noun
definition
The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen or other reagents.
Examples of pyrolysis in a Sentence
The same situation exists with the production of organic methanol, where pyrolysis reduces the efficiency to 40% energy positive.
The processing included both polymer impregnation pyrolysis and CVI.
Furthermore, microwave induced pyrolysis has also proven to be a very useful process to treat some real plastic wastes.
The researchers use pyrolysis - heating materials in the absence of oxygen - to convert polystyrene into styrene oil.
Liquid fuels can also be produced from biomass through a process called pyrolysis.
The mixture is then rapidly heated in a fluidized bed reactor with no oxygen, a process called fast pyrolysis.
This work represents the beginning of investigations into the fundamentals of microwave-induced pyrolysis of waste tires.
In the case of tire pyrolysis the number of used tires produced each year is well documented.
Three sizes of vacuum pyrolysis furnaces for cleaning screens, dies etc complete the range.
The radicals themselves are generated using a flash pyrolysis method, an effective technique to generate high radical yields.
This is for their work on microwave-induced pyrolysis of plastic and aluminum laminate wastes.
The pyrolysis of pitch materials is complex and our understanding of such materials and how to control their properties is incomplete at present.
The biomass then turns into a liquid called pyrolysis oil, which can be burned to generate electricity.
Tire pyrolysis plants in South Asia have been operated on a commercial basis, however.
What is less certain however is the amount of suitable road transport oil that can be yielded from the pyrolysis process itself.
If any waste strategy really does need an energy from waste component it should be one using more advanced technology like pyrolysis and/or gasification.
Advances in data handling and analytical technologies (eg. pyrolysis mass spectrometry), now offer additional potential for rapid research progress.