Prototype Images
At the front of our model, we have a mock fan to demonstrate how the flue gas will be sucked into the machine and be captured. The white Styrofoam square represents the screen or filter that contains the liquid sodium hydroxide solution, which is used to separate carbon dioxide from the atmospheric flue gases. The small tube at the top depicts the HEVUVL (High Energy Vacuum Ultraviolet Laser) to split the carbon dioxide molecules two oxygen molecules (Breathable air), and a single carbon atom. The black Styrofoam portrays the membrane that only allows oxygen to pass through, letting it go into the environment, whereas the carbon goes through a pipeline that leads to a carbon storing container (Not included in model).