Climeworks Ag

Benjamin Megerle

Roger Suter

Christoph Gebald

Jan André Wurzbacher

Nicolas Repond

Artur Tschense

A device for the separation of a carbon dioxide of a gas stream by using a bed of particulate adsorber particles contained in a sorbent particle volume, comprising at least two inlet channels and at least two outlet channels in said sorbent particle volume, the inlet channels and outlet channels mutually intertwining at least partly to form a nested structure and being arranged parallel to each other. The inlet channels and outlet channels are alternatingly arranged in both lateral dimensions so that the sorbent particle volume is confined by the interspace defined by adjacent side walls of inlet and outlet channels. Further, the sorbent particle volume surrounds the channels circumferentially.

Adsorber structure for gas separation processes

Separation unit () for separating at least one gaseous component from a gas mixture, or arrangement of such separation units, wherein it comprises at least one circumferential wall element(s) (), said circumferential wall element(s) defining an upstream opening () and an opposed downstream opening () of at least one cavity () containing at least one gas adsorption structure () for adsorbing said gaseous component under ambient pressure and/or temperature conditions, or an array of at least two such cavities (), wherein the separation unit () comprises a pair of opposing sliding doors () for sealing the openings of a cavity () and preferably allowing for evacuating a cavity (), and wherein the pair of opposing sliding doors () can be shifted in a direction essentially parallel to the plane of the respective sliding door () and to allow for flow through of gas mixture through the gas adsorption structure ().

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Zürich, Switzerland

Benjamin Megerle