Environmentally friendly mosquito trap by using adsorption technology

蚊子是体外寄生虫，是病毒的携带者和众所周知的人类疾病的载体。目前，阻止蚊子的最常见方法是通过使用化学方法，例如，使用杀虫剂或驱蚊剂来阻止和杀死蚊子。然而，化学喷雾剂和驱虫剂可能对人体健康产生不利影响。为了解决这个问题，CO2和热吸引已经得到普及，但目前的方法使用轻质化石燃料来产生这种热量和CO2。这需要不断地重新填充丙烷/天然气罐，并且由于燃烧不可再生的化石燃料而可能被认为对环境有害。 该公司的具体问题是消除对燃烧的需要，并通过使用一种新的从大气中吸附捕获CO2的方法来取代目前的CO2生产。这样的过程将使用吸附剂来捕获大气中自然存在的二氧化碳，并在一天中蚊子存在最多的特定时间和人类受影响最大的时间将其释放回环境中。这种在白天的吸附和在一天的高峰时间的解吸将需要能量源来解吸CO2。这种能源将由电池提供，电池将在白天充电，并在需要时激活。 Fineline制造公司建议这样的系统可以取代目前使用的燃烧轻质化石燃料的捕蚊器。因此，需要对吸附剂和吸附系统有深入的了解，并对系统进行创新设计，总体目标是利用这些知识生产市场上可用的产品。

Mosquitos are ectoparasites that are carriers of viruses and a well-known vector of human diseases. Currently, the most common ways in which to deter mosquitos are through the use of chemical methods, e.g., using pesticides or mosquito repellent to deter and kill mosquitos. However, chemical sprays and repellents can have adverse effects on human health. To address this problem, CO2 and heat attraction has gained popularity, but current methods use light fossil fuels to produce this heat and CO2. This requires constant refilling of a propane/natural gas tank and can be considered harmful to the environment because of the combustion of fossil fuels that are not renewable. The company-specific problem is to eliminate the need for combustion all together and replace the current CO2 production by using a novel CO2 adsorption capture process from atmospheric air. Such a process would use an adsorbent to capture CO2, which is naturally present in the atmosphere, and release it back into the environment during specific times of the day when mosquito presence is the highest and at a time at which humans are affected the most. This adsorption during the day and desorption at peak times of the day would require an energy source to desorb CO2. This energy source would be provided by a battery that would be charged during the day and would be activated when needed. Fineline Manufacturing Inc. proposes that a system such as this could replace the light fossil fuel burning mosquito trap currently in place. Therefore, an in-depth knowledge of adsorbents and adsorption systems will be required, with an innovative design for the system, with the overall goal of producing a market-ready product using this knowledge.