Re:Launch HN: AirMyne (YC W22) – Capturing CO2 from air at i...
by markcyffka on Thursday March 17, 2022 @03:07PM
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Most all of it comes as a side product. The amount of CO2 used for the applications listed pales in comparison to the amount used for urea (fertilizer) production.
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Re:Launch HN: AirMyne (YC W22) – Capturing CO2 from air at i...
by marcosdumay on Thursday March 17, 2022 @04:27PM
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What is different is that urea requires a power source that creates more CO2 than the chemical process uses. So you will certainly (as long as you are using fossil fuels) have a source available.
Those things I mentioned buy their CO2 on the market. I have no idea where it comes from.
Re:Launch HN: AirMyne (YC W22) – Capturing CO2 from air at i...
by noselasd on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:53AM
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Urea production requires ammonia, and the production of ammonia produces co2 in large quantities. It's not without reason the two are almost always loacted closely
Re:Launch HN: AirMyne (YC W22) – Capturing CO2 from air at i...
by markcyffka on Friday March 18, 2022 @11:23AM
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Great point & not so often talked about. Something like 230Mton of CO2 are used each year, a little more than half goes straight to urea production. By contrast only about 10% goes to the food/bev, medical, and other applications we are more familiar with on a day-to-day basis.
plot showing the breakdown with some gov't sources. --> https://www.iea.org/reports/putting-co2-to-use