Turquoise hydrogen is hydrogen produced through the thermal splitting of natural gas in a process called methane pyrolysis. Pyrolysis is the breakdown of fossil fuels such as natural gas, biomass, and waste materials under a high temperature and without the presence of oxygen into useful products like chemicals, biofuels, and carbon black.
To produce turquoise hydrogen, methane (CH4) is heated and converted in a high-temperature reactor into hydrogen (2H2) and solid carbon (C)at temperatures greater than 1000oC powered by an external heat source. The resulting hydrogen gas (2H2) is then separated and used for several applications such as fuel for transportation and industrial processes while the solid carbon black can be easily stored and used as feedstock for chemical synthesis.
