How melting plastic waste could heat homes

It is a problem bedevilling households across the UK: what can we do with the mountains of food-spattered plastic waste left in our bins? Now a group of scientists say they have the answer – by using the detritus of domestic life to heat homes.

Researchers at the University of Chester have found a way to use dirty plastic waste to produce hydrogen, which can heat homes and fuel cars without producing greenhouse gas emissions. The process uses a glass kiln, heated to 1,000C, to instantly break down unrecyclable plastic to release a mix of gases including hydrogen.

The university researchers developed the project alongside Powerhouse Energy, which hopes to take the technology to Japan and south-east Asia, where hydrogen-fuelled buses are already on the roads.

Powerhouse Energy Group PLC (LON:PHE) has developed the innovative PHE DMG® System, their proprietary thermal conversion technology. DMG® technology provides a mechanism to dispose of a wide range of waste streams by using them as feedstock that can be converted to EcoSynthesis Gas.

Click to view all articles for the EPIC:
Or click to view the full company profile:
    Facebook
    Twitter
    LinkedIn

    More articles like this

    World waste to energy and resources summit

    PowerHouse Energy CEO David Ryan was invited to join a panel discussion on Plastics to High-Value Fuels and Chemicals at the World Waste To Energy and Resources Summit in London on 22nd May. The discussion covered

    UK hydrogen projects to receive share of £25m govt funding

    ULEMCO has been awarded £1.9m to deliver an operational prototype zero emission ambulance for Yorkshire Ambulance Service using a fuel cell electric range extension. The prototype will be tested around the Sheffield area where the hydrogen

    World Waste to Energy and Resources Summit

    PowerHouse Energy CEO David Ryan has been invited to the World Waste To Energy and Resources Summit to take part in a panel discussion on Plastics to High-Value Fuels and Chemicals The discussion will cover: What’s

    Hydrogen as Replacement for Natural Gas Gets a Boost in U.K.

    Lawmakers from Britain’s main political parties called for using hydrogen as a source of energy to significantly reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and help transition to a low-carbon system. The rules should be changed as

    ‘Hydrogen and Electricity from plastic’

    PowerHouse have been featured in the April 2019 edition of The Energy Industry Times, in an article entitled ‘Hydrogen and electricity from plastic’. The article features an interview with PowerHouse CEO David Ryan. The environmental problem

    Avacta Group Plc

    What is Britain really good at these days?

    I invited you to suggest smaller companies that are ‘potential world-beaters’ for the next layer of stocks in our UK Optimist Fund portfolio and your wide-ranging responses gave rise to one big question. What are we

    ‘Mission24’ hydrogen prototype set for Le Mans demo

    The experimental LMPH2G, developed by the Franco-Swiss GreenGT organisation, will be demonstrated on the Le Mans-Bugatti permanent circuit on Thursday as part of an automotive industry conference. It previously did a demo run during last year’s

    Powerhouse exhibiting at the master investor show 2019

    PowerHouse will be exhibiting at the Master Investor Show 2019, at the Business Design Centre in Islington on 6th April 2019. PowerHouse Energy (LON:PHE) has developed a proprietary process technology called DMG® which can use waste