Izinto ezintsha zenkampani yezobuchwepheshe besimo sezulu ziguqula i-carbon dioxide namanzi zibe ama-molecule epulatifomu azinzile ukuze asetshenziswe kwezolimo, amandla kanye nezokuthutha.
RICHLAND, Wash., Novemba 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Inkampani entsha ekhiqiza ukuguqulwa kwekhabhoni i-OCOchem iqoqe uxhaso lwemali oluyizigidi ezi-5 zamaRandi kubatshalizimali abaphambili. I-INPEX Corp. nayo ihlanganyele kulo mjikelezo. (IPXHF.NaE), iHhovisi Lomndeni i-LCY Lee kanye ne-MIH Capital Management. Abatshalizimali bajoyina i-Halliburton Labs, i-Halliburton's (NYSE: HAL) esheshisa ubuchwepheshe bamandla nesimo sezulu, isekela ukwanda kwe-OCOchem kusukela ngo-2021.
Isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo obukhethekile, inkampani eseRichland, eWashington ithengisa indlela entsha yokuguqula i-carbon dioxide (CO2) ephinde yasetshenziswa ngogesi (i-CO2), amanzi kanye nogesi ohlanzekile kube yi-formic acid kanye nama-formetes, ngaleyo ndlela idale ama-molecule epulatifomu angenawo ugesi aguquguqukayo. Uhla olubanzi lwamakhemikhali abalulekile, izinto zokwakha kanye namafutha enziwe ngokwesiko ngama-hydrocarbon asekelwe kuphethiloli wezinto zasendulo manje lungenziwa ngendlela eqhubekayo nengabizi kakhulu kusetshenziswa le molekyuli yokwakha.
I-OCOchem izosebenzisa imali esanda kuqoqwa ukukhulisa ubuchwepheshe bayo bokuguqulwa kwekhabhoni eguquguqukayo ibe yizinga lezimboni futhi isungule isitshalo sokuhlola semisebenzi yokubonisa ezentengiselwano. Abakhiqizi bezimboni, amandla kanye nezolimo bangathenga usawoti we-formic acid kanye ne-formate okhiqizwa kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe be-OCOchem ukunciphisa ukuqina kwekhabhoni yemikhiqizo yansuku zonke, kusukela ekudleni kanye ne-fiber kuya kuphethiloli kanye nomanyolo, ngezindleko ezifanayo noma eziphansi kunemikhiqizo efanayo eyenziwe ngamakhemikhali kaphethiloli.
“Sisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-OCOchem kanye nogesi ohlanzekile, manje sesingenza lokho izitshalo nezihlahla ezikwenzile izigidigidi zeminyaka – sisebenzisa amandla ahlanzekile ukuguqula i-carbon dioxide namanzi abe ama-molecule awusizo ezinto eziphilayo. Kodwa ngokungafani ne-photosynthesis, singahamba ngokushesha, sisebenzise umhlaba omningi.” “ngokusebenza kahle nangezindleko eziphansi,” kusho umsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-OCOchem uTodd Brix.
UJoshua Fitoussi, uMphathi Ophethe we-TO VC, uthe: “Siyajabula ukuthi i-electrochemistry iletha indlela entsha yezimboni njengoba izindleko zamandla avuselelekayo ziqhubeka nokwehla. Ekugcineni, singakha umnotho wekhabhoni oyindilinga, lapho i-CO2 ephinde yasetshenziswa iba umkhiqizo ongakhiqizwa kalula futhi ibe yi-feedstock engabizi kakhulu yamakhemikhali amaningi abalulekile emnothweni womhlaba. I-OCOchem ihamba phambili kulolu shintsho, ichaza kabusha indlela i-CO2 ebhekwa ngayo futhi ikhiqiza imikhiqizo ebalulekile kuyo. Njengomkhiqizo wokuqala, i-green formic acid iyi-molecule ethakazelisa kakhulu ngoba inezicelo eziningi ezimakethe zezolimo nezezimboni ezikhona, kanye nasezimakethe zesikhathi esizayo zokugcina kanye nezokuthutha ze-CO2 kanye ne-hydrogen. I-TO VC iyaziqhenya ngokubambisana ne-OCOchem ukuze ifeze umgomo wayo wokubeka uphethiloli emhlabathini ube ngokoqobo.”
Ngaphezu kokutshala imali kule nkampani, i-INPEX, inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke yokuhlola uwoyela negesi eJapane, isebenzisana ne-OCOchem ukuhlola amathuba okubambisana kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe benkampani ukuthutha i-carbon dioxide kanye ne-hydrogen ehlanzekile.
“Kusetshenziswa amandla avuselelekayo, ubuchwepheshe be-OCOChem buguqula amanzi kanye ne-carbon dioxide kube yi-formic acid, ezinzile ngaphansi kwezimo zemvelo. I-formic acid ingaguqulwa futhi ibe yizingxenye ze-carbon ne-hydrogen eziwusizo ngokufakwa kwamandla amancane. Lokhu kubalulekile ngoba umhlaba ungasebenzisa ingqalasizinda yokusatshalaliswa koketshezi emhlabeni jikelele ekhona ukuthutha i-carbon dioxide ne-hydrogen njengoketshezi oluhlanganiswe ngamakhemikhali emazingeni okushisa aphansi kanye nokucindezeleka, okuhlinzeka ngendlela ephephile nengabizi kakhulu,” kusho i-CEO ye-New Business Development uShigeru. Thode wase-INPEX.
UBrix uthi i-OCOchem ayiguquli nje kuphela i-carbon dioxide ibe yinto ewusizo, kodwa futhi inciphisa izindleko zamandla ezengeziwe kanye nokukhishwa kwegesi okuhlobene nokukhipha i-carbon yakudala emhlabathini, ukuyithutha amabanga amade nokuyicubungula emazingeni okushisa aphezulu kanye nokucindezela. “Ezinhlelweni zethu eziqondiwe, ukufaka esikhundleni se-carbon yakudala njenge-feedstock nge-carbon evuselelekayo kunganciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-carbon emhlabeni wonke ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwe-10 futhi kwenze ukukhiqizwa kwamakhemikhali abalulekile, uphethiloli nezinto zokwakha kube sendaweni. Cishe yonke imikhiqizo ekhiqizwayo, esetshenziswayo noma esetshenziswayo incike ku-carbon. Ilungile. Inkinga akuyona i-carbon, kodwa i-carbon ekhishwe endaweni, ephazamisa ibhalansi ye-carbon emkhathini woMhlaba, olwandle kanye nomhlabathi. Ngokukhipha i-carbon emoyeni kanye nokubamba ukukhishwa kwegesi, singakha umnotho we-carbon oyindilinga onciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi ngenkathi sikhiqiza imikhiqizo esekelwe ku-carbon umhlaba wethu oyidingayo ukuze uchume.”
UBrix uthe ukwesekwa okuvela eqenjini elihlukahlukene lomhlaba wonke labatshalizimali kanye nabalingani bemboni kuwukuvumelana okuqinile kokusebenza kabanzi kobuchwepheshe be-OCOchem bezixazululo zokususa i-carbonization kuzo zonke izimboni, amandla kanye nezolimo. “Umgomo wethu ukwenza umhlaba wamukele ubuchwepheshe bethu hhayi nje ngoba bunobungani nemvelo, kodwa futhi ngoba buyindlela ephephile, enempilo futhi engabizi kakhulu. Lolu xhaso lusenza sikwazi ukwakha ithimba lethu, sandise ubuchwepheshe bethu futhi sandise ubudlelwano bethu ukuze sinikeze amabhizinisi amaningi izindlela ezihlanzekile nezishibhile zokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi.”
Ubuchwepheshe obusha be-OCOchem busiza ekususeni i-carbon emhlabeni ngokukhiqiza imikhiqizo kusetshenziswa i-carbon ephinde yabanjwa kanye namanzi esikhundleni samafutha akhishwe njengomthombo we-carbon ne-hydrogen. Isitshalo senkampani sokuguqula i-carbon modular, esibizwa ngokuthi i-OCOchem Carbon FluX electrolyser, singakhiwa futhi sisetshenziswe kunoma yisiphi isikali.
I-OCOchem iyinkampani entsha yobuchwepheshe obuhlanzekile ethengisa ubuchwepheshe bayo obunelungelo lobunikazi bokuguqula i-carbon dioxide namanzi ngamakhemikhali abe ama-molecule azinzile angasetshenziswa ukukhiqiza amanye amakhemikhali ahlanzekile, angabizi kakhulu, kufaka phakathi i-hydrogen ehlanzekile, esatshalaliswayo. I-OCOchem yavulwa ngasekupheleni kuka-2020 futhi isebenza imisebenzi yayo eyinhloko yocwaningo nokuthuthukiswa kwelebhu kanye nokukhiqiza eRichland, eWashington. Ngonyaka odlule inkampani yakha i-electrolyser enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ye-carbon dioxide. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, vakashela ku-www.ocochem.com.
I-TO VC isekela amaqembu abalulekile axazulula izinkinga ezibucayi kakhulu emhlabeni. I-TO VC iyisikhwama sokuqala sokususa i-carbonization esitshala imali ezinkampanini zobuchwepheshe besimo sezulu kuzo zonke izinhlelo zokudla, izinhlelo zamandla kanye nokususwa kwe-carbon. Ozakwethu Abaphethe be-TO VC U-Arie Mimran noJoshua Fitoussi bakholelwa ukuthi lezi yizindawo ezintathu ezinamandla kakhulu zokusungula izinto ezintsha ukuze kufezwe ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa ngo-2050 futhi kubuyiselwe ibhalansi phakathi kwempilo yabantu neyeplanethi. I-TO VC ikholelwa ukuthi izinkampani ezinkulu zesikhathi esizayo zizoba izinkampani zesimo sezulu, kanti izinkampani ezikhanga kakhulu namuhla yilezo ezinomsebenzi wokuxazulula ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, vakashela ku-.vc.
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