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Soletair Power Carbon Capture Technology

Building-carbon-capture technology

How is CO2 captured from the air by Soletair Power?

At its heart, our technology draws upon the fundamental chemistry that has governed carbon’s journey through our atmosphere since life first emerged. The carbon atom in CO2 carries a partial positive charge, naturally drawn to electron-rich molecules like the amines in our proprietary sorbents. This attraction—a dance of atomic forces as old as the elements themselves—is the foundation of our revolutionary approach to carbon capture. This carefully engineered reaction—rooted in fundamental atomic forces—powers our innovative approach to carbon capture, integrating into modern buildings.

➊ Inhalation: The building pulls in air through its existing ventilation system.

âž‹ Selective Adsorption: The incoming air is pushed through our proprietary sorbents. Carbon dioxide is selectively embraced by the electron-rich surfaces.

➌ Regenerative Transformation: When the filter is saturated, the machine is closed and regenerated via vacuum & heating to collect the captured CO2.

➍ Carbon Harvest: The captured CO2 is stored in a separate container within or near the building, awaiting its next purpose.

➎ Renewed Potential: Captured CO2 becomes available for utilization, completing its transformation from environmental challenge to resource.

Amine functionalized sorbent is used by Soletair Power within its carbon capture systems utilizing a temperature vacuum swing adsorption process.

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Soletair Power Process Building Carbon Capture

Integrating Carbon Capture in buildings to make CO2 emissions negative

Reach net-negative emission goals when your building captures more CO2 than it emits. Our HVAC-retrofittable direct air capture technology is modularly designed, safe for humans, and cost-effective. As a turnkey solution that can be installed in 1-30 days, this technology will pave the path toward building net-negative cities.

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What is Direct Air Capture?

Direct Air Capture or DAC refers to extracting CO2 or other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere by chemical means, generally using a chemical sorbent and large fans to move ambient air through a filter. The CO2 is then available as a stream of gas for utilization or storage.

How DAC works?

The carbon atom in CO2 is partially positive. When CO2 comes in contact with a negative electron-rich molecule, the positive C atom is attacked and CO2 is captured. This electron-rich molecule is present in a solid medium called “Adsorbent” or Sorbent.

DAC process

Carbon dioxide and water are separated from the air onto a sorbent, which releases them when heated. When water is separated from the produced gas, the process produces almost pure carbon dioxide.

Soletair Power’s Building Carbon Capture Technology

HVAC Integrated Direct Air Capture

Soletair Power Process Building Carbon Capture

Soletair Power’s HVAC Integrated CO2 Capturing Unit is a modular carbon capture system that operates plug-and-play. Each unit can capture up to 20 tons of CO2 per year, equivalent to 3 hectares of Nordic forest aged 30 years, and can be integrated into the building’s HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system. More units can be added to increase the capture capacity. Installation of the system also lowers HVAC energy costs by controlling the building’s ventilation runtime based on CO2 levels. The unique selling points of the system are its building retrofitability, easy installation, modular design, weatherproof capture, and low water/ heat/ electricity/ material/ carbon footprint.

For a standard ventilation unit handling 3.3 m3/s, each Soletair Power Building-HVAC-Integrated CO2 Capture Unit can capture ~47 kilograms of carbon dioxide per 8-hour day or 20 tonnes per year. On average, there are about 20 modules per building.

So, each commercial building equipped with Soletair Power’s technology can capture up to 400 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year from the ambient air.

Now imagine that for hundreds of buildings!

We have installed a system in Wärtsilä Sustainable Technology Hub, Vaasa, Finland, where they have a standard ventilation unit handling 3.3 m3 of air per second. Soletair Power’s CO2 capture system has a dimension of 3m x 3m x 3m (LWH). So, it is small in land usage since it can operate in buildings.

We are using the Temperature vacuum swing adsorption process in our direct air capture technology. We have our own proprietary Amine-functionalized solid sorbent. From the HVAC system, incoming air is pushed through these sorbent filters, and carbon dioxide is trapped (or adsorbed) by them. When the filter is saturated with these compounds the machine is closed and regenerated via vacuum and heating at 90°C to collect CO2. Moisture is condensed leaving pure CO2 for compression. The captured CO2 is stored in a separate storage container.

The system itself is fully automated. It can be connected to several IoT sensors and also to the building’s automation system. Signals to external systems can be pushed from our control cabinet and remote operation is possible. We can also monitor and control it remotely through the Internet.

Soletair Power’s direct air capture system is uniquely optimized for integration with urban infrastructures. Compared to most direct air capture technologies, Soletair Power’s system operates at almost zero noise level, making it ideal for installation in buildings.

Currently, existing customers are utilizing the CO2 themselves for their own R&D purposes. We can help customers have utilization cases with captured CO2 through our different CO2 utilization and storage partners. For example, in Dubai, we made the world’s first compact Power-to-X demonstration unit for our customers where we partnered with Q-Power and Wärtsilä.

We can provide CO2 utilization assistance with our partners; depending on the location of the facility.

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Questions we ask before installation

Clean and environment-friendly process
Our proprietary sorbent is highly efficient and does not have any hazardous components.

Patented and proven technology
Soletair Power has patents applied and granted in many countries in APAC, US and EMEA region.

Competitive and cost-efficient technology
The technology retrofits with existing HVAC systems inside buildings, making the process cost-efficient.

Compatible with a variety of energy sources
Soletair Power Carbon Capture technology uses mainly electricity. Energy can be obtained from renewable or clean energy like solar and wind, thermal, district heating, heat pumps etc.

Almost no maintenance
There is almost no corrosion or damage; it is almost maintenance-free. The life span of the sorbent is above ten years.

Easy to scale up and applicable to various industries
Commercial buildings, shopping malls, mills, power plants, breweries refineries, farms etc.

Specifications

Size and capacity

The size depends on the type of installation site. Soletair Power’s modular plug-and-play building carbon capture system has an average dimension of 3m x 3m x 3m for setting up in the ventilation room with Air Handling Units handling 3.3 m3/s (6300 cfm) of air.

Each system can capture up to 20 tons of CO2 per year, equivalent to 3 hectares of Nordic forest aged 30 years.

The system can help lower the costs of buildings’ energy usage by controlling the ventilation runtime based on CO2 levels. The fully automated system can also be connected to several IoT sensors.

Soletair Power Capturing CO2 from air with Buildings HVAC in Singapore City Estimation

Making buildings net-zero.

Easily retrofit building’s existing HVAC system with our HVAC-Integrated Building CO2 Capture Unit for reducing net emissions as well as improving indoor air quality. Tailor-made systems will be made according to your building’s architectural design and based on required volume, purity, and energy-consumption.

  • Carbon capture capacity: 50 kg/day/unit (with 3.3 m3/s air)
  • CO2 storage capability: Yes
  • Purity of desorbed CO2: Up to 99%
  • BMS control:  Available
  • LCA and CO2 footprint: Available upon request

Mockup of Soletair Power Building HVAC integrated CO2 Capture Unit placed inside a building

Fuel from thin air.

This compact unit has a carbon capture and fuel production module built in. The World’s first public demonstration of making fuel from thin air was done with this unit at the Finland pavilion of Expo 2020, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

  • Use: Demonstration product for Expo 2020 Dubai
  • Dimensions: 5 m x 1.2 m x 3 m (l x b x h)
  • Carbon storage capability: Yes (Gas)
  • Fuel Production: Yes (synthetic methane)
  • Fuel production capacity: 0.5 kg synthetic methane/day
  • Carbon capture capacity: 1.5 kg/day
  • Purity of desorbed CO2: 99.7 %

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Containerized plug-n-play CO2 capture outdoors.

Plug-n-play modular outdoor CO2 capturing device that is easy to install on-site for capturing CO2 from the air.

  • Carbon capture capability: Yes
  • Carbon storage capability: Yes
  • Carbon capture capacity: 20 to 100+) kg/day/unit
  • Dimensions: 2.5 m x 2.8 m x 12 m (l x b x h)
  • Purity of CO2: Up to 99.98%

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No more sleeping in meetings!

Indoor productivity booster that enhances thinking clarity by temporarily locking in the room CO2 during working hours. This unit has a built-in self-cleaning module.

  • Use: Consumer product for indoor environments
  • Power requirement: 230 VAC
  • Carbon capture capacity: 0.5-2 kg/day (temporary capture)
  • Dimensions: 0.4 m x 0.4 m x 1.5 m (l x b x h)
  • Weight: 50 kg

Indoor CO2 filtering Air Purifier Unit Soletair Power landscape

Is it in the air?

Desktop CO2 monitor that tells you the level of carbon dioxide gas in the room as well the potential impact on cognitive function scores.

  • Use: Consumer product
  • Power requirement: 5 V DC
  • Dimensions: 19 cm x 5 cm x 12 cm (l x b x h)

Soletair Power Indoor CO2 monitor Unit for desktop

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