Today pollution is a global concern for all countries. Governments of different countries are also working to reduce pollution. But today we are going to tell you about a vacuum cleaner, which is the world’s largest vacuum cleaner. Through which efforts are being made to reduce pollution. Know where this vacuum cleaner is and how it works.
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Let us tell you that a Swiss firm named Climeworkers has installed its direct air capture technology device in Iceland. Which has been named ‘Mammoth’. Actually, this device is capable of removing climate pollutants from the atmosphere by working like the world’s largest vacuum cleaner. It is 10 times larger than the previously built Orca device of Climeworkers, which was operational in the year 2021.
How does this machine work?
According to the information, the DAC technology used by this vacuum cleaner extracts carbon from the air and puts it deep below the ground. Which then turns it into stone. In this way, carbon can be permanently prevented from going into the air. Let us tell you that the company has partnered with Iceland’s firm Carbfix for this carbon prevention process.
how much capacity
This entire scheme is powered by geothermal energy from Iceland. This machine is capable of removing 36,000 tonnes of carbon annually. Let us tell you that Climeworkers started the construction of Mammoth in June 2022. It has a modular design with space for 72 ‘collector containers’, which remove carbon from the air. At present, there are 12 containers in this device, but more containers will be added to them in the next few months. This will give Mammoth the capacity to remove 36,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere annually. This is equivalent to removing about 7,800 gas-powered cars from the road.
At the same time, the company’s co-founder and co-CEO Jan Wurzbacher said that the way they are increasing the size of their equipment, their target is to reach 300 to 350 dollars per tonne (about Rs 25,000-29,000 per tonne) by the year 2030. Stuart Hazeldine, Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage at the University of Edinburgh, said that this device can help in the fight against climate change.
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