Carbon capture composition and system
OwnerRamesh GOPALANinventor
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Abstract
The invention is to a carbon capture composition to capture carbon dioxide from an input gas mixture. The carbon capture composition comprises water; an alkali carbonate; and a cross-linked superabsorbent polymer. Also disclosed is a carbon capture system including such carbon capture compositions. Such carbon capture systems are simple, requiring no moving parts, and constructed from existing materials and manufacturing methods, enable an economically sustainable low cost of carbon capture from industrial point sources, road transport vehicles or directly from atmospheric air.
Claims16
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A system configured to capture carbon dioxide from an input gas mixture comprising carbon dioxide, said system further comprising:
- a carbon capture composition comprising water, a superabsorbent polymer, and a carbon capture substance selected to chemically combine with said carbon dioxide and said water;
- said superabsorbent polymer selected to be capable of absorbing 10-1000x its weight in any of said water or an aqueous solution.
A composition to capture a water soluble gas from an input gas mixture comprising water;
- a substance capable of chemical combination with the water soluble gas and water;
- a superabsorbent polymer.
A system configured to capture carbon dioxide from an input gas mixture comprising carbon dioxide, said system further comprising:
- a carbon capture composition comprising water, a superabsorbent polymer, and a carbon capture substance selected to chemically combine with said carbon dioxide and said water;
- wherein said superabsorbent polymer comprises sodium polyacrylate;
- wherein superabsorbent polymer further comprises cross-linked polymer chains;
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- wherein said carbon capture substance comprises any of an alkali carbonate or a substance comprising an amine group;
- said system further configured with at least one alternating phase module containing said carbon capture composition, said system further comprising:
- a cooling mechanism to cool at least one said alternating phase module to a temperature below 50° C., thereby producing at least one absorption phase module;
- a valve configured to expose at least one said absorption phase module to said input gas mixture, thus enabling at least one said absorption phase module to absorb said carbon dioxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.