World's largest air purifier takes on China's smog

[dorsetknob]

Sooo can those compressed particles be used for something "real"? Insulation?

Not only that but the particles it collects (predominantly carbon), it compresses and from that, they produce jewelry to sell:

 

[Frick]

Hence the "real" bit. Like "useful to society". "Productive, industrially and fiscally speaking".

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I know you dont like vids frick but hard luck.......you did ask.



here is a vid about a guy making a brick out of smog

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I wonder if it could be used in a carbon water filter. I'm guessing not but you'd think that if there is enough of the stuff, they'd find something to use it for. It is carbon and carbon is pretty valuable stuff.

 

[dorsetknob]

It is carbon and carbon is pretty valuable stuff.

Its Value depends on what form it takes

 

[FordGT90Concept]

From diamonds to coal.

 

[Caring1]

here is a vid about a guy making a brick out of smog

Kind of ironic considering Carbon is the building block of life on Earth.

 

[Recon-UK]

Air Pollution in World: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map


http://aqicn.org/map/world/#@g/24.2803/39.0621/2z

What's it like over in greenland? looks nice over there.

I do love me the cold weather, i'm a full English me

 

[Supercrit]

Nowhere it says where the electricity powering the device comes from. Beijing is far away from these huge hydro dams, highly likely these things would be powered by coal power plant, so you are producing more smog particles elsewhere near the plants, which will be blown back to the city. You will need a humungus sized solar panel to produce 1400w. I guess the guy is an artist after all, not a scientist.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Solar isn't really an option because of how dense the smog is.

I think you can reasonably expect 60w/m2 so 23m2 of panels is enough to power it about half a day...without all of the smog.

I thought the same about coal powering smog scrubbers.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Dutch inventors have unveiled a large outside air vacuum cleaner they say is capable of filtering large quantities of toxic particles from the atmosphere.

The purifier can clean about 800,000 cubic metres of air per hour, tech start-up Envinity Group said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37773746

 

[dorsetknob]

IF they Site one in Amsterdam and it sucks 800,000 cubic metres of air per hour That's like 80 Hippies Breathing full time

Ps there is bound to be one that will turn it into a shotti pipe

 

[Caring1]

But does it attract rabbits?

 

[Vayra86]

No doubt the western world will be buying them from the Chinese before long.

It's been designed by a Dutch dude, apparently.