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AssigneeCarbyon Holding B.V.
InventorsHans Maria Paul De Neve, Jasper Anne Frido Marikus Simons, Dries Van Eyck, Aswin Schouten
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The present invention is based on the use of surface adsorption to capture CO2 molecules from air, without requiring the need for bulk absorption within the bulk of the sorbent. Since surface adsorption is a much faster process than bulk absorption, the present invention offers a greatly increased CO2 capture rate, as well as a greatly improved energy efficiency, over conventional systems. The invention involves the use of a molecular monolayer of CO2 sorbent, a process and a system for capturing CO2 from air employing such a molecular monolayer of CO2 sorbent.
Use of a molecular monolayer of CO2 sorbent for capturing CO2 from air, wherein the sorbent is coated onto the pore walls of a porous support.
The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support contains needle-shaped pores with a diameter in the range of 1-10 nm and a length in the range of 1-10 μm, wherein the surface of the pores is coated with the sorbent while the central part is free of sorbent and open to receive gaseous molecules.
The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the porous support comprises a macroporous structure layered on top of a microporous structure, preferably wherein the macroporous structure is a sandwich of foils or a honeycomb structure.
A process for capturing CO2 from air, comprising:
A device for capturing CO2 from air, comprising:
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