Introducing A System That Fights Climate Change at Its Source.
The World's First Small-Scale Natural Gas Carbon Capture System. Developed Right Here in Canada
Carbon Capture Solutions
A Single Room With a Big Problem
A large amount of carbon dioxide (averaging 7 per cent globally and up to 20 per cent in northern countries) is produced when we heat buildings and heat water within those buildings. The heating for buildings is produced in one location: the mechanical room. This is where the water heater/boiler and climate-control systems live.
CleanO2’s CarbinX addresses the carbon-capture challenge at the source, with an appliance that fits in the mechanical room and attaches directly to natural gas heating appliances. Roughly the size of two refrigerators, a CarbinX unit is micro in scale, but mighty in impact. It does two jobs in the mechanical room: captures carbon and reclaims heat.
How CarbinX Captures Carbon
How CarbinX Captures Carbon
CarbinX captures carbon dioxide from heating-appliance flue gas in a one-step, zero-waste reaction. The CarbinX unit is charged with potassium hydroxide. This compound reacts with the carbon dioxide, producing potassium carbonate (or pearl ash).
The potassium carbonate is a valuable compound, which is used as an ingredient in a number of products, including soaps, detergents, fertilizers, pH balancers, and more. A circular economy is created as the carbonates can be sold, but the carbon remains sequestered forever.
How CarbinX Saves Money
In addition to capturing carbon, CarbinX is an economizer. It reclaims heat from two sources and recycles it for use in the building.
The first source is the heating-appliance flue gas. It contains heat which would normally escape to the atmosphere through the chimney. The second source is the carbon-capture reaction. It is an exothermic reaction, meaning it naturally generates heat of its own.
CarbinX captures the heat from the flue gas as well as from the carbon-capture reaction and uses that energy to heat domestic water for the building. As a result, CarbinX owners can anticipate as much as a 20% reduction in natural-gas costs.
