Zatsopano za kampani yaukadaulo wa nyengo zimasintha carbon dioxide ndi madzi kukhala mamolekyu okhazikika ogwiritsidwa ntchito muulimi, mphamvu ndi mayendedwe.
RICHLAND, Wash., Novembala 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Kampani yogulitsa zinthu zosinthidwa ndi mpweya yotchedwa OCOchem yapeza ndalama zokwana $5 miliyoni kuchokera kwa osunga ndalama otsogola. INPEX Corp. idatenga nawo gawo mu mpikisanowu. (IPXHF.NaE), Ofesi ya Banja la LCY Lee ndi MIH Capital Management. Osunga ndalama alowa nawo Halliburton Labs, kampani yolimbikitsa mphamvu ndi ukadaulo wa nyengo ku Halliburton's (NYSE: HAL), kuthandizira kukulitsa kwa OCOchem kuyambira mu 2021.
Pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wake wapadera, kampani ya Richland, Washington ikugulitsa njira yatsopano yosinthira carbon dioxide (CO2), madzi ndi magetsi oyera pogwiritsa ntchito magetsi kukhala formic acid ndi mawonekedwe ake, motero kupanga mamolekyu osiyanasiyana osagwiritsa ntchito carbon. Mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mankhwala ofunikira, zipangizo ndi mafuta opangidwa mwachizolowezi kuchokera ku ma hydrocarbons okhala ndi mafuta oyambira tsopano akhoza kupangidwa mwanjira yokhazikika komanso yotsika mtengo pogwiritsa ntchito molekyulu iyi yomangira.
OCOchem idzagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zomwe zapezedwa kumene kuti iwonjezere ukadaulo wake wosinthira mpweya kukhala mafakitale ndikukhazikitsa fakitale yoyesera yochitira ntchito zowonetsera zamalonda. Opanga mafakitale, mphamvu ndi ulimi akhoza kugula formic acid ndi mchere wa formate wopangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa OCOchem kuti achepetse mphamvu ya mpweya wa zinthu zatsiku ndi tsiku, kuyambira chakudya ndi ulusi mpaka mafuta ndi feteleza, pamtengo womwewo kapena wotsika kuposa zinthu zofanana zopangidwa ndi petrochemicals.
"Pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa OCOchem ndi magetsi oyera, tsopano titha kuchita zomwe zomera ndi mitengo yachita kwa zaka mabiliyoni ambiri - kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zoyera kuti tisinthe carbon dioxide ndi madzi kukhala mamolekyu othandiza achilengedwe. Koma mosiyana ndi photosynthesis, titha kuyenda mwachangu, kugwiritsa ntchito nthaka yambiri." "Mwanzeru komanso pamtengo wotsika," adatero Todd Brix, yemwe anayambitsa OCOchem komanso CEO. "
Joshua Fitoussi, Managing Partner wa TO VC, anati: “Tikusangalala kuti electrochemistry ikuyambitsa njira yatsopano yamafakitale pamene mtengo wa mphamvu zongowonjezwdwanso ukupitirira kutsika. Pamapeto pake, tikhoza kupanga chuma chozungulira cha kaboni, komwe CO2 yobwezerezedwanso imakhala chinthu chomwe chingapangidwe mosavuta komanso chakudya chotsika mtengo kwambiri cha mankhwala osawerengeka ofunikira pachuma cha padziko lonse lapansi. OCOchem ili patsogolo pa kusinthaku, kufotokozeranso momwe CO2 imawonedwera ndikupanga zinthu zofunika kuchokera pamenepo. Monga chinthu choyamba, asidi wobiriwira wa formic ndi molekyulu yosangalatsa kwambiri chifukwa imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'misika yaulimi ndi mafakitale yomwe ilipo, komanso m'misika yamtsogolo yosungira ndi kunyamula CO2 ndi hydrogen. TO VC ikunyadira kugwirizana ndi OCOchem kuti ikwaniritse cholinga chake choyika mafuta m'nthaka kukhala chenicheni.”
Kuwonjezera pa kuyika ndalama mu kampaniyo, INPEX, kampani yayikulu kwambiri yofufuza, kupanga ndi kupanga mafuta ndi gasi ku Japan, yagwirizana ndi OCOchem kuti iwone mwayi wogwirizana pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa kampaniyo ponyamula mpweya wa carbon dioxide ndi hydrogen woyera.
"Pogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zongowonjezwdwanso, ukadaulo wa OCOChem umasintha madzi ndi carbon dioxide kukhala formic acid, yomwe imakhala yokhazikika pansi pa nyengo. Formic acid imathanso kusinthidwa kukhala zinthu zothandiza za carbon ndi hydrogen popanda kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri. Izi ndizofunikira chifukwa dziko lapansi lingagwiritse ntchito zomangamanga zomwe zilipo padziko lonse lapansi zogawa madzi kuti zinyamule carbon dioxide ndi hydrogen ngati zakumwa zolumikizidwa ndi mankhwala pa kutentha ndi kupsinjika kwa malo ozungulira, zomwe zimapereka njira yotetezeka komanso yotsika mtengo," adatero CEO wa New Business Development Shigeru. Thode wochokera ku INPEX.
Brix akunena kuti OCOchem sikuti imangosintha carbon dioxide kukhala chinthu chothandiza, komanso imachepetsa ndalama zowonjezera zamagetsi ndi mpweya woipa wokhudzana ndi kutulutsa carbon kuchokera pansi, kuinyamula mtunda wautali ndikuikonza kutentha kwambiri ndi kupsinjika. "Mu ntchito zathu zomwe tikufuna, kusintha carbon ngati chakudya ndi carbon yongowonjezwdwanso kungachepetse mpweya woipa wa carbon padziko lonse ndi zoposa 10% ndikupanga kupanga mankhwala ofunikira, mafuta ndi zinthu zina kukhala zapafupi. Pafupifupi zinthu zonse zopangidwa, zogwiritsidwa ntchito kapena zogwiritsidwa ntchito zimadalira carbon. Zokonzeka. Vuto si carbon, koma carbon yotengedwa kuchokera ku geosphere, yomwe imasokoneza bwino carbon mumlengalenga, m'nyanja ndi m'nthaka ya Dziko Lapansi. Mwa kuchotsa carbon mumlengalenga ndikugwira mpweya woipa, titha kupanga chuma cha carbon chozungulira chomwe chimachepetsa mpweya woipa pamene tikupanga zinthu zomwe dziko lathu limafuna kuti lipite patsogolo."
Brix adati thandizo lochokera ku gulu losiyanasiyana la osunga ndalama m'makampani ndi ogwirizana nawo likutsimikizira kwambiri kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa ukadaulo wa OCOchem pochotsa mpweya woipa m'magawo ambiri a mafakitale, mphamvu ndi ulimi. "Cholinga chathu ndikupangitsa dziko lonse lapansi kuvomereza ukadaulo wathu osati chifukwa chakuti ndi wosamalira chilengedwe, komanso chifukwa ndi njira yotetezeka, yathanzi komanso yotsika mtengo. Ndalamazi zimatithandiza kumanga gulu lathu, kukulitsa ukadaulo wathu ndikukulitsa mgwirizano wathu kuti mabizinesi ambiri apereke njira zoyera komanso zotsika mtengo zochepetsera mpweya woipa."
Ukadaulo watsopano wa OCOchem umathandiza kuchotsa mpweya wa carbon padziko lonse lapansi popanga zinthu pogwiritsa ntchito mpweya wa carbon ndi madzi obwezerezedwanso m'malo mwa mafuta opangidwa kuchokera ku zinthu zakale monga gwero la mpweya wa carbon ndi hydrogen. Chomera chosinthira mpweya cha kampaniyo, chotchedwa OCOchem Carbon FluX electrolyser, chikhoza kumangidwa ndikuyikidwa pamlingo uliwonse.
OCOchem ndi kampani yatsopano yaukadaulo yoyera yomwe imagulitsa ukadaulo wake wokhala ndi patent wosinthira kaboni diokiside ndi madzi kukhala mamolekyu okhazikika omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito kupanga mankhwala ena otsika mtengo, mafuta ndi zinthu zoyera, kuphatikizapo hydrogen yoyera, yogawidwa. OCOchem idatsegulidwa kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2020 ndipo imayang'anira kafukufuku wake woyambirira ndi chitukuko cha labotale ndi ntchito zopangira ku Richland, Washington. Chaka chatha kampaniyo idamanga electrolyser yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ya kaboni diokiside. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani ku www.ocochem.com.
TO VC imathandizira magulu ofunikira kuthetsa mavuto ovuta kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. TO VC ndi gawo loyambirira la ndalama zochotsera mpweya woipa zomwe zimayika ndalama m'makampani aukadaulo wa nyengo m'machitidwe azakudya, machitidwe amagetsi ndi kuchotsa mpweya woipa. TO VC Managing Partners Arie Mimran ndi Joshua Fitoussi amakhulupirira kuti awa ndi madera atatu amphamvu kwambiri opanga zatsopano kuti akwaniritse kutulutsa mpweya woipa wowononga chilengedwe pofika chaka cha 2050 ndikubwezeretsa mgwirizano pakati pa thanzi la anthu ndi la dziko lapansi. TO VC ikukhulupirira kuti makampani akuluakulu amtsogolo adzakhala makampani a nyengo, ndipo makampani okongola kwambiri masiku ano ndi omwe ali ndi cholinga chothetsa kusintha kwa nyengo. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani ku.vc.
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