Abstract: An atmospheric CO2 capture system includes a compartment housing a solid CO2 sorbent, an exchange fluid including a chemical component with selectivity towards CO2, and an electrochemical cell or mineralization reactor in fluid communication with the compartment, the system having a cycle including a first state of sorbing CO2 from incoming air onto the solid CO2 sorbent until a saturation point is reached; a second state of regenerating the sorbent by flooding the compartment with the exchange fluid to detach CO2 from the saturated sorbent and bind the detached CO2 to the chemical component; and a third state of regenerating the chemical component and utilizing the CO2 in the electrochemical cell or mineralization reactor.

Abstract: A system for capture of atmospheric CO2 includes a reaction reactor having a solid sorbent; and a mineralization reactor downstream from the reaction reactor, the system having three states including in the reaction reactor, a first state of sequestering CO2 from air into the solid sorbent; in the reaction reactor, a second state of releasing the sequestered CO2 from the sorbent by contacting the CO2-enriched sorbent with an exchange fluid having one or more amino acids and forming a CO2-enriched exchange fluid; and in the mineralization reactor, a third state of reacting the sequestered CO2 from the CO2-enriched exchange fluid with an alkaline feedstock to form a carbonate while regenerating the exchange fluid.

Abstract: A direct air capture of CO2 system includes a first reaction reactor configured to sequester CO2 from ambient air via a fluid sorbent including one or more amino acids; and an in-situ bipolar membrane electrolyzer, connected to the first reaction reactor, configured to both (a) regenerate the fluid sorbent via chemical removal of CO2 from the fluid sorbent and (b) react the removed CO2 to a non-CO2 end-product.

Abstract: An exchange fluid having one or more amino acid for removing carbon dioxide from a solid sorbent and systems containing the same are disclosed. The exchange fluid may further include a neutralizing base for neutralizing the amino acid. The system may further employ an electrochemical cell to regenerate the exchange fluid by removing carbon dioxide from the exchange fluid without employing degrading temperatures and pressures.

Abstract: An atmospheric CO2 capture system includes a compartment housing a solid CO2 sorbent, an exchange fluid including a chemical component with selectivity towards CO2, and an electrochemical cell or mineralization reactor in fluid communication with the compartment, the system having a cycle including a first state of sorbing CO2 from incoming air onto the solid CO2 sorbent until a saturation point is reached; a second state of regenerating the sorbent by flooding the compartment with the exchange fluid to detach CO2 from the saturated sorbent and bind the detached CO2 to the chemical component; and a third state of regenerating the chemical component and utilizing the CO2 in the electrochemical cell or mineralization reactor.

Abstract: A thermochemical reactor for receiving a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide and reducing the atmospheric carbon dioxide is provided. In one or more embodiments, the thermochemical reactor may be part of an atmospheric carbon capture system that includes a solid sorbent and an exchange fluid that is cycled between the solid sorbent and the thermochemical reactor.

Abstract: A direct air capture (DAC) CO2 system includes a CO2 reaction reactor including a plurality of sorbent housing units arranged within the reaction reactor, each housing unit having an internal volume at least partially filled with a plurality of functionalized CO2 sorbent particles and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag including a sensor structured to detect a measured variable within the reaction reactor and a RFID reader compatible with the RFID tag.

Abstract: A system for capture of atmospheric CO2 includes a reaction reactor having a solid sorbent; and a mineralization reactor downstream from the reaction reactor, the system having three states including in the reaction reactor, a first state of sequestering CO2 from air into the solid sorbent; in the reaction reactor, a second state of releasing the sequestered CO2 from the sorbent by contacting the CO2-enriched sorbent with an exchange fluid having one or more amino acids and forming a CO2-enriched exchange fluid; and in the mineralization reactor, a third state of reacting the sequestered CO2 from the CO2-enriched exchange fluid with an alkaline feedstock to form a carbonate while regenerating the exchange fluid.

Abstract: A direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 system includes a reaction reactor having a solid, amine-functionalized sorbent configured to sequester CO2 from air; an in-situ dual-function device configured as a CO2 conversion reactor and an exchange fluid regeneration device; and the exchange fluid, recirculating between the reaction reactor and the dual-function device, configured to capture the sequestered CO2 from the solid sorbent in the reaction reactor and release the captured CO2 in the conversion reactor, the exchange fluid including one or more amino acids.

Abstract: A direct air capture system to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide is provided. The system may include a solid carbon dioxide sorbent and a thermal regeneration module that cycle an exchange fluid. The exchange fluid may include an amine with an affinity for carbon dioxide such that it removes carbon dioxide from the solid sorbent. The exchange fluid may be heated such as with water vapor to remove carbon dioxide from the exchange fluid such that it can be recycled back to the solid sorbent.

Abstract: A direct air capture CO2 system includes a CO2 extraction reactor having a chamber defined by a wall; an air inlet formed in the wall; an air outlet formed in the wall; and housing units defining internal volumes, the housing units arranged within the chamber, at least some of the housing units having spherical and/or ellipsoidal shapes, each of the internal volumes at least partially filled with functionalized CO2 sorbent particles.

Abstract: A method for determining the amount of adsorption of sorbents in at least one storage substance, includes determining the amount of adsorption of the sorbents taking into account both physical and chemical parameters of the at least one storage substance and taking into account a theoretical and/or data-based adsorption behavior of the at least one storage substance based on a plurality of physical data associated with different points in time and/or periods of time.

Abstract: A method includes selecting at least one adsorbent containing different storage substances for the adsorption of sorbents, taking into account both physical and chemical parameters of the different storage substances and taking into account a theoretical and/or data-based adsorption behavior of the different storage substances, the amounts of adsorption of the sorbents based on a plurality of physical data of a carrier medium associated with different points in time and/or periods of time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation system for a motor vehicle for ascertaining a navigation position, having: a plurality of receivers for receiving respective position data of a plurality of different navigation satellite systems, an inertial measuring unit for ascertaining an inertial position of the navigation system, a receiving unit for receiving correction data, an additional receiving unit for receiving certified position data, a device which is coupled to the plurality of receivers, the inertial measuring unit, the receiving unit, and the additional receiving unit so as to transmit signals, wherein the device is designed to ascertain the navigation position on the basis of the position data, the inertial position, the correction data, and the certified position data. The invention additionally relates to a method which can be carried out by the navigation device in particular.

Abstract: A roller for a printing unit of a printing press, has a roller outer body, which is mounted on a roller inner body, so as to be movable axially in a reciprocating manner. For the axial movement of the roller outer body, in at least a first direction, a pneumatic drive is provided. The pneumatic drive has at least one first chamber, which is mounted in the interior of the roller in the manner of a cylinder/piston system between one or more structural elements, that are fixed to the roller outer body, and one or more structural elements that are fixed to the roller inner body. The chamber can be pressurized with compressed air. The parts of the structural elements adjoining the chamber, and that are movable axially relative to one another, form a non-contact seal between themselves on their mutually facing sides.

Abstract: A roller for a printing unit of a printing press, has a roller outer body, which is mounted on a roller inner body, so as to be movable axially in a reciprocating manner. For the axial movement of the roller outer body, in at least a first direction, a pneumatic drive is provided. The pneumatic drive has at least one first chamber, which is mounted in the interior of the roller in the manner of a cylinder/piston system between one or more structural elements, that are fixed to the roller outer body, and one or more structural elements that are fixed to the roller inner body. The chamber can be pressurized with compressed air. The parts of the structural elements adjoining the chamber, and that are movable axially relative to one another, form a non-contact seal between themselves on their mutually facing sides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation system for a motor vehicle for ascertaining a navigation position, having: a plurality of receivers for receiving respective position data of a plurality of different navigation satellite systems, an inertial measuring unit for ascertaining an inertial position of the navigation system, a receiving unit for receiving correction data, an additional receiving unit for receiving certified position data, a device which is coupled to the plurality of receivers, the inertial measuring unit, the receiving unit, and the additional receiving unit so as to transmit signals, wherein the device is designed to ascertain the navigation position on the basis of the position data, the inertial position, the correction data, and the certified position data. The invention additionally relates to a method which can be carried out by the navigation device in particular.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrical device including an electrical component at least partially covered by a covering material having a cement material includes supplying the cement material, mixing an additive into the cement material, applying the covering material having the cement material with the additive onto the electrical component, and treating the covering material. The treatment allows the additive from the cement material to reach a surface of the cement material and to form a protective layer on the surface.

Abstract: A process for providing a substrate having a metal, glass or ceramic surface with a vitreous layer comprising an interference pigment. The process comprises comminuting an interference pigment having at least one dielectric interference layer by a wet grinding process; dispersing the comminuted interference pigment into a silicate-containing suspension to obtain a coating composition; applying the coating composition to the surface by a wet coating process; and densifying the coating composition at a temperature of not more than 650° C.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrical device including an electrical component at least partially covered by a covering material having a cement material includes supplying the cement material, mixing an additive into the cement material, applying the covering material having the cement material with the additive onto the electrical component, and treating the covering material. The treatment allows the additive from the cement material to reach a surface of the cement material and to form a protective layer on the surface.