US 12,303,824 B2
Moving sorbent panel system for capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide
Klaus Lackner, Paradise Valley, AZ (US); and Robert Page, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Klaus Lackner, Paradise Valley, AZ (US); and Robert Page, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,994.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,956, filed on May 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355238 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/06 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 53/06 (2013.01) [B01D 2253/34 (2013.01); B01D 2257/504 (2013.01); B01D 2259/40086 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide, comprising:
a track;
a plurality of panels moveably and pivotably coupled to the track, each panel comprising a sorbent material and an orientation with respect to the track;
a harvest house comprising a sorbent regeneration system and at least one aperture; a propulsion system coupled to the track and configured to move each panel of the plurality of panels in a circuit comprising a collection phase and a release phase; and
a control system communicatively coupled to the propulsion system,
wherein, for each panel of the plurality of panels, the collection phase of the circuit comprises the panel moving along the track to expose the sorbent material to an airflow and allow the sorbent material to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide;
wherein, for each panel of the plurality of panels, the release phase of the circuit comprises the panel being sufficiently enclosed inside the harvest house that the sorbent regeneration system may operate on the sorbent material to release captured carbon dioxide from the sorbent material and form an enriched gas within the harvest house,
wherein the plurality of panels comprises at least a first panel in the collection phase and at least a second panel in the release phase, and
wherein each panel of the plurality of panels further comprises an actuator communicatively coupled to the control system and configured to modify the orientation of the panel.