This mechanism when incorporated with an Arduino based gas monitoring system directly addresses the challenge of purifying indoor air. Even though the mechanism has to be developed further if it is to be used in the ISS or space travel, this basic layout is sufficient enough for use in a normal household as it is cost effective as well. The absorbing material would have to be replaced at intervals as it would be used up during the purification.
The challenge was seen as the best to address due to the constant use of masks due to the pandemic which even though kept wearers safe from the virus, caused breathing problems that could sometimes be fatal.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=17gGryG1hJunonuyXOmVEzrla-CWEQ8sq
We were inspired by the International Space Station to use the Long Duration Sorbent Testbed to expose current and future candidate carbon dioxide removal system sorbents to assess and compare sorption working capacity degradation resulting from long term operation.
The primary aim was to use an alcohol based solution as we had access only to it due to lockdown and we experimented it with another solution but we failed.
So our plan is to use the solution inspired from the ISS and maybe we can also try some other liquid or polymers by letting cellulose polymers absorb them.