World’s fastest carbon capture system claims 99% efficiency in ambient air

Researchers have developed a new carbon capture system that they say is the world’s fastest and 99 percent efficient.

Pollution remains one of the main problems of humanityand in turn one of those that seems to worry the least to many, mainly those guilty of finding ourselves in an extreme situation, which could be irreversible at this rate.

But there are still some who, although they know that their industrial system has a format and characteristics that are not friendly to the Earth, for reasons often beyond their control or due to the impossibility of a more ecological way of carrying out their activities, want to correct this and are willing to change.

Although this is great news, not only the reduction of pollution would be enough, since in the case of the production of carbon dioxide, not only is a very high reduction in the amount generated thereof necessary, but also we have to try to reduce the amount of current emission that is accumulated.

That is why a group of researchers from the Tokyo Metropolitan University has set to work to try to solve this problem, by creating a new component that helps to put an end to it.

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In a new breakthrough, researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new compound that is reported to can remove carbon dioxide from ambient air with 99 percent efficiency and at least twice as fast as existing systems.

Today the most widely used for pollution reduction is called DAC, Direct Air Capture, a technology that generally removes carbon dioxide by channeling air or exhaust through some type of filter or catalyst, including sponges. magnetic pads, zeolite foam, or materials made from clay or coffee grounds.

But there is another way to accomplish this pollution reduction, and that is by liquids bubbling out of the air, which can absorb CO2 or cause it to separate into solid crystals or flakes. And here is where this new compound performs its function.

This team of developers has discovered a compound called Isophorone diamine (IPDA)which is particularly effective at capturing carbon dioxide, all while studying a series of liquid amines.

In tests conducted by them, the team found that IPDA was able to remove more than 99 percent of CO2 from the air at a concentration of 400 parts per million (ppm), roughly the current level in the atmosphere.

This process also happened much faster than other carbon capture techniques, at least twice as fast as other laboratory DAC systems.

This technology still needs a possible massive adaptation and exponential improvement to be able to noticeably reduce the large amount of pollution currently generated, about 30 billion tons a year. Thanks to new funding from the US government ($3.5 billion) DAC systems will be able to get that much-needed boost.