Updated: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 05:20 pm (IST) Engineers from Government Engineering College, Mainpuri created a black carbon uptake to control environmental pollution. This device absorbs carbon and other toxic gases in the air and turns it into pure oxygen. The device can operate within a 500-meter radius and lower the level of pollution by 80-90%. Birbhan Singh, Mainpuri. When the idea of engineers took shape to control the environmental pollution, a global crisis took shape, and hope began to touch. The research began with a budget of just two lakhs four years ago in the engineering college, engineers prepared a device. Remove ad, just read the news, these devices quickly examine the carbon and other toxic gases that dissolve in the air. In addition, carbon and other toxic gases are converted into small sensors and electrodes in the apparatus in pure life. This is the name ‘Black Carbon Capturing’ device. There is a preparation to take this success to a large national level. After the end of the Kovid period in the country, in 2020, the central government aimed to draw up a plan for research on the environment. In this, engineering colleges were made. Matsyendra Nath Shukla, assistant -professor in the humanities of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Government Engineering College, prepared an apparatus for carbon treatment. The Ministry of Environment and Forests of the State Government gave the green signal to this project. In the project, be first -year student Akash Kumar Patel and Siddhant started working with assistant professor Shukla. Akash Patel designed the model and Siddhant worked on the technical side. Three years later, the device was prepared in 2024 November and ongoing testing was started. The technical research said that the module reading was constantly recorded for a year. The pollution levels were lower than 80 to 90 percent. The prepared device is able to convert carbon and harmful gas of 500 meters perimeter and turn it into pure oxygen. PVC pipes are installed in a large plastic container for the initial model of such a device device. With their help, carbon -rich smoke reaches the container. There are ten types of different smoke sensors in the container, reflecting the reaction with smoke in a percentage to a monitor. The amount of carbon and gases is also displayed in it. The carbon -rich air collected in plastic containers is sent to the steel container using PVC pipe. Here the air is separated from carbon gas and collected in carbon powder form. The air is passed through a plastic container passing through the PVC pipe that reaches the final plastic container via the filter room. To measure pure air, movement sensor and AQI sensor are measured in a separate container by connecting it to the monitor. The device differs from air purifiers. Matsyendra Nath Shukla says that the black carbon uptake that we have prepared is based on research that will change the form with the absorbent carbon. While the purifiers found in the market only have allegations to purify the air. It is not certified. They can filter carbon, but do not convert it into solid form. Our device will keep the air pure and also carbon in solid form. With this carbon we can make brick, pad, plastic or other ingredients. This is the upcoming scheme assistant -professor Matsyendra Nath Shukla, says after this device is fully prepared, it will be in the most crowded areas, factory, brick oven, etc. With traffic signal pillars installed. This device will immediately absorb carbon and other toxic gases from the smoke of vehicles and convert them into a pure life. In solid form, the carbon can be used to make rubber bands, etc. After preparing the device, apart from experts at Cambridge’s Mesachusetts Institute of Technology, Iit Madras, IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Kanpur and IIT Mumbai approached the team of Mumbai engineers and informed them about research. We are in contact with all this. Our team is being done in the public interest by our team, including the Black Carbon fortification device. There is great success at primary level. The governor honored for this. Now we are moving to the next phase. – Pro. Deepender Singh, Director, Government Engineering College. The first phase of the prototype was performed in IIT Kanpur. In 2022, American Mesachusetts University chose it in 100 good ideas in the world and also gave its online platform. In the year 2023, the project in Jharkhand awarded the National Entrepreneurship Winner Award on the basis of performance. In the year 2024, the Indian Institute of Texicology Research Lucknow appreciated the research and Iit Bombay described it as commendable.
Surprisingly from UP’s engineers! Made an apparatus that makes ‘oxygen’ by absorbing toxic gas from the air; How does it work? – Black carbon uptake -engineers develop devices to convert toxic gases into oxygen
