Gas Separation Unit
Extracts carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen from ambient air on regenerating mineral beds. Air goes in. Three gases come out. The beds last for years.
$98,350Cell price
SunlightRuns on the array, unattended

Industrial gases from air
- 01Carbon dioxide
864 tonnes a year captured from air using the Factory’s own lime, $45.11 per tonne - 02Oxygen at 90% purity
5,758 tonnes a year from its own mineral bed, $3.21 per tonne against conventional $25 to $40 - 03Nitrogen at 99% purity
6,786 tonnes a year, the stream that remains, $2.73 per tonne against $20 to $30
Specification
| Rated input | 850 kilowatts |
| Materials | Off the shelf components. Mineral beds endlessly regenerated |
| Beds | One per gas. Carbon dioxide and oxygen each release from their own bed; nitrogen is the stream that remains |
| Duty | Sunlight hours, unattended |
| Energy capture | 100% of array output |
| Intensity | 0.25 to 2.30 megawatt-hours per tonne |
| Accepts | Ambient air |