Comment by Teknomadix
Comment by Teknomadix 5 hours ago
Totally misleading and editorialized title! No. The reactor CONSUMES energy. Pyrolysis is endothermic bro. They're running a furnace at 1300°C. That heat comes from somewhere. The reactor produces hydrogen, which is an energy CARRIER, not a source. And the energy content of the hydrogen output is less than the methane input plus the heat dumped in. This is thermodynamics. You don't get to call an energy-losing conversion process "producing energy."
Sure but if you attached a hydrogen burner would it be net positive?
Then wouldn’t you have a cleaner energy system then burning the methane directly?