Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 using cooling towers

Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by jsantos511 on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:37PM (#26144932)

Thanks for the tip on ammonia plants! Ammonia is one of the top sources of CO2 sold commercially, second to ethanol plants.

I have nothing but respect for what Carbon Engineering has done. In many ways, they opened people's eyes to what's possible when it comes to direct air carbon capture. The more people doing carbon capture, the better - we have 1T tons of CO2 to capture, and we need as many shots on goal as possible to get there!

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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by avernon on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:47PM (#26145069)

I think most process engineers at an ammonia plant would be interested to hear about it because it is an elegant solution. I'd focus any pitch on working with them to make sure your process will not interfere with their process. The people that run these plants are highly incentivized based on run time and they run them at 99.9% type uptimes. They'll think its cool and good for PR as long it they feel like there is no chance to have their plant disrupted or equipment damaged by more corrosive CW.

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Re:Launch HN: Noya (YC W21) – Direct air capture of CO2 usin... by jsantos511 on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:57PM (#26146541)

Makes sense - thanks for the recommendation!

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