Pyrochar - Low Emission Charcoal
Pyrochar aims to become the first commercial technology to produce
clean charcoal at a suitable cost to replace coal and reduce global greenhouse
gas emissions (GHG). This would be a significant step towards the global use of
renewable carbon in metal production.
Low Emissions Charcoal
Traditional charcoal production processes can have devasting
environmental impacts such as deforestation and forest degradation.
The present methods of producing charcoal can lead to large carbon
emissions, and producing charcoal using what pyrolysis technology is currently
available can be costly and is often limited in scale.
Through Pyrochar’s pyrolysis technology, we can produce high-grade
charcoal and replace coke in the metallurgical extraction industry by using dry
plant matter in our input streams.
Our pyrolysis technology is also autothermal, meaning it does not
require any additional heat as its heated purely by the pyrolysis reactions.
Therefore, the charcoal produced is essentially carbon neutral and also
generates valuable by-products like organic liquids and simple organic gasses.
Our clean charcoal is a viable and environmentally-friendly agent that
can be made to meet the needs of iron, steel, silicon and activated carbon
production.