Contaminant removal and reduction system

Abstract

A system for generating methane includes a scrubber, a stripper, a vacuum pump, a water separator, and a Sabatier reactor. The scrubber is configured to absorb one or more contaminants from an air stream into a liquid sorbent, in which the one or more contaminants include carbon dioxide. The stripper is configured to desorb the one or more contaminants from the liquid sorbent. The vacuum pump is configured to pressurize the desorbed contaminants to a reaction pressure of the carbon dioxide. The water separator is configured to remove water from the pressurized, desorbed contaminants. The Sabatier reactor is configured to generate the methane from the carbon dioxide of the pressurized, desorbed contaminants.

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