It is generally accepted that the massive amounts of CO2 that have been released into our atmosphere from industrial and other human activities are harmful to our global environment. Much research has been done in attempts to find solutions to reduce future emissions.
Governments around the world have incented or mandated businesses through cap-and-trade systems and carbon taxes to reduce the amount of CO2 they are releasing into the air, and they are providing research grants to spur the development of innovative and cost-effective ways to do this.
ATMI, Inc. (atmi.com), a technology company focused on specialty materials solutions for critical industrial challenges, has developed and engineered a solid, sorbent material that can be tailored to adsorb a variety of different gases at the exclusion of others. Working in conjunction with SRI International (sri.com) of California (a nonprofit research institute), on a project funded by the US Department of Energy, ATMI has co-developed a system designed to capture CO2 gas out of flue gas exhaust from post-combustion processes, such as electricity generation from a coal-fired power plant. The system combines ATMI’s advanced carbon adsorbent technology with SRI’s proprietary adsorption fractionation technology.
The Magic Inside: It’s Carbon vs. Carbon
The system uses a solid, sorbent material to adsorb CO2 from gas waste streams. It has long been known that an effective material for capturing carbon dioxide is … carbon. Carbon technology has been used for many years inside ATMI’s SDS® (Safe Delivery Source®) gas cylinder systems for use in ion implant (gas doping) applications in the microelectronics industry. Over time, ATMI has advanced its technology to create what is called BrightBlack® precision carbon materials.
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