| Thermo-Catalytic Co-Production of Hydrogen and High-Value Carbon Products from Natural Gas Using Structured Materials |  |  |
Project Information
| Prime Performer: | Susteon, Inc. (Cary, NC) | Agreement Number: | FE0032359 | |
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| Project Duration: | 10/01/2023 - 03/31/2026 | Total Award Value: | $1,875,000 | |
| Technology Area: | Hydrogen Production | DOE Share: | $1,500,000 | |
| Key Technology: | Performer Share: | $375,000 | ||
Project Description
The project objectives are to advance a novel thermocatalytic methane pyrolysis process that uses a structured catalyst, verify its performance from bench-scale testing to support scaleup, and develop a high-fidelity process design package to attract future private investment in a demonstration plant. The project team will focus on laboratory efforts to design, build, test, and verify all components of the methane pyrolysis apparatus. The system is to be functional up to 750 degrees C and is to have H2 production capacity of 1 Kg/day or greater. In addition to hydrogen production optimization, project activities include analysis and evaluation of the solid carbon by-product and process modeling to inform techno-economic and life cycle analysis of the pyrolysis method.
Project Benefits
This thermocatalytic methane pyrolysis system will play an important role by providing a feasible option for decarbonizing H2 production. This technology would help advance DOE’s mission of developing clean H2 production technology that can achieve <$1/kg H2 production using abundant domestic natural gas resources. Adoption of the technology could also benefit the nation by creating high paying engineering and manufacturing jobs in economically depressed communities in the United States.
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