Systems and Methods for Low-Carbon Creation of Reactive Media

A system for creating a reactive media to a constituent gas from a gas mixture, the system comprising:

• a housing into which a non-reactive media is positioned, wherein the housing includes a housing outlet to vent the housing;
• a heating element for heating the non-reactive media in the housing which causes a release of gas and creates a reactive media, wherein the gas is directed through the housing outlet;
• a gas capture device coupled to the housing outlet to receive the gas directed from the housing and to capture the gas directed from the housing;
• an emissions measuring device, including a plurality of sensors to detect concentrations of gas constituents and a gas flow sensor to detect a gas flow rate, coupled to the housing outlet;
• and
• a computing device having one or more processors, to perform functions comprising:
• calculating an emission of a particular gas constituent in the gas directed through the housing outlet based on a concentration of the particular gas constituent detected by the plurality of sensors and the gas flow rate detected by the gas flow sensor;
• and
• calculating a carbon footprint metric of the reactive media based on an amount of the emission of the particular gas constituent released during creation of the reactive media and an amount of the constituent gas that the reactive media is capable of capturing.

A method for creating a reactive media to a constituent gas from a gas mixture, the method comprising:

• heating a non-reactive media positioned in a housing which causes a release of gas and creates a reactive media, wherein the gas is directed through a housing outlet;
• detecting, by a plurality of sensors, concentrations of gas constituents in the gas directed through the housing outlet;
• detecting, by a gas flow sensor, a gas flow rate of the gas directed through the housing outlet;
• and
• calculating, by a computing device having one or more processors, an emission of a particular gas constituent in the gas directed through the housing outlet based on a concentration of the particular gas constituent detected by the plurality of sensors and the gas flow rate detected by the gas flow sensor.