Artificial trees as technological tools for air purification


In this publication, I will conjugate two terms to know; tree + technology, to refer to the valuable technological bio-tool that simulates the natural operation of a tree, that has been devised to diminish the levels of carbon dioxide that are generated day after day, I wanted to clarify this to not generate confusion with the designation that is made in the matter of video games, to the hierarchical visual representation, or to the diagrams that simulate the advance of the technology in the games of historical strategy.

In this sense, the designation of Technological Tree in this manuscript is given to the technological innovation called BioUrban, whose experimental trials have been running since last year, and is a technological bio-tool of Mexican creation that simulates the photosynthetic and respiratory physiology of a natural tree, therefore, its purpose prescribes to improve air quality in urban areas that have the highest levels of air pollution.


Fig. 2 Mexico City has one of the highest levels of air pollution in this Central American country. Image of public domain, Author: Jools B, 2019

The company responsible for creating this technological bio-tool, is called BiomiTech and according to the scientific and technical specifications provided by the representatives of this company, the design of BioUrban was designed to reduce the concentrations of carbon dioxide generated by anthropogenic activities through microalgae reactors located in the upper segment of these majestic metal structures, in order to remedy the problem of pollution at each intersection or place of high population influx.

Bio-Technical Data

The purification capacity of this new technological bio-tool is equivalent to the breathing of 2,890 people/day, with a purification perimeter equivalent to 1 hectare of natural plant area, steel basal structure, upper structure with microalgae insertion, height of 4.2 meters and estimated weight of 1 ton.

The decision to create BioUrban, is in part, one of the strategies that Mexico will be using for the next few years, fundamentally as a strategy to alleviate the strong heat wave and environmental alert that its main metropolises have been experiencing in recent years, adverse behavior that has forced them to suspend educational activities in schools and universities, even restricting outdoor activities to citizens, so that the installation of these artificial trees, without a doubt, aims to improve the quality of life of Mexicans.


Fig. 3 The projection is to install BioUrban in each intersection or place of high population affluence. Image of public domain, Author: Pexels, 2015

This technological tree of metal capable of purifying the air, already surpassed its first year of experimental test in situ, and its positive effects have been exceptional, reason why, it has captured the interest of other countries, such it is the case of Spain, where it is projected to install thousands copies of this technological bio-tool before the closing of the 2020, in the search to counteract the levels of contamination, that undergoes cities like Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, we hoped that initiatives like these are successful and can contribute of another form to restrain the climatic change.


BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES CONSULTED:


[1] EcoInventos. Biourban, tecnología 100% mexicana para purificar el aire con microalgas. Article: Online access

[2] Cavanillas L. Llega a España ‘Biourban’, el árbol de metal capaz de purificar el aire. 2020 Article: Online access


OBSERVATION


The cover image was designed by the author: @lupafilotaxia, incorporating the background Public domain image


Original manuscript, uploaded from the Project HOPE community website




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Greetings @lupafilotaxia I hope you are well, it is unimaginable the scope that technology has, no doubt it is a sustainable tool in search of achieving environmental balance in our ecosystems. Thank you for sharing such an important advance, which I was particularly unaware of.

See you later, have an excellent weekend

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@amestyj Yes, science and technology can provide useful and environmentally friendly tools, more efforts of this kind are needed to start giving clear indications that we will be able to decrease the environmental impact. Blessings to the Amesty Pineda family, tell Leonor that I waited for the SOSMiranda joke and to date it has not arrived.

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Likewise brother, blessings to you, and we are updating Miranda's joke repertoire. Greetings and blessings to the champion and the princess of the house.

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Hello @lupafilotaxia.

Great proposal to increase the air quality in the cities that have the most polluted air, I imagine that after Mexico the others that would like to try this technology would be the Chinese, since they are the country with more inhabitants in the world. Greetings my dear professor and thank you for sharing this new technological innovation.

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It is true, China is one of the main countries that causes more problems to the environment, we hope that the project will be adopted by these countries, and Espeña will begin in the following months to install BioUrban in its main metropolis. Kind regards professor @carlos84, thanks for visiting the blog we keep reading.

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Greetings friend @lupafilotaxia. There is no doubt that this is a technological development with a lot of social impact, since it is really necessary that in cities as populated as Mexico, solutions are sought to mitigate air pollution and provide a better quality of life for citizens. Let's hope that this strategy can be replicated in other cities with high pollution.

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Greetings friend @emiliomoron, this type of strategies of a technological nature, in my opinion are the type of projects on which the states should focus, if they are really committed to the agendas already agreed upon, because on the verge of media discourses the serious problems of air pollution will not be solved.

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Hello @lupafiotaxia, this is very interesting.
It's really a good option for such polluted cities.
However, what I see is that the levels of air purification could increase, but the pollution will continue...
Maybe the pollution in the rivers is another big problem. While this helps, it is not a definitive solution.
It must go hand in hand with the use of cleaner energy such as electric cars for example. I know it is expensive, but, more expensive will be to be able to solve the destruction of the planet later on.
Recently here in Bogotá I saw an electric truck, which was transporting food. But the reality is that I have not seen many.
These are options, but not definitive solutions that this technology offers. Thanks for sharing this post.

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@josevas217 Without a doubt, this type of technology can be part of a pool of alternatives to contribute to the reduction of accelerated climate change. In the case of Latin America, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil have begun to implement environmental practices in order to comply with the agenda framed in the protocols on climate change.

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