Proton hop assisted carbon dioxide (co2) transport in an amine powder for the direct air capture and sequestration (dac+s) of co2

A proton hop assisted transport method for carbon dioxide (CO2) transport in gas adsorption and desorption, the method comprising:

• confining a liquid in a powder of amine particulate grains in order to suppress carbamic acid production from CO2 proximate to the amine particulate grains so as to permit an increased presence of carbonates in the amine particulate grains;
• receiving CO2 gas molecules in proximity to an ingress surface of each of the amine particulate grains;
• interacting each of the CO2 gas molecules with the liquid to produce, for each of the CO2 gas molecules, a carbonate and corresponding protons;
• electrostatically tethering each said carbonate with each said corresponding proton and proton hopping each said corresponding proton from one amine location nearest to the ingress surface towards an amine location at an egress surface of the amine particulate grain;
• applying a thermal input to the powder;
• responding to the application of the thermal input by releasing CO2 gas molecules at the egress surface from the carbonates;
• and,
• sequestering the released CO2 gas molecules from the egress surface into a sequestration container.