Carbon Capture

Eric W Colbert

Brian J Holman

Saeb M Besarati

William Tod Gross

Noah David Liebman

Dan Fang

Jonas Lee

Systems and methods for modular and adaptable carbon dioxide (CO) capture, separation, and storage in a variety of disparate site locations are provided. The systems and methods include utilizing a plurality of transportable, mass-producible, and stackable COcapture modules locally arranged in a cluster serviced by modular or locally fixed utilities modules that are in turn serviced by centralized plant services facilities, which may be dedicated to the COcapture system or may alternatively be shared with other co-located operations. The COcapture modules comprise a plurality of sorbent reactors, each comprising removable sorbent cartridges which may be easily exchanged for maintenance or upgrade purposes. The COsorbent reactors are alternatively operated in adsorption and desorption modes and synchronized with each other within the sorbent module and the corresponding cluster to achieve continuous operation.

Modular open systems architecture direct air capture platform

Solid sorbents, and especially zeolites, are attractive candidates for COdirect air capture (DAC) and point source capture applications because of their potential for high selectivity, fast kinetics, and low energy COcapture cycles. A common issue with solid sorbents, including zeolites, is their low thermal conductivity, which makes them difficult to heat for regeneration without using complex and expensive heat transfer systems. This invention utilizes a modified TVSA process which utilizes the product COgas itself as the heating medium for the adsorbent bed, alone or in conjunction with internal or external heaters. The use of COas a heating medium allows efficient heating of the sorbent bed and enables high purity COproduct.

Temperature vacuum swing adsorption process suited for carbon capture to regenerate sorbents using the CO2 product gas as the heat transfer medium

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Eric W Colbert