Reducing greenhouse gas emissions using microwave plasma technology
The images show the nanographene morphology as produced in the microwave plasma. The nanographene appears here in crumpled filamentary form. Higher magnification shows overlapped sheets and curled edges. IMAGE: H QUEST
A multi-disciplinary collaborative relationship, developed between Penn State EMS Energy Institute researchers and a Pittsburgh-based start-up company, may hold the answer to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions while also paving the way to disrupt the chemical and material industries. Since 2015, Randy Vander Wal, professor of energy and mineral engineering and materials science and engineering, and affiliate at the EMS Energy Institute, has been collaborating with H Quest Vanguard on a growing number of projects that use the company’s plasma technology to enable potential new, non-emissive uses of coal and natural gas.