Udushya tw’iyi sosiyete ikora ikoranabuhanga mu bijyanye n’ikirere duhindura dioxyde de carbone na amazi mo molekile zikoreshwa mu buhinzi, ingufu no gutwara abantu.
RICHLAND, Wash., 15 Ugushyingo 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Ikigo gishinzwe guhindura ibidukikije OCOchem cyakusanyije inkunga ya miliyoni 5 z'amadolari y'Amerika mu mishinga iturutse ku bashoramari bakomeye. INPEX Corp. nayo yitabiriye iki gikorwa. (IPXHF.NaE), Ibiro by'Umuryango bya LCY Lee na MIH Capital Management. Abashoramari bifatanya na Halliburton Labs, Halliburton's (NYSE: HAL) yihutisha ikoranabuhanga ry'ingufu n'ikirere, bashyigikira kwaguka kwa OCOchem guhera mu 2021.
Ikoresheje ikoranabuhanga ryayo bwite, iyi kompanyi ifite icyicaro i Richland, muri leta ya Washington irimo gucuruza uburyo bushya bwo guhindura dioxyde de carbone (CO2), amazi n'amashanyarazi meza hakoreshejwe amashanyarazi mo aside formique na forme, bityo ikarema molekile za platforme zitagira karubone. Ubwoko bwinshi bw'ibinyabutabire by'ingenzi, ibikoresho n'ibicanwa bisanzwe bikorwa mu bikomoka kuri hydrocarbons bikomoka kuri peteroli ubu bishobora gukorwa mu buryo burambye kandi buhendutse hakoreshejwe iyi molekile y'ubwubatsi.
OCOchem izakoresha inkunga nshya yakusanyijwe kugira ngo yongere ikoranabuhanga ryayo ryo guhindura karubone mu buryo bwa modular rigere ku rwego rw'inganda kandi ishyireho uruganda rw'igerageza rwo gukora ibikorwa byo kwerekana ubucuruzi. Abakora inganda, ingufu n'ubuhinzi bashobora kugura aside formic na formate umunyu ukorwa hakoreshejwe ikoranabuhanga rya OCOchem kugira ngo bagabanye ubukana bwa karubone mu bicuruzwa bya buri munsi, kuva ku biryo by'ibiribwa na fibre kugeza ku bikomoka kuri peteroli n'ifumbire, ku giciro kimwe cyangwa gito ugereranyije n'ibicuruzwa bisa bikozwe mu binyabutabire bya peteroli.
“Dukoresheje ikoranabuhanga rya OCOchem n’amashanyarazi meza, ubu dushobora gukora ibyo ibimera n’ibiti byakoze mu myaka ibarirwa muri za miriyari – dukoresha ingufu zisukuye kugira ngo duhindure dioxyde de carbone na amazi mo molekile z’ingirakamaro. Ariko bitandukanye na fotosite, dushobora kugenda vuba, tugakoresha ubutaka bwinshi.” “Mu buryo bwiza kandi ku giciro gito,” ibi ni ibyavuzwe n’uwashinze OCOchem akaba n’umuyobozi mukuru wayo, Todd Brix.
Joshua Fitoussi, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa TO VC, yagize ati: “Twishimiye ko amashanyarazi arimo gutangiza gahunda nshya y’inganda mu gihe ikiguzi cy’ingufu zishobora kongera gukoreshwa gikomeje kugabanuka. Amaherezo, dushobora gushyiraho ubukungu bushingiye ku ruganda rukora karubone, aho CO2 ishobora kongera gukoreshwa iba umusaruro ushobora gukorwa byoroshye kandi ikaba ububiko buhendutse bw’ibinyabutabire byinshi by’ingenzi ku bukungu bw’isi. OCOchem iri ku isonga muri izi mpinduka, isobanura uburyo CO2 ibonwa kandi igatanga umusaruro w’ingenzi muri yo. Nk’umusaruro wa mbere, aside formike y’icyatsi kibisi ni molekile ishimishije cyane kuko ifite akamaro kenshi mu masoko y’ubuhinzi n’inganda asanzweho, ndetse no mu masoko yo kubika no gutwara CO2 na hydrogen mu gihe kizaza. TO VC yishimiye gufatanya na OCOchem kugira ngo igere ku ntego yayo yo gushyira ibikomoka kuri peteroli mu butaka mu buryo bufatika.”
Uretse gushora imari muri iyo kompanyi, INPEX, ikigo kinini cyane mu Buyapani gicukura peteroli na gaze, cyafatanyije na OCOchem mu gusuzuma amahirwe y'ubufatanye hakoreshejwe ikoranabuhanga ry'iyi kompanyi mu gutwara dioxyde de carbone na hydrogen nziza.
“Hakoreshejwe ingufu zishobora kuvugururwa, ikoranabuhanga rya OCOChem rihindura amazi na dioxyde de carbone mo aside formique, ihoraho mu bihe by’ibidukikije. Aside formique ishobora kandi guhindurwamo ibice by’ingirakamaro bya karubone na hydrogen hamwe n’ingufu nke cyane. Ibi ni ingenzi kuko isi ishobora gukoresha ibikorwa remezo bikwirakwiza amazi ku isi yose mu gutwara dioxyde de carbone na hydrogen nk’ibinyobwa bifatanye n’imiti mu bushyuhe n’umuvuduko w’ikirere, bigatanga uburyo bwizewe kandi buhendutse,” ibi byavuzwe n’umuyobozi mukuru wa New Business Development, Shigeru, Thode wo muri INPEX.
Brix avuga ko OCOchem idahindura dioxyde de carbone mo ikintu cy'ingirakamaro gusa, ahubwo inagabanya ikiguzi cy'ingufu n'imyuka ihumanya ijyana no gukura karubone mu butaka, kuyitwara intera ndende no kuyitunganya ku bushyuhe bwinshi n'umuvuduko mwinshi. “Mu bikorwa byacu byibanzweho, gusimbuza karubone nk'ibiribwa hamwe na karubone ishobora kongera gukoreshwa bishobora kugabanya imyuka ihumanya ikirere ku kigero kirenga 10% no gutuma ikorwa ry'ibinyabutabire by'ingenzi, ibikomoka kuri peteroli n'ibikoresho bikoreshwa mu gace runaka. Ibicuruzwa hafi ya byose bikorerwa, bikoreshwa cyangwa bikoreshwa bishingiye kuri karubone. Biteguye. Ikibazo si karubone, ahubwo ni karubone ikurwa mu kirere, ibyo bikaba bihungabanya uburinganire bwa karubone mu kirere cy'Isi, mu nyanja no mu butaka. Mu gukura karubone mu kirere no gufata imyuka ihumanya, dushobora gushyiraho ubukungu bwa karubone ihumanya ikirere mu gihe dukora ibintu bishingiye kuri karubone isi yacu ikeneye kugira ngo itere imbere.”
Brix yavuze ko inkunga ituruka ku itsinda ry’abashoramari n’abafatanyabikorwa batandukanye ku isi ari ikimenyetso gikomeye cy’uko ikoranabuhanga rya OCOchem rikoreshwa mu gukemura ibibazo byo gukuraho karubone mu nzego nyinshi z’inganda, ingufu n’ubuhinzi. Yagize ati: “Intego yacu ni ukugira ngo isi yose yemere ikoranabuhanga ryacu atari uko rirengera ibidukikije gusa, ahubwo no kubera ko ari uburyo bwizewe, bufite ubuzima bwiza kandi buhendutse. Iyi nkunga idufasha kubaka itsinda ryacu, kwagura ikoranabuhanga ryacu no kwagura ubufatanye bwacu kugira ngo duhe ibigo byinshi uburyo bwiza kandi buhendutse bwo kugabanya imyuka ihumanya ikirere.”
Ikoranabuhanga rishya rya OCOchem rifasha mu gukuraho karuboni ku isi binyuze mu gukora ibicuruzwa hakoreshejwe karuboni n'amazi byasubiwemo aho gukoresha ibikomoka kuri peteroli bivamo karuboni nk'isoko ya karuboni na hydrogen. Uruganda rw'iyi sosiyete ruhindura karuboni, rwitwa OCOchem Carbon FluX electrolyser, rushobora kubakwa no gushyirwa ku gipimo icyo ari cyo cyose.
OCOchem ni ikigo gishya mu ikoranabuhanga risukuye gicuruza ikoranabuhanga ryacyo rifite uburenganzira bwo guhindura dioxyde de carbone na amazi mu buryo bw'amashanyarazi bikavamo molekile zirambye zishobora gukoreshwa mu gukora izindi miti, ibikomoka kuri peteroli n'ibindi bikoresho bihendutse kandi bisukuye, harimo na hydrogen isukuye kandi ikwirakwizwa. OCOchem yafunguwe mu mpera za 2020 kandi ikora ibikorwa byayo by'ibanze byo gukora ubushakashatsi no guteza imbere laboratwari n'inganda i Richland, muri Washington. Umwaka ushize, ikigo cyubatse electrolyser nini cyane ku isi ya dioxyde de carbone. Kubindi bisobanuro, sura www.ocochem.com.
TO VC ishyigikira amatsinda y’ingenzi akemura ibibazo bikomeye ku isi. TO VC ni ikigega cy’imari gishya cyo mu rwego rwo hasi cyo gukuraho karuboni mu bikorwa byo gushora imari mu bigo bikora ikoranabuhanga mu mihindagurikire y’ikirere mu buryo bw’ibiribwa, mu buryo bw’ingufu no mu gukuraho karuboni. Abafatanyabikorwa bakuru ba TO VC Arie Mimran na Joshua Fitoussi bizera ko izi ari zo nzego eshatu zikomeye cyane zo guhanga udushya kugira ngo hagerwe ku ibyuka bihumanya ikirere bitarenze umwaka wa 2050 no kugarura uburinganire hagati y’ubuzima bw’abantu n’ubw’isi. TO VC izera ko amasosiyete akomeye mu gihe kizaza azaba ari amasosiyete ashinzwe imihindagurikire y’ikirere, kandi amasosiyete akurura abantu cyane muri iki gihe ni afite intego yo gukemura imihindagurikire y’ikirere. Kugira ngo umenye byinshi, sura urubuga rwa www.vc.
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