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20220418 - Earth Week: Mechanical Tree - Tempe

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Research Professor John Cirucci, in the green hard hat, speaks about the prototype carbon capture mechanism in “Scaling Innovation: How the MechanicalTree™ exemplifies innovation at scale,” part of ASU’s celebration of Earth Week, Monday, April 18, 2022, outside of Biodesign C. The first ever MechanicalTree™ is a partnership with Carbon Collect and the ASU Center for Negative Carbon Emissions. The 40-foot tall structure is based on the research of Klaus Lackner, an engineering professor and director of the ASU Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, and marketed by Carbon Collect Inc., based in Dublin. Lackner developed the proprietary technology for the mechanical tree to remove carbon dioxide from passing air to combat global warming at scale. It acts like a tree that is thousands of times more efficient at removing CO2. The 30-foot tall “mechanical trees,” with 150 disks instead of leaves, allow the captured gas to be sequestered or sold for reuse in various applications, such as synthetic fuels, enhanced oil recovery, food, beverage and agriculture industries. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News

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Research Professor John Cirucci, in the green hard hat, speaks about the prototype carbon capture mechanism in “Scaling Innovation: How the MechanicalTree™ exemplifies innovation at scale,” part of ASU’s celebration of Earth Week, Monday, April 18, 2022, outside of Biodesign C. The first ever MechanicalTree™ is a partnership with Carbon Collect and the ASU Center for Negative Carbon Emissions. The 40-foot tall structure is based on the research of Klaus Lackner, an engineering professor and director of the ASU Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, and marketed by Carbon Collect Inc., based in Dublin. Lackner developed the proprietary technology for the mechanical tree to remove carbon dioxide from passing air to combat global warming at scale. It acts like a tree that is thousands of times more efficient at removing CO2. The 30-foot tall “mechanical trees,” with 150 disks instead of leaves, allow the captured gas to be sequestered or sold for reuse in various applications, such as synthetic fuels, enhanced oil recovery, food, beverage and agriculture industries. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News