In this article, we will explore the future role that clean Pyrolysis can play in energy production.
Generally speaking, Pyrolysis is a process by which a solid (or a liquid) undergoes thermal degradation. It is converted into smaller molecules. In other words, an original source changes its properties under increased temperature, usually without oxygen. Either to create energy or because the changed source is valuable.
The creation of energy is specifically crucial to us in this article.
Pyrolysis is a blanket term used for this process. However, it can vary significantly depending on several factors. These include:
- the original source
- whether oxygen is present
- chemicals used
- rate of temperature rise
- and the temperature at which it is burned.
The concept of Pyrolysis is not new. Thomas Edison used the Pyrolysis of the carbon filament of bamboo splinters to make the bulb. It has been used in everything from creating energy to cleaning ovens.
However, it is the technological advances in producing clean Pyrolysis that interests us. In other words, looking at how we can use Pyrolysis to generate clean, sustainable energy. In this article, we’re going to focus on Pyrolysis for biomass and the Pyrolysis of methane.
Using Pyrolysis of biomass under the right conditions allows a high energy yield to be produced sustainably. This is exciting, as methane pyrolysis for hydrogen is a non-polluting industrial process.
We can extract carbon from natural gas, which significantly impacts our ability to create cleaner energy at scale.