Japanese ceramics firm NGK Insulators has applied its long-standing technology expertise to direct air capture (DAC) and devised a new technology.
In a media briefing in Nagoya, NGK presented on its proprietary DAC work and discussed how it could have a role in the future energy transition.
Demonstrations of its system have shown carbon dioxide concentrations dropping to ‘near zero’ as ambient air is passed through NGK’s honeycomb structures.
Professor Hidetaka Yamada of Kanazawa University noted that current DAC technologies are split between liquid absorption methods (around 20%) and solid adsorption methods (around 70%).
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