Glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel production, has emerged as an abundant low-cost feedstock. Pyrolysis processes—thermal decomposition in oxygen-free environments—offer a versatile platform to ...

Pyrolysis and gasification are thermochemical routes for converting carbonaceous materials into useful products under controlled conditions. In pyrolysis, coal or biomass is heated in the absence of ...

14 million motor vehicles are scrapped in the EU each year, representing an enormous waste problem. Seventy-five percent of a modern car is composed of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, which are ...

The mounting global plastic waste crisis has compelled scientists and engineers to seek novel solutions. Among the various technologies being explored, the pyrolysis of plastic waste has emerged as a ...

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Picture this: a 21-year-old backyard scientist in Alabama, Julian Brown, sweeps away some dirt and leaves from his homemade solar- and generator-powered, 10-magnetron-powered pyrolysis microwave ...

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Stacks of red bricks and piles of busted concrete lie on the ground next to what remains of a century old coal-to-steam plant in this city’s reinvented downtown. Sheet metal covers ...