{"id":7204,"date":"2018-01-23T05:25:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=7204"},"modified":"2018-01-23T05:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:25:40","slug":"university-of-twente-develops-c02-capture-device-to-advance-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/university-of-twente-develops-c02-capture-device-to-advance-sustainability.html","title":{"rendered":"University of Twente Develops C02 Capture Device To Advance Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have developed a\u00a0new device\u00a0for the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide to stimulate the growth of algae, an important bio-commodity. The technology can also be used to store solar and wind energy.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5691 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Algae-CO2-capture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Algae-CO2-capture-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Algae-CO2-capture-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The device, which is designed for microalgae production, can capture 500 grams of CO\u2082 daily, or the equivalent of the CO\u2082 extraction ability of four fully-grown trees. The addition of CO\u2082 accelerates algae growth.<\/p>\n<p>The CO\u2082 capture device operates using particles called \u201csorbents.\u201d These sorbents enter the device through an air flow and, once they come into contact with atmospheric gases, bind to carbon dioxide molecules in the air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/university-of-twente-capture-device-sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have developed a\u00a0new device\u00a0for the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide to stimulate the growth of algae, an important bio-commodity. The technology can also be used to store solar and wind energy. The device, which is designed for microalgae production, can capture 500 grams of CO\u2082 daily, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,10,4,33],"tags":[279,99,172],"class_list":["post-7204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algae-carbon-capture","category-algae-co2-capture","category-algae-cultivation","category-algae-cultivation-power-plants","tag-algae-cultivation-2","tag-co2-capture","tag-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7205,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7204\/revisions\/7205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}