World’s largest plant to suck carbon dioxide from the air begins operations
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Recently, the world’s largest plant to suck carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air started operations in Iceland. Here, ‘plant’ means a machine or factory.
They have named the plant Orca. Orca comes from the Icelandic word orka which means energy.
Two companies, namely, Switzerland’s Climeworks and Iceland’s Carbfix constructed the plant. The Orca plant consists of two metal boxes and its appearance is said to be similar to to the containers used for maritime (ocean) transport. The Orca plant will draw 4000 tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the air every year.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that the amount of CO2 sucked out from the air will be equivalent to how much pollution 870 cars release every year.
What is the US Environmental Protection Agency ?
US Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the US government and it looks after the environmental protection matters.
How the world’s largest plant to suck carbon dioxide from the air work?
The plant uses fans to draw air into a collector which has a filter material beneath it. As the filter fills with carbon dioxide, the collector is closed and the temperature is raised to release the carbon dioxide from the material. After that, the carbon dioxide is mixed with water and is injected into a basalt rock where it is turned into a solid substance.
Scientists say that this kind of process of carbon capture and storage can be a major tool to fight against climate change in the near future.
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