Design and Fabrication Of Carbon Collector From Atmosphere Using Cyclone Seperator

Mechanical Engineering

In my undergrad research, we are addressing CO₂ capture in the atmosphere - one of the major technologies against climate change. The project will involve design, construction and preliminary testing of a new carbon collector that works on cyclone separator combined with chemical absorption and thermal desorption. It extracts CO₂ in the atmosphere, concentrates it using a cyclone and converts it to the conversion process which is theoretically studied by reducing it using magnesium material. The important innovations are a low cost over the scalable cyclone, which collects CO₂ in an aerosolized form, and a simple fabrication technique utilising easily accessible materials. Initial experiments indicate that an efficiency of 15–20% achieved under ambient conditions is possible due to the ability of capture. It could definitely be optimized. The article describes the low-cost design of direct air capture (DAC) hardware, which can be a feasible choice to use in the initial implementation on a small-scale basis.

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