Project presentation on

CO2 Extraction from atmospheric air

Presented by

Joel Serrao Guided by:

Mr. Kiran Kumar M V
Jasline Tauro Department of Mechatronics

MANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

(An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Institution, accredited by NAAC)
(A unit of Rajalaxmi Education Trust ®)
Affiliated to V.T.U., Belgaum, Approved by AICTE, New Delhi
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 • INTRODUCTION

• LITERATURE REVIEW

• UN SDG

• PROBLEM STATEMENT

• OBJECTIVES

• PROPOSED DESIGN

• METHODOLOGY

OUTLINE • COST ANALYSIS

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• CURRENT STATUS
 Introduction
• Surge in Air pollution

• What is Direct Air Capture

• Why Direct Air Capture

• Current developments

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Literature Review
• The ambient temperature of air would be around 30 – 40 ℃ considering weather conditions in India
hence, carbon removal efficiency grows with increase in temperature and concentration of carbon
dioxide in air.

• The reaction rate and capture efficiency are strongly dependent on the NaOH. concentration in the
Na2CO3 production range.

• After the reaction of Limewater and CO2 Calcium Carbonate is formed which is used in Food and
medical industries.

• Aqueous sorbents offer the advantage that the contactor can operate continuously

• Can be built using cheap cooling fan hardware.

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UN SDG:

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Problems:

Air Pollution Global Warming Deforestation Industrial impact

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Solution:

“ By constructing a device that captures Carbon dioxide from

the ambient air to help tackle the climate change issue which
is mainly caused because of it”

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Objectives:

 Fabrication of Carbon dioxide capturing device which uses aqueous

absorbers like Sodium Hydroxide, Limewater.

 Analysis of amount of CO2 captured from the air.

 Making the device portable and to monitor using IOT.

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Proposed Design

Top View

Front View 9
 Extraction of air through inlet
Methodology:
Captured air is treated with absorber
Sodium hydroxide as absorber:

CO2(g) + NaOH(aq) → Na2CO3 (s) + H2O

Chemical reaction takes place

Lime water as absorber:

Formation of precipitate
CO2(g)  + Ca(OH)2(aq) → CaCO3(s) + H2O

Releasing of CO2 free air through outlet

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Components Required

Outlet Fan Gas Sensor Node MCU

Inlet Fan

Arduino Nano LCD display Motor Driver 11

 Cost Analysis
Item Price Item Price
Turbo Fan (Inlet Fan) Rs. 715 Limewater (5 liters) Rs. 350
Desktop Fan (Outlet Rs. 350 12V DC power supply Rs. 845
Fan)
12V to 5V Module Rs. 190
Node MCU Rs. 390
Prototype boards Rs. 310
Arduino Nano Rs. 499
Soldering Iron Rs. 490
Jumper wires Rs. 400
Others(heat shrinks, Rs. 725
Motor Driver Rs. 249 resistors, etc.)
LCD display Rs. 190 Elbow PVC joint Rs. 330
I2C LCD board Rs. 115 Digital weighing scale Rs. 350
Gas Sensors x 2 Rs. 380 Total Rs. 8448
Polypropylene Box Rs. 390
Sodium Hydroxide Rs. 500
Pallets (500 g)
Multimeter Rs. 450
Glue Gun and glue Rs. 330
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Current Status

• Literature survey is completed.

• Conceptual design of the device is made.
• Fabrication of the device is in process.

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References:
1.Jae-Goo Shim, Dong Woog Lee, Ji Hyun Lee, No-Sang Kwak,
Experimental study on capture of carbon dioxide and production of
sodium bicarbonate from sodium hydroxide, Environmental
engineering research article,2016.
2.Harshdeep Singh, Prashant Gupta, Akshay Soni, Rohit Joshi, Ram
Jatan Yadav, Ashutosh Singh, Capturing carbon dioxide from air by
using Sodium hydroxide (CO2 Trapper), International Research
Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), Volume: 05, Issue:
04, Apr-2018.
3.Joshuah K. Stolaroff, David W. Keith, Gregory V. Lowry, Carbon
Dioxide Capture from Atmospheric Air Using Sodium Hydroxide
Spray, Environmental Science &Technology, Volume 42, No. 8, 2008.
4.Miran Yoo, Sang –Jun Han, Jung-Ho Wee, Carbon dioxide capture
capacity of sodium hydroxide aqueous solution, Journal of
Environmental Management,2013.
5.David W. Keith, Geoffrey Holmes, David St.Angelo and Kenton
Heidel, A Process for Capturing CO2 from the Atmosphere, Joule 2
Article, August 15,2018.
6.Wlodzimierz Kordylewski, Dorota Sawicka, Tomasz Falkowski,
Laboratory tests on the efficiency of carbon dioxide capture from
gases in NaOH solutions, Journal of Ecological Engineering, Volume
14, No.2April 2013.
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7.Klaus Lackner, Hans-Joachim Ziock, et.al, “Carbon Dioxide
Thank You