Cellulose to Hydrogen Power: Clean, Sustainable Energy
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On September 9 in Lenoir City, Tenn., USA, local company, Proton Power Inc. (PPI), will deliver a presentation about powering a clean, sustainable future with the use of cellulosic biomass. Our world’s current energy supply is only about 20% of actual energy needs, the PPI notes.
PPI has developed a clean, renewable energy system for producing inexpensive hydrogen on demand from biomass and waste sources. The core technology, referred to as "Cellulose to Hydrogen Power (CHyP)," can be used to develop energy for all of the ways we use it—heat, electricity, or liquid fuel (gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel), the company points out. The CHyP process is carbon negative with additional environmental benefits. Co-products are water and biochar, a highly effective soil supplement (fertilizer).
A related company, Cool Energy Inc. of Boulder, Col., USA, has developed the most efficient Stirling Engine in history focused on waste heat recovery. The Cool Energy technology marries nicely by utilizing the waste heat from CHyP power generation. Cool Energy will discuss the potential impacts of this technology on the global energy picture.
The discussion is scheduled to be held at the Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar Building, 4500-N, Wigner Auditorium (Room 250), from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
For more information, contact Philip Maziasz,, 865.574.5082, or Bruce Pint, 865.576.2897.
