Ngomhlaka-28 kuNhlolanja, kwamenyezelwa inkontileka phakathi kwe -Air Company , inkampani entsha egxile kuphethiloli wezindiza ozinzile, kanye noMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-US . Lo msebenzi uhlose ukudala uphethiloli wezindiza zempi ngesikhathi esifanayo unciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni emhlabeni wonke ngamaphesenti afinyelela ku-10 . Ukutshalwa kwezimali kudlula ama-€65 million, kanti lo msebenzi ozinzile ugxile ekususeni i-CO2 emkhathini ngokuyikhipha emoyeni bese uyiguqula ibe yi-paraffin noma i-alcohols esezingeni likaphethiloli.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izinkampani eziningi zigxila ekunciphiseni ukukhishwa kwazo kwekhabhoni ukuze zivikele imvelo. Kodwa-ke, i-Air Company isungule isu elisha lokusebenza ngendlela eqhubekayo, idala uphethiloli wezindiza ovela ku-CO2 . Ngenxa yezinzuzo ezibalulekile ezinikezwa yilokhu, uhulumeni wase-US uqaphele lolu hlelo futhi wabeka utshalomali olusha oluzoletha ushintsho olukhulu ezindizeni zempi zezwe.
Izindiza zempi zesikhathi esizayo zizosebenzisa uphethiloli we-CO2
Ku-United States Air Force, izindiza zempi zesikhathi esizayo ziyingxenye ebalulekile yokuzivikela kwayo. Yingakho, ezikhathini zamuva nje, uMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-US ubulokhu uthuthukisa amasu amasha okuthuthukisa lezi zindiza nokuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwezwe.
Phakathi nokusesha kwayo okunzima kwamaphrojekthi angavumela ukuthi ifinyelele lo mgomo, i-ejensi kahulumeni yahlangana ne-Air Company , inkampani entsha egxile kuphethiloli wezindiza ozinzile (i-SAF). Le nkampani yadonsa ukunaka kwezikhulu eziphezulu ngesiphakamiso sokuthi ihlela ukusebenzisa i-CO2 njengophethiloli wokunika amandla izindiza zempi , okuzosiza futhi ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni emhlabeni wonke okungenani ngo-10%.
I-Air Company isivele inenqubo yokuguqula i-CO2 ibe uphethiloli wejethi, eyanyatheliswa ephepheni elimhlophe—uhlobo lombhalo olunikeza izincazelo ezijulile zezihloko ezithandekayo ezinhlanganweni zomphakathi noma zomthetho. Lokhu kwabavumela ukuthi bancenge uMnyango Wezokuvikela ukuthi ubanikeze imvume yokwakha isitshalo sabo.
I-Air Company ithi isiqede isigaba senqubo ye-Fischer-Tropsch, esetshenziselwa ukukhiqizwa kwama-hydrocarbon aketshezi avela kugesi yokwenziwa.
Ngomhlaka-28 kuNhlolanja, kwasayinwa inkontileka ebiza ngaphezu kwama-€65 million phakathi kwe-Air Company kanye noMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-US . Njengoba kugcizelelwe yizikhulu eziphezulu, le nkontileka izohlinzeka ngezimali kule nkampani entsha ukuze kuthuthukiswe ucwaningo kanye nokuthuthukiswa kohlelo olungakhipha i-CO2 emoyeni bese luyiguqula ibe utshwala obusezingeni likaphethiloli kanye ne-parafini.
Isu leNkampani i-Air lihilela ukudala, ukuvuna, nokugcina i-CO2 ngokusebenzisa ukubilisa ummbila ezimbonini . Uma lokhu sekuqediwe, ithimba lisebenzisa i-electrolysis yamanzi ukukhiqiza i-hydrogen (H2) kanye ne-oxygen (O2). I-oxygen ibe isikhishwa emoyeni, bese igesi ye-hydrogen iphakela i-reactor equkethe i-CO2 ebanjiwe kanye ne-catalyst. Ukusabela kwamakhemikhali okubangelwayo kukhiqiza i-ethanol, i-methanol, i-paraffin, namanzi , okuyizingxenye ze-SAF (Steamed Alcohol), kanye nama-perfume kanye ne-sanitizer yezandla.
Nakuba i-Air Company ivuma ukuthi ayikwazi okwamanje ukukhiqiza ngezinga elidingekayo ukuze ithinte kakhulu amazinga e-CO2 omhlaba wonke, iveza ukuthi uma ezinye izinkampani zingasebenza kulokhu, ukukhiqizwa okulinganiselwe kungenzeka . Kodwa-ke, ukuze kufezwe lokhu, zonke izimboni ezithembele kuphethiloli kumele zishintshele kuphethiloli osimeme (SAF) ukuze kuncishiswe ngokuphelele ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni.
Inkontileka yoMnyango Wezokuvikela izosiza i-Air Company ukuthi ithuthukise inqubo yayo futhi yakhe isitshalo sokukhiqiza esikhulu, kodwa kuzothatha izinkampani ezingaphezu kweyodwa ukukhiqiza i-SAF eyanele ukondla yonke imboni.
Enye inselele abazobhekana nayo ukuthi izinhlangano eziningi ezilawulayo zigcina imikhawulo ethile ekusetshenzisweni kwe-SAF . Njengamanje, izingxube zikaphethiloli zezindiza azikwazi ukuqukatha i-SAF engaphezu kuka-50%, ngakho-ke inkampani inqunyelwe ekusebenziseni izingxenye ezidingekayo ukudala ingxube yayo. Ngakho-ke, banethemba lokuthi le mikhawulo izokhushulwa emithethweni ukuze kuvunyelwe ukusetshenziswa ngokugcwele kwe-SAF.
"Ngaphansi komthetho nemithethonqubo yamanje, kunemikhawulo yokuxuba okumele siyilandele. Uphethiloli esiwakhayo uqukethe izingxenye okungafanele zixutshwe. Silindele ukuthi, eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, leyo mikhawulo yokuxuba izokwanda nokuthi imithethonqubo ekugcineni izovumela ukusetshenziswa kwe-SAF engu-100%.
UGregory Constantine, i-CEO yeNkampani Yezindiza.
