A method and system for carbon capture through a voltage-swing is provided. The present invention may include capturing carbon dioxide from a gas mixture through physisorption by applying a positive electrical charge to a sorbent to increase the sorbent's selectivity and adsorption and liberating the carbon dioxide from the sorbent by removing the positive electrical charge from the sorbent and applying a desorption method to the sorbent.

In an embodiment, an air-water extraction system comprises a water selective membrane configured to transport water from humid air via selective diffusion through the water selective membrane; a low pressure chamber in fluid communication with the water selective membrane and a hydrogen gas inlet configured to deliver a dry hydrogen to the low pressure gas chamber, a membrane and electrode assembly comprising an anode, a proton exchange membrane, a cathode, and a power supply; wherein the anode is in fluid communication with the low pressure chamber, a high pressure chamber in fluid communication with the cathode for receiving a saturated hydrogen and a liquid water from the cathode; a water conduit in fluid communication with the high pressure chamber configured to remove the liquid water from the high pressure chamber, and a hydrogen conduit for removing the saturated hydrogen from the high pressure chamber.

Air purification apparatuses and methods are provided. An air purification apparatus includes an air purification chamber and a supply chamber coupled to the air purification chamber. The air purification chamber includes a purification reactor, a first electron accelerator that irradiates a first electron beam to the purification reactor, and a second electron accelerator that irradiates a second electron beam to the purification reactor. The supply chamber includes a power supply that supplies power to each of the first electron accelerator and the second electron accelerator. The second electron accelerator is opposite to the first electron accelerator across the purification reactor.

A self-power air refresher system includes an air refresher apparatus and a plant microbial fuel cell (PMFC). The air refresher apparatus includes a fan, a filter located on an air-outlet path of the fan, and an energy storage device connected to the fan. The PMFC is disposed on the air-outlet path and includes soil contained in a container, a plant planted in the soil, and a first and second electrodes. The interaction between roots of the plant and microorganisms near the roots generates electrons, and the electrons are transmitted to the energy storage device through the first and second electrodes installed in the soil so as to enable the energy storage device to supply power to the fan. The air that has passed through the filter enters the soil of the PMFC, and is filtered by the plant and then discharged from the container.

Systems for treating air in a wet well are provided. For example, a system comprises a housing with inlet and outlet openings, where the inlet opening is on the bottom wall. The inlet opening is covered by a screen or has a filter installed within or adjacent to the opening. The system further comprising an ionization device configured to generate bi-polar ions within a compartment of the housing and a fan disposed within the compartment. The fan has an air outlet mounted to the wall of a body of the housing orthogonal to the bottom wall, where the air outlet of the fan is aligned with the outlet opening in the wall. Power is supplied from an external power source. The power is selectively connected to at least the ionization device based on a criterion.

The invention concerns an electrostatic precipitator comprising an ionisation stage, a collector stage and a power supply. The power supply comprises a first high-voltage power supply unit for applying a first DC high voltage to the ionization stage and a second high-voltage power supply unit for applying a second DC high voltage to the collector stage. The first high-voltage power supply unit is configured to operate the ionization stage current-controlled. A current sensor required for this is advantageously arranged in the return line carrying low voltage, for which purpose the first high-voltage power supply unit and the second high-voltage power supply unit are galvanically isolated from the mains connection and from each other.

A device for treating at least one gaseous stream (14) includes a single reactor (10) that is frusto-conical or cylindro-conical in shape and allows the recovery, by gravity, of the liquid products (26) obtained by treating the at least one gas stream (14) with electron beams (18), and at least: inlet element (12) for the at least one gas stream (14), disposed at the top of the single reactor (10), elements (16) for emitting an electron beam (18), the beam being oriented substantially in the direction of flow of the gas stream, outlet element (20) from the single reactor (10) for the gas products (22) that have undergone the treatment, from the at least one gaseous effluent (14), disposed at the bottom of the reactor, and elements (24) for recovering liquid sub-products (26). The corresponding treatment method is also described.

A process for direct compression of hydrogen separated from a hydrocarbon source is described herein. The process comprises a first zone wherein a hydrocarbon reaction that produce hydrogen occurs, a ceramic proton conductor which under an applied electric field transport hydrogen from said first zone to said second zone, and a second zone where compressed hydrogen is produced. The heat energy generated by ohmic resistance in the membrane is partially recuperated as chemical energy in the hydrocarbon reforming process to generate hydrogen.

An atmosphere purification reactor using an electron beam and an atmosphere purification apparatus including the same are disclosed. The atmosphere purification reactor using an electron beam according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a housing which has a predetermined length and is formed to have a hollow form such that a fluid introduced from an outside passes through the housing, a guide part which is disposed in the housing in a longitudinal direction and guides a moving path of the fluid such that the fluid moves while rotating, and a transmissive part which is provided at one side of the housing so as to transmit an electron beam into the housing.

A carbon dioxide recovery system separates carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide contained gas that contains carbon dioxide by an electrochemical reaction. The carbon dioxide recovery system includes an electrochemical cell including a working electrode and a counter electrode, the working electrode including a carbon dioxide adsorbent. When a voltage is applied between the working electrode and the counter electrode, electrons are supplied from the counter electrode to the working electrode, and the carbon dioxide adsorbent adsorbs carbon dioxide as the electrons are supplied. An electrolytic substance is provided between the working electrode and the counter electrode. The electrolytic substance is a substance having resistance to a redox reaction with at least one of the carbon dioxide contained gas, the working electrode, or the counter electrode when a voltage is applied between the working electrode and the counter electrode.