The invention relates to a
system (10) for separating a gas and / or
humidity from the
ambient air (11). The
system comprises a flow generator (24) for conveying the
ambient air (11) through the
system (10), a process chamber (12) for
drying the
ambient air (11), and / or a process chamber (30) for separating a gas, in particular
carbon dioxide (70), from the ambient air (11). A
sorption element (16, 36) with a
sorbent material (18, 38) for binding
humidity from the ambient air (11) and / or for separating a gas, in particular
carbon dioxide (70), from the ambient air (11) is arranged in the process chamber (12, 30). It is provided that the second
sorption element (34) has a plurality of heatable
sorption cells (60 - 68) which are arranged in at least two different cascades (50-58) in the direction of flow of a gas
stream (72) through the second process chamber (30), and at least two heating elements (40, 41), wherein at least one
heating element (40, 41) is assigned to each
cascade (50-58), and wherein the cascades (50-58) are sequentially supplied with ambient air (11), so that the
waste heat of the sorption cells (60) of the first
cascade (50) is transferred to the sorption cells (62) of the second
cascade (52).