Advanced Engineered Structures for High Performance Direct Air Capture System

Alptekin, Gökhan O. [TDA Research Inc., Golden, CO (United States)]; Jayaraman, Ambalavanan [TDA Research Inc., Golden, CO (United States)]; Gerstler, Bill [GE Vernova Operations, LLC, Niskayuna, NY (United States)]

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Advanced Engineered Structures for High Performance Direct Air Capture System

Alptekin, Gökhan O. [TDA Research Inc., Golden, CO (United States)]·Jayaraman, Ambalavanan [TDA Research Inc., Golden, CO (United States)]·Gerstler, Bill [GE Vernova Operations, LLC, Niskayuna, NY (United States)]

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This project, conducted by TDA Research, Inc. in collaboration with GE Research under DOE Award DE-FE0032261, developed and demonstrated advanced structured sorbent-coated contactors for the high-performance Direct Air Capture (DAC) of CO 2 .

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Alptekin, Gökhan O. [TDA Research Inc., Golden, CO (United States)], Jayaraman, Ambalavanan [TDA Research Inc., Golden, CO (United States)], Gerstler, Bill [GE Vernova Operations, LLC, Niskayuna, NY (United States)]. 2026-04-14. Advanced Engineered Structures for High Performance Direct Air Capture System. https://doi.org/10.2172/3029720

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