Commercial evaluation of a device for collection and control of carbon dioxide: solving the CO2 supply challenge.

气候变化实验分析的一个重要障碍是二氧化碳（CO2）气体的商业成本。二氧化碳可以装在钢瓶或散装储罐中，但这些都造成了价格“瓶颈”，迄今为止还没有以任何可持续的方式被克服。天然气供应严重限制了调查和预测气候变化的大规模实验的性质。预测可能对未来的全球商品价格产生深远的影响，因此对许多组织都很重要。为了满足具有成本效益的二氧化碳气体供应的需求，阿伯里斯特威斯大学的研究人员正在开发一种可持续的、碳中和的设备，用于集中和控制高浓度的二氧化碳气体。根据该探路者，对商业需求和知识产权地位的评估将确定研究实验中的具体市场机会。另一个应用，为了扩大园艺设备的规模，将评估现有的二氧化碳供应成本，目前限制了使用这种气体加速作物产量的好处。市场审查的关键是计算制造设备的竞争性估计产品成本。这一计算将为评估该技术最合适的上市途径提供信息。探路者下的技术工作，以高风险技术里程碑的形式，需要确认设备（在其优化设计中）将满足控制二氧化碳流量和浓度的定义行业要求。这一技术要求对于将技术推向具有高商业利益的产品至关重要。调查结果将作为后续资金申请的依据。根据后续基金的设想，研究规模设备的商业设计规范将最终确定、建造和现场测试。将具体规定扩大园艺技术的规模。与此同时，后续资金将支助确定实地单位和园艺系统的最后成品成本，查明可能的制造商和正式确定进入市场的路线。

A significant barrier to the experimental analysis of climate change is the commercial cost of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas. CO2 is available in cylinders or bulk tanks however these create a price 'bottle neck' that has not yet been overcome in any sustainable way to date. Gas supply severely limits the nature of large scale experimentation to investigate and predict climate change. Predictions may have a profound impact on global commodity prices in the future and are therefore important to many organisations. To meet the need for cost effective CO2 gas supply, Aberystwyth University researchers are developing a sustainable, carbon neutral device for concentrating and controlling high levels of carbon dioxide gas. Under this Pathfinder an assessment of the commercial need and intellectual property position will define the specific market opportunity in research experimentation. An additional application, for the scale up of the device in horticulture, will be evaluated as existing CO2 supply costs currently limit the benefits to using this gas to accelerate crop yield. Essential to the market review is the calculation of a competitive, estimated Cost of Goods for a manufactured device. This calculation will inform the evaluation of the most appropriate route to market for the technology. Technical work under the Pathfinder, in the form of a high risk technical milestone, is required to confirm that the device (in its optimised design) will meet defined industry requirements for controlled CO2 flow and concentration. This technical requirement is essential to progress the technology towards a product of high commercial interest.Findings would underpin an application for Follow on Funding. Under the Follow on Fund it is envisaged that the commercial design specification for a research scale device would be finalised, built and field tested. Scale up of the technology for horticulture use would be specified. In parallel, Follow on Funding would support the determination of the final manufactured Cost of Goods for the field unit and the horticulture system, the identification of possible manufacturers and the formalising of the route to market.