Authors: Veronica Gunyan, Minh Nguyen
Mentors: Kevin Shurtleff
Insitution: Utah Valley University
Our team’s project green hydrogen production from plastic waste by high temperature plasma pyrolysis aims to help aid in reducing waste by taking UVU’s recycled plastic waste, decomposing it using plasma pyrolysis, and turning it into clean hydrogen and carbon in a cost-effective manner. Pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition of organic materials in an oxygen-free zone. Green hydrogen comes from renewable energy and releases no CO2 by products into the air. The purity of the hydrogen can be improved by adjusting components such as temperature in the reactor, range, the gas used, the time frame, catalysts and other operational elements. Energy prospects can be determined by considering the energy consumed subtracted by that produced to determine the net output.