Patent ID: 8529758

Claim:
An electrolytic CO 2 -removal device comprising (a) a basic chamber comprising basic medium comprising an aqueous cation hydroxide solution; (b) a CO 2 -permeable barrier which substantially blocks the passage of water, said basic medium being on one side of said CO 2 -permeable barrier; (c) a liquid sample stream flow channel on the opposite side of said CO 2 -permeable barrier from said basic chamber, and having an inlet and an outlet; (d) a first anion exchange membrane on one side of said basic chamber; (e) a second anion exchange membrane on the opposite side of said basic chamber from said first anion exchange membrane; (f) a first electrode on the other side of said first anion exchange membrane from said basic medium; and (g) a second electrode on the other side of said second anion exchange membrane from said basic medium.