Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

Skyre, Inc.

Karen Murdoch

Trent M Molter

Thomas P Filburn

Michael Robert Barone

James H Fort

Timothy D Scull

Robert C Roy

Christopher Ellithorpe

Timothy Myles

In an embodiment, a method for recovering carbon dioxide comprises introducing a carbon dioxide rich stream to a scrubber comprising a metal hydroxide and allowing the carbon dioxide to react with the metal hydroxide to form a metal carbonate; directing a metal carbonate stream from the scrubber to an electrochemical concentrator and applying a potential to the electrochemical concentrator to form a metal hydroxide stream and a separated carbon dioxide stream; directing the metal hydroxide stream comprising a recovered metal hydroxide and hydrogen to an electrochemical separator and applying a potential to the electrochemical separator to separate the hydrogen forming a hydrogen recycle stream from the recovered metal hydroxide forming a metal hydroxide recycle stream; and directing the separated carbon dioxide stream to a gas liquid separator and separating the separated carbon dioxide stream into a recycled water stream and a concentrated carbon dioxide stream.

Electrochemical carbon dioxide recovery system

A rotary phase separator system generally includes a step-shaped rotary drum separator (RDS) and a motor assembly. The aspect ratio of the stepped drum minimizes power for both the accumulating and pumping functions. The accumulator section of the RDS has a relatively small diameter to minimize power losses within an axial length to define significant volume for accumulation. The pumping section of the RDS has a larger diameter to increase pumping head but has a shorter axial length to minimize power losses. The motor assembly drives the RDS at a low speed for separating and accumulating and a higher speed for pumping.

Rotary drum separator system

Water vapor is removed from a mixture of air, metabolic carbon dioxide (CO ), and water vapor prior to removing the CO from the mixture. The water vapor-containing mixture is passed through a membrane module which is operative to separate the water vapor from the air and CO mixture. The water vapor in the entering mixture will pass in one direction through the membrane in the module from an entry side of the membrane to an exit side of the membrane. The membrane divides the module into two chambers, one of which receives the water vapor-containing mixture, and the other of which receives CO -free air from a CO adsorbant station. The water vapor-containing mixture is removed from a closed habitable environment such as a space station, a space suit, a submarine, or the like, and is moved through the membrane module where the water vapor is removed from the gas stream. The water vapor-free gas stream then flows through the CO adsorption station where the CO and any remaining water vapor are separated from the air in the mixture. The CO -free air then flows back through the membrane module via the membrane module exit chamber where the air is rehumidified with the water vapor that has passed through the membrane. The rehumidified air stream is then returned to the dosed habitable environment where it can be used for breathing purposes.

Water recuperation for a carbon dioxide (CO2) removal system

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Somers, CT, United States of America

Karen Murdoch