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by gus_massa 2666 days ago
Why CO2 instead of CH4? If someone else tries a similar process with CH4, will their cost be smaller?
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we use CO2 because it easily absorbs into our electrolyte and ch4 does not. ch4 is also flammable at the temperatures we operate at and this would be more difficult to design around.