Scientists suggest extracting oil from air conditioners and ventilation systems

The other day in the journal Nature Communications, a group of scientists from the University of Toronto and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) опубликовала article in which led calculations for the implementation of an interesting solution - the prospects for extracting oil products from the air. More precisely, to create synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from carbon dioxide. Such a fuel was called "crowd oil", a play on words from "crude oil" or crude oil. "Oil" from the air was called oil from the crowd.

According to the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Commission on Climate Change (IPCC), in order to prevent the effect of global warming over the next 30 years, it is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero. But even if we continue to burn fossil fuels, a similar effect can be achieved if carbon dioxide dissolved in the air is captured and converted into synthetic fuel. The only problem is that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air is very small - at the level of 0,038%. Huge filtration systems are needed to efficiently extract from this concentration. Scientists proposed to do otherwise - to create a system for distributed production of carbon dioxide based on air ventilation and air conditioning networks.

According to experts, 25 supermarkets in Germany from the three largest retail chains would be enough to produce synthetic fuels equivalent to 000% of the country's kerosene needs or 30% of diesel needs. At the same time, it is important to understand that the energy required for fuel synthesis should not be obtained using fossil fuels. Otherwise, what's the point? The extraction of fuel from ventilation systems must be associated with the operation of solar panels. By the way, private consumers have already been able to sell surplus electricity from solar panels to distribution network operators, so why not sell synthetic fuel from their air conditioners to companies or the state? This is in every way more useful than mining a crypt, which takes a lot of electricity.

Source: 3dnews.ru