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Jan André Wurzbacher

Christoph Gebald

Nicolas Repond

Tobias Ruesch

Sebastian Sauerbeck

Hans Kocher

Roger Suter

Benjamin Megerle

Jean-Philippe Escher

Alexander Spiteri

Aylin Türkan Külür

Artur Tschense

Mathis Baumann

Angelo Vargas

Tobias Niebel

Benjamin Keusch

Istvan Meszaros

Anca Elena Timofte

Tobias Rüesch

Nicolas Piatkowski

Werner Meier

Maria Maluszynska-Hoffman

István MÉSZÁROS

Aylin Türkan KÜLÜR

Tobias RÜESCH

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 ().

High throughput direct air capture device and method of its operation

The invention relates to a method to produce a particulate activated carbon material for capturing COfrom air, wherein the particulate activated carbon is impregnated with alkali carbonate salt such as KCO; and wherein the impregnated particulate activated carbon either has, determined using nitrogen adsorption methods, a pore volume of at least 0.10 cm/g for pore sizes of at least 5 nm and a pore volume of at most 0.30 cm/g for pore sizes of less than 2 nm or is based on a mixture of different alkali carbonate salts, or has a particular pore surface for pore sizes in the range of 2 nm-50 nm.

Materials for the direct capture of carbon dioxide from atmospheric air

A method for separating carbon dioxide and water from a gas mixture by cyclic adsorption/desorption, using a unit containing an adsorber structure, comprising the following repeating steps: (a) contacting said mixture with sorbent material; (b) at least one of evacuating said unit and heating said sorbent material and extracting the gaseous carbon dioxide and water vapour and separating gaseous carbon dioxide from water vapour; (c) cooling the adsorber structure and re-pressurisation; wherein (i) in step (c) the heat released is stored in a first heat storage device; (ii) during step (b) the sensible and latent heat of gaseous carbon dioxide and water vapour as product gases is stored in second heat storage device; and (iii) during step (b) the heat required for heating said sorbent material is supplied from heat recovered in at least one of step actions (i) and (ii) of previous sequence(s).

Efficient method and device for adsorption/desorption of carbon dioxide from gas streams

A gas separation unit for the separation of a first gas, carbon dioxide, from a mixture, by using an adsorption/desorption process using a loose particulate sorbent material arranged in at least two stacked layers. The primary heat exchange piping is arranged on the two outer edges of the layer within the cavity extending along a longitudinal direction. Further, an essentially parallel array of secondary heat exchange pipes is provided, the secondary heat exchange pipes extending along a transverse direction. The first diameter of the secondary heat exchange pipes is at least twice as large as the second outer diameter of the secondary heat exchange pipes and the secondary heat exchange pipes are in thermal contact with sheets of metal which extend oscillating between pairwise adjacent secondary heat exchange pipes.

Low-pressure drop structure of particle adsorbent bed for adsorption gas separation process

A gas separation unit for the separation of a first gas from a mixture containing said first gas as well as further gases by a cyclic adsorption/desorption process using a loose particulate sorbent material for gas adsorption. The particulate sorbent material is arranged in at least two stacked layers () that are mounted on a stiff rectangular circumferential frame (). A plurality of tubes () is provided for a heat exchange fluid within the frame (). The tubes () are in thermal contact with a plurality of sheets () of metal which are arranged essentially perpendicular to a main plane of the frame () and perpendicular to the tubes (). The sheets () extend in a continuous manner between a first pair of mutually parallel metal profiles (') and are provided with a plurality of holes () through which the plurality of tubes () penetrate.

Low-pressure drop structure of particle adsorbent bed for improved adsorption gas separation process

A gas separation unit for the separation of carbon dioxide from air is proposed for use in a cyclic adsorption/desorption process and using a loose particulate sorbent material. Sorbent material is arranged in at least two stacked layers, and each layer comprises two sheets of a flexible fabric material which is gas permeable but impermeable to the loose sorbent material. The sheets are arranged parallel defining an inlet face and an outlet face, are arranged with a distance in the range of 0.5-2.5 cm, and are enclosing a cavity in which the sorbent material is located. Said layers are arranged in the unit such that the inflow passes through the inlet face, subsequently through the particular sorbent material located in the cavity of the respective layer, subsequently to exit the layer through the outlet face to form the gas outflow.

A vacuum chamber () for a direct air capture process and enclosing an interior space () for housing an adsorber structure () is given comprising a contiguous circumferential wall structure () along an axis (), which circumferential wall structure () in an axial direction is closed by an inlet and an outlet axial wall (), respectively. Both axial walls () comprise at least one closing stainless steel lid () allowing for, in an open position, gas to be circulated through the vacuum chamber () for passing an adsorber structure (), and, in a closed position, to close the interior space () and to allow evacuation of the interior space () down to pressure of 500 mbaror less.

Direct air capture device

Lift system () with a lower lift cage (K), an upper lift cage (K), at least one counterweight (), and support means (TA, TB) for supporting the lower and upper lift cages (K, K). The support means (TB) for supporting the lower lift cage (K) are led downwardly in the lift shaft () laterally along the upper lift cage (K). Drive means for driving the lower and upper lift cages (K, K) are present. Arranged at the upper lift cage (K) is a first incremental transmitter () which interacts with one of the support means (TB) and supplies information about a change in the spacing (D) between the lower and upper lift cages (K, K).

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Jan André Wurzbacher