About MSWH2, Inc

We intend to build, own, and operate commercial scale projects utilizing our Absolute Pyrolysis Technology (APT) a proprietary, patented, licensed technology to process Municipal Solid Waste and to create carbon-neutral, clean hydrogen, sustainable transportation fuels, green power and low Carbon Intensity (CI) specialty chemicals.

These synthetic fuels are Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuels, meaning they are the result of a gas-to-liquid polymerization technique that converts carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbon fuels that can act as substitutes for petroleum products.

At the heart of MSWH2’s processes is a pyrolysis process that changes waste feedstock into hydrogen and other products in an environmentally-friendly way. Therefore, there are no emissions—just clean hydrogen and fuels as output. To do this, the company uses a process that requires high temperatures and precise control to maintain efficiency and cost-effectiveness. 

Today’s existing combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis technologies all provide inconsistent heating and poor mixing of the feed material, subjecting it to temperatures that are too low and/or too high throughout the process. The resulting product streams are useable only after complex and costly post processing which requires energy and chemicals, producing additional waste streams. In short, the overall processes can be energy negative and create more waste than is consumed.

MSWH2 solves the challenges of traditional combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis technologies through our APT reactor that is internally heated using a proven design commonly found in smelting furnaces. There are no combustion gases created in the process resulting in zero CO2 emissions.  The power to run the process comes from utilizing just 15% to 35% of the produced gas (hydrogen or syngas) to make zero-carbon or carbon neutral electricity. The reactor is filled with a conductive and resistive bed material that produces a consistent, tightly controlled temperature throughout the reactor ensuring complete dissociation.

A pilot plant for MSWH2’s patented APT reactor was built in Russia, where numerous demonstration runs were conducted from January –  September 2022. The unit operated at 100 kg/hour turning pyrolyzed wood pellets into synthesis gas and biochar.

This was the first APT system in the field. The pilot ran as intended and showcased what the process would be capable of at full scale. For this demonstration, we took advantage of the resulting performance data to design and engineer  commercial scale 500, 5M and 50M kW units to capable of processing up to 300 kg/hour to 220 MT/h of feedstock and yielding 2500 to 250,000 metric tons per year.

Assuming that MSWH2 facilities can be run at full capacity and deliver the same efficiency, what exactly would this mean for the future of this technology at scale?

First, it would represent a shift to more eco-friendly fuels.  Hydrogen itself is a clean-burning fuel that does not create any greenhouse gases. H2 is the most abundant and prevalent clean energy in the universe. Pound for pound, hydrogen contains 3X as much energy as natural gas or gasoline, and 200X as much energy as lithium-ion batteries. It can be used in fuel cells to power electric vehicles or cities.  It can be used as fuel in gas turbines or internal combustion engines. It is a zero-emission clean fuel and produces only water vapor when used.

We provide a much lower cost-comparative to Hydrogen production through electrolysis where the cost at centralized stations is estimated at $5/kg to $6/kg with electricity from nuclear or wind resources. Our projections forecast a production cost at less than $1.00 per kilogram.

Second, where hydrocarbon fuels are still needed, MSWH2 facilities will represent a way to create those fuels cleanly, and in just the right amounts needed instead of relying on the transportation of fuels. We can make sustainable diesel, methanol, ammonia, jet fuels. So, we can go into a lot of different pathways depending on market demand. Our fuel plants can be built regionally, with products sent just a short way to fuel stations where they would be needed.

Third, it would be another way to lower the increasing amount of municipal solid waste produced and landfilled. According to the EPA, more than 146 million tons of solid waste go into our landfills each year.  If even a small amount of this could be converted to useful fuels, it would make a huge impact on our landfills and the communities surrounding them.