Novel approaches for hydrogen production through methane pyrolysis on carbon catalysts

R&D Focus Areas:
Fossil fuel conversion, Computational modelling

Lead Organisation:
Curtin University

Funding:
Future Energy Exports CRC (PhD Project)

Status:
Active

Start date:
2022

Completion date:
2025

Project summary description:
This research thesis focuses on understanding the fundamentals of methane pyrolysis, a process that dissociates methane into clean hydrogen and solid carbon at high temperatures, without emitting any carbon dioxide. The research involves employing both computational and experimental methods to investigate the role of important carbon formation molecules at the molecular level. This in-depth understanding of carbon formation mechanisms will help to diminish the barriers involved in scaling up hydrogen production from the methane pyrolysis process.

Further information:
https://www.fenex.org.au/connect/

 

September 2024