iCaRuS | Autonomous Carbon Infrastructure
Pilot 001 Commercial Operations

BANKABLE
CLIMATE RESTORATION.

We reject the unscalable economics of legacy climate tech. iCaRuS is a guardian-class Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant governed by the MoMintUs Quant 9 engine. We guarantee strict unit economics through autonomous duty-shaping, making large-scale carbon removal financially viable today.

Rolling 12-Month
<$100
Target Cost per tCO₂
Incl. Compression
≤1.5 MWh
Specific Energy (SEC)
Storage Ready
≥99%
Product Purity
System Uptime
≥95%
Plant Availability

Physical Plant Architecture

Pilot 001 operates a 4-bed staggered Temperature/Vacuum Swing Adsorption (TSA/VSA) configuration. Every subsystem represents heavy physical infrastructure mapped directly to our central governing engine to ensure peak commercial efficiency.

Subsystem 01

Air Contactor Modules

Heavy-duty variable speed (25–90%) VFD axial and centrifugal fans pushing atmospheric air through low-pressure-drop solid-amine/MOF sorbent frames. Configured in a 4-bed staggered loop for continuous operation.

ΔP ≤ 1.2 kPa ISO 29463
Subsystem 02

Regeneration Skid

Low-grade heat exchangers and electric top-up systems working in tandem with industrial vacuum swing pumps. Features integrated condensate handling and priority routing for external waste-heat integration.

Target 95°C 20 kPa abs
Subsystem 03

Compression Train

Multi-stage industrial gas compressor train featuring precision intercooling. A robust downstream desiccant and refrigeration dryer system ensures storage-ready CO₂ before final pipeline or tank injection.

20 bar Discharge -40°C Dewpoint
Subsystem 04
SYS.OP.NOMINAL

Custody Transfer & MRV

Dual purity analyzers and highly calibrated metering skids tied directly to the governing control system. This hardware provides the physical foundation for fully auditable, high-stakes carbon credit tracking.

±2% Mass Balance IEC 61850
The Governing Software Moat

MoMintUs Quant 9

Our proprietary software layer enforces absolute economic discipline on the physical hardware. The engine utilizes Model Predictive Control (MPC) running at 200ms ticks to continuously optimize capture rate, energy consumption, and long-term asset health.

  • Autonomous Duty Shaping
    The system shifts energy-intensive regeneration phases to align seamlessly with the availability of waste heat and optimal grid utility tariffs.
  • Immutable MRV Tracking
    BehaviorLedger technology generates verifiable K-Score data required by institutional buyers for high-stakes carbon credit reporting.
  • NORNE Safety Overlay
    Hard constraints automatically halt or degrade processes when pressure, temperature, or purity metrics breach safe economic boundaries.

Hard Governance Constraints

FREEZE TRIGGERS
  • • Purity drops below 99%
  • • Sorbent temperatures exceed 110°C
  • • Forward cost forecasts exceed $100/t
DEGRADE TRIGGERS
  • • Pressure drop exceeds 1.2 kPa
  • • Repeated setpoint tracking errors
  • • Buffer capacities drop below safe limits

Strategic IP & Valuation

The iCaRuS venture is fully de-risked. Our moat is not strictly chemical—it is computational. While competitors pour capital into engineering cheaper chemistry, iCaRuS embeds unit economic viability directly into the operating system from day one.

"This ability to guarantee the <$100/ton cost target is a breakthrough that makes the entire Direct Air Capture market bankable. Driven by the core software architecture, the standalone IP value for the MoMintUs-governed iCaRuS system today is estimated between $225 million and $275 million."
Current IP Valuation
$225M to $275M