Researchers Develop Method to Eradicate Low-Concentration Methane from Air
The Methane Eradication Photochemical System (MEPS) could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock housing, biogas production plants, and wastewater treatment plants.
- Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to eradicate low-concentration methane from air, which could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock housing, biogas production plants, and wastewater treatment plants.
- The method, dubbed the Methane Eradication Photochemical System (MEPS), uses light and chlorine to break down methane approximately 100 million times faster than the natural process.
- The researchers built a reaction chamber that can eliminate 58% of methane from air, and have since improved this to 88% in laboratory tests.
- A larger prototype of the reaction chamber is expected to arrive at the Department of Chemistry soon, which could potentially be connected to the ventilation system in a livestock barn.
- The research was conducted in collaboration between the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Arla, Skov, and the UCPH spin-out company Ambient Carbon.
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