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US 6,270,731 B1Granted
Carbon dioxide fixation system
AssigneeShimadzu Corporation
InventorsSaburo Kato, Hiroyuki Oshima, Masaaki Oota
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Abstract
A CO2 fixation system for fixing Co2 gas existing in the atmosphere or in an exhaust gas emitted from factories and other burning sites. The system includes a fermenting tank for anaerobically fermenting organic wastes, whereby methane gas is produced. The methane gas is decomposed and hydrogen gas is produced. The hydrogen gas is reacted with the CO2 gas to produce carbon powder and water, whereby the CO2 gas is fixed to become harmless to the global warming.
Claims4
A carbon dioxide (CO2) fixation system for fixing carbon dioxide gas in an atmosphere or in an exhaust gas, the system comprising:
- fermenting means for anaerobically fermenting organic wastes and for producing methane gas;
- hydrogen producing means for decomposing the methane gas produced by the fermenting means and for producing hydrogen gas;
- fixing means for allowing a reaction between the hydrogen gas produced by the hydrogen producing means and the CO2 gas from the atmosphere or from the exhaust gas and for producing carbon and water;
- and a first heat exchanger, in communication with a supply means for the exhaust gas and the fermenting means, for retrieving heat from the exhaust gas to supply the fermenting means.
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