{"id":45236,"date":"2023-09-06T15:39:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/chembe\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45236"},"modified":"2023-10-31T10:38:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:38:49","slug":"startup-co-led-by-wang-raises-3m-to-scale-carbon-removal-tech","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/chembe\/news\/startup-co-led-by-wang-raises-3m-to-scale-carbon-removal-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup Co-Led by Wang Raises $3M to Scale Carbon-Removal Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A startup co-led by<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/energyinstitute.jhu.edu\/\">Ralph O\u2019Connor Sustainable Energy Institute<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(ROSEI) core faculty<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/chembe\/faculty\/chao-wang\/\">Chao Wang<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>received $3 million in seed funding from the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granthamfoundation.org\/\">Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment<\/a>, an early-stage investor in climate-related innovations. The funding will allow<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edaclabs.com\/\">EDAC Labs<\/a>, an innovator in using electrochemistry to clean the air, to scale up its unique carbon-removal technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will help EDAC Labs tremendously,\u201d said Wang, EDAC Labs\u2019s chief technology officer and an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/\">Whiting School of Engineering<\/a>. \u201cMore than anything, we\u2019re very excited to be working with Grantham. They have invested in a series of clean-energy tech companies, so they have a lot of connections in the energy industry and bring other knowledge to EDAC Labs. We\u2019re viewing this as more than just a money investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The funding will support the development of EDAC Labs\u2019 electrosynthesizer (ES), which produces acid and base from brine. The base is used to react with carbon dioxide in the air to form carbonates. The acid is then added to the carbonate solution to release carbon dioxide. Salt is regenerated from this last step and recycled to the ES, forming a closed-loop system. Powered by renewable electricity, the EDACTM process uses only half the energy of conventional methods to capture carbon dioxide from air, said Wang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actual chemistry being done is not overly complex: You can find it in science textbooks for middle or high school students,\u201d he said. \u201cWe do everything at room temperature and atmospheric pressure; it is an easy process to replicate but it\u2019s also very robust. Currently, we can capture kilograms of carbon dioxide per day, but we\u2019ll be able to do tons soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Extensive research supported by ROSEI\u2019s carbon pillar has led to the development of this technology, which is now licensed by Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV).<\/p>\n<p>Wang hopes the technology being developed by EDAC will someday be used at Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my dreams with this technology is to build a system like it on the Homewood campus and make our campus carbon neutral,\u201d Wang said. \u201cOne lesson from the haze that was caused by the Canadian wildfires earlier this year is, everyone in Baltimore shares the responsibility of addressing the challenge of climate change, including us at Hopkins. 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