Gas Separation Unit
Make industrial gases from air on sunlight. The unit extracts oxygen and nitrogen from ambient air on mineral beds that regenerate for years.
5,758Tonnes of oxygen at 90% purity a year
SunlightRuns on the array, unattended
Industrial Gases From Air
- Oxygen at 90% purity
5,758 tonnes a year from its own mineral bed, produced for $3.21 per tonne against a conventional price of $25 to $40 - Nitrogen at 99% purity
6,786 tonnes a year, the stream that remains, produced for $2.73 per tonne against a conventional price of $20 to $30
Specification
| Rated input | 850 kilowatts |
| Materials | Off the shelf components. Mineral beds endlessly regenerated |
| Beds | Oxygen releases from its own bed; nitrogen is the stream that remains |
| Duty | Sunlight hours, unattended |
| Energy capture | 100% of array output |
| Intensity | 0.25 to 2.30 megawatt-hours per tonne |
| Accepts | Ambient air |
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