Clean Energy

What Materials can Pyrolysis Process?

Biomass

Glanpower’s preferred source fuel for its pyrolysis process is biomass. A renewable energy source, biomass is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms, such as wood, waste and alcohol fuels. Biomass energy brings numerous environmental benefits – reducing air and water pollution, increasing soil quality and reducing erosion, and improving wildlife habitat.

Biomass reduces air pollution by being a part of the carbon cycle, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 90 percent compared with fossil fuels. Sulfur dioxide and other pollutants are also reduced substantially. Biomass grasses, with their deep roots, build up topsoil, putting nitrogen and other nutrients into the ground.

Examples of biomass include:

• Miscanthus
• Switchgrass
• Hemp
• Corn
• Poplar
• Willow
• Sorghum
• Sugarcane

Organic Materials

Pyrolysis can be used to process just about any form of organic material that you care to think of. Examples include:

• Textiles
• Food & Waste Packaging
• Paper & Card
• Mixed Domestic waste
• Mixed Commercial Waste
• Mixed Plastics & Rubber
• Anaerobic Digester Residue
• Straw & Forestry Residues
• Woodchip, Board & Laminates