Method and apparatus for extracting carbon dioxide from air

• Main Authors: Lackner Klaus S, Ginster Ursula, Wright Allen B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.01.2018
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; SPIRITS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WATERING; WINE

A method and apparatus for extracting CO2 from air comprising an anion exchange material formed in a matrix exposed to a flow of the air, and for delivering that extracted CO2 to controlled environments. The present invention contemplates the extraction of CO2 from air using conventional extraction...