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Technical Specifications of Building HVAC Integrated Direct Air Capture Unit – How Ventilation CO2 Capture Works

Soletair Power offers three categories of products:

  1. Indoor CO₂ Capture Unit for boosting Productivity
  2. Building Ventilation Integrated CO₂ Capture Unit for Productivity, Low Emission, and Carbon Utilization
  3. Outdoor CO₂ Capture Unit for Carbon Capture and Utilization

We also provide Productive-Air-as-a-Service for offices. The service cost is the same as the coffee benefit: $1- $2/day/employee; companies do not require to buy the whole system. For companies that produce valuable products out of CO₂, we supply 99.99% pure CO₂ captured directly from the air. In 2021, we have demonstrated our Power-to-X system at the EXPO 2020 Dubai.

Technical Specifications of the Building HVAC/Ventilation Integrated Direct Air Capture of CO₂ Unit from Soletair Power

Soletair Power: Making buildings carbon sinks

Direct air capture of carbon dioxide is often associated with large filter machines piled one on top of another and moving large volumes of air. Large contact points are required due to the small concentration of carbon dioxide in the air and because of the large daily production targets of these plants. As air is pushed in the filter, carbon dioxide and moisture are trapped or adsorbed. When the filter is saturated with these compounds the machine is closed and regenerated via vacuum and heating to collect the CO2 and water. Moisture is condensed leaving pure CO2 for compression.

Soletair Power delivers solutions for capturing CO2 in air supplied to building ventilation. The adsorption and regeneration principle is used in our system to capture carbon dioxide but the dimension is compact. The captured CO2 is stored in a separate storage container.

Soletair Power Building Carbon Capture System HVAC Integrated Direct Air Capture in Building CCUS CO2 capture for emission reduction

 

Our Approach

Soletair Power’s ventilation-integrated CO2 capture system is designed to work within established design requirements. The system is aimed to meet the ventilation speed typically in m3 sec-1 and the customers preferred indoor CO2 level measured as parts per million or ppm.

For a standard ventilation unit handling 3.3 m3 sec-1, our CO2 capture system has a dimension of 3 m (L), 3 m (W), and 3 m (H) and can produce around 50 kilograms of carbon dioxide per day. Due to the space limitation in the HVAC room, the system’s piping, and dimension can also be modified to fit the customer’s specifications.

A device that captures CO2

Visual outlook of our system installed in an HVAC room

Below is an example of the visual outlook of our system installed in an HVAC room.  The system can be installed as a turn-key solution or can be assembled on-site. The latter is especially suited to building retrofit installation where the access path to an HVAC system can be limited.

Soletair Power HVAC unit in a building
Soletair Power HVAC unit in a building

The system has a modular design principle therefore it is easy to install multiple units if required. The storage of CO2 is done in a separate room inside or near the building. Carbon dioxide from the CO2 capture system is piped to that room.

Large CO2 storage container for storing captured CO2 using Soletair Power's system at Wärtsilä Sustainable Technology Hub, Vaasa, Finland.
Large CO2 storage container for storing captured CO2 using Soletair Power’s system at Wärtsilä Sustainable Technology Hub, Vaasa, Finland.

 

Soletair Power Building Integrated CO2 capture unit at Wartsila sth Vaasa Finland
Soletair Power Building Integrated CO2 capture unit at Wartsila sth Vaasa Finland

 

Wärtsilä’s Sustainable Innovation Director Hannu Mäntymaa and Facility & Energy Manager Jukka Rapo with Soletair Power’s HVAC Integrated CO2 Capture Unit installed at Sustainable Technology Hub, Vaasa, Finland
Wärtsilä’s Sustainable Innovation Director Hannu Mäntymaa and Facility & Energy Manager Jukka Rapo with Soletair Power’s HVAC Integrated CO2 Capture Unit installed at Sustainable Technology Hub, Vaasa, Finland

For more information: 

Petri Laakso
CEO, Partner | Tel. +358 40 544 5646 | petri.laakso@soletairpower.fi

You can also send a message from our contact us page.

About Soletair Power:

Soletair Power is a Finnish startup founded in 2016 that manufactures solutions for carbon capture directly from the ambient air. Their technology can capture CO2 utilizing buildings’ HVAC systems and the captured carbon dioxide can be stored as long-lived products such as hydrocarbons or synthetic fuel. The technology being used is Direct Air Capture.

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