Install an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) component, which is a particle control system that helps remove particles from a smokestack by using electrical charges. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an ESP can remove small particles with up to 99 percent efficiency.
Exothermic and it does follow the law of conservation of energy.
I would use a Transmission Electron Microscope.
Just like the name suggests it's the second consumer in a food web or food chain that eats the primary consumers or the producers.