This participation proposed to study the opportunity to adopt the Methane Pyrolysis or Thermal-decomposition technology for the Cement and Concrete Industry, in order to use Hydrogen, as a low carbon fuel to generate heat to produce clinker and to use its by-product, Solid Carbon, to replace part of the clinker in the cement or concrete composition. Please note that Methane Pyrolysis is one of the few forms of producing Hydrogen from fossil fuels that does not releases Greenhouse Gases (GHG) like carbon dioxide and, that the Cement and Concrete industry is alone responsible for 5% to 8% of GHG emissions worldwide.

If you are curious about the person behind this proposal, here it is his short biography:

João dos Santos has 30 years professional experience as an engineer in the oil and Gas Industry in different parts of the world, from operations of production facilities to the top management of National Oil Company. He has a pré-bolonha Civil Engineering degree and a Master Degree in Hydraulics and Water Resources and has work has researcher in IST, LNEC and HR Wallingford. João dos Santos is now a PHD candidate in the Sustainable Energy Systems PhD course at IST, Universidade de Lisboa.