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Exploring the impact of hourly variability of air condition on the efficiency of direct air capture

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Leading the Way: Brazil's Pioneering Steps Toward Direct Air Capture (DAC) Deployment in South America

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Model-based thermodynamic analysis of direct air capture units in repurposed power plant cooling towers

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A techno-economic and environmental evaluation of the integration of direct air capture with hydrogen derivatives production

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