Earth’s atmospheric CO2 levels are already climbing above 415 ppm and must come down closer to 300 ppm before the climate can be fully stabilized. Regardless of how quickly global emissions can be slowed, direct air capture of CO2 is essential. It is also very energy-intensive using current technology.
Nearly 1,600 tons of air have to be processed to capture just one ton of CO2 so each ton of air must be handled very efficiently. Capturing 10 billion tons of CO2 per year will require the processing of about half a million tons of air every second, 24 hours a day!
AVS technology has the potential to perform ultra-efficient refrigeration cycles to cool air and capture CO2. Optimally, this process could be done with 40-70% less energy consumption than current technology per ton CO2 captured.
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