Low-power direct air carbon capture system
AssigneeVarin SIKKA
InventorVarin SIKKA
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, a direct air capture system includes: a wind turbine that includes one or more blades and generates electrical energy when first air flows across the one or more blades; a carbon dioxide (CO2) adsorption chamber that includes one or more amine-containing CO2 adsorbers and receives second air when the first air flows across the one or more blades; and a water reservoir that generates steam using a portion of the electrical energy generated by the wind turbine, wherein the water reservoir is fluidly coupled to and isolated from the CO2 adsorption chamber via one or more valves.
Claims20
A direct air carbon capture system, comprising:
- a wind turbine that includes one or more blades and generates electrical energy when first air flows across the one or more blades;
- a carbon dioxide (CO2) adsorption chamber that includes one or more amine-containing CO2 adsorbers and receives second air when the first air flows across the one or more blades;
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- a water reservoir that generates steam using a portion of the electrical energy generated by the wind turbine, wherein the water reservoir is fluidly coupled to and isolated from the CO2 adsorption chamber via one or more valves.
A method, comprising:
- adsorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a first portion of a flow of ambient air via a CO2 adsorption chamber that includes one or more amine-containing CO2 adsorbers;
- while adsorbing the CO2, generating electrical energy from a second portion of the flow of ambient air via a wind turbine;
- generating steam in a water reservoir using a portion of the electrical energy;
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- heating the one or more amine-containing CO2 adsorbers with the steam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.