least one oxygen membrane that receives an air mixture excluding the separated nitrogen to filter out oxygen, wherein the oxygen passes through the at least one ball valve to an oxygen storage tank;
- an electrolysis chamber that receives water and produces hydrogen gas;
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- a reactor that receives (1) a remaining air mixture including carbon dioxide and excluding the filtered oxygen and (2) hydrogen gas produced in the electrolysis chamber, wherein the carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas react at temperatures of approximately 400 degrees Celsius to produce hydrocarbons.
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