Plasma is superheated matter – so hot that the electrons are ripped away from the atoms forming an ionized gas. It comprises over 99% of the visible universe. It can be commonly observed in the form of stars, a branch of lightning, neon lights, and notably, the sun.

Plasma is often called “the fourth state of matter” along with solid, liquid, and gas. Just as a liquid will boil, changing into gas when energy is added, heating a gas will form a plasma – a mix of positively charged particles (ions) and negatively charged particles (electrons).

In industry, the most common use of plasma is in the manufacture of semiconductors (computer chips) through plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition or plasma dry etching.

ReCarbon’s invention has optimized the properties of plasma to convert carbon emissions into valuable products via the Emission Blade, a microwave plasma generation device.

Syngas, also known as synthesis gas or producer gas, is a fuel gas mixture composed primarily of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Syngas is the precursor of thousands of commonly used chemicals, fuels, polymers, plastics, and energy products. This includes ethanol, sustainable aviation fuel, fertilizer, polymers, and plastics.

In industry, syngas is commonly produced via the steam methane reforming of natural gas, coal gasification, and biomass gasification.

ReCarbon produces syngas by reforming carbon dioxide and methane emissions (both greenhouse gases) into syngas, which can be made into decarbonized chemicals, fuels, energy, and plastics. Syngas can also be made into hydrogen. ReCarbon’s process can be characterized as CCU (carbon capture & utilization), as well as renewable hydrogen production.

• Utilizing CO2 as a feed gas

• No CO2 emitted from the process

• No fossil fuel combustion required in the process

ReCarbon is competitive on many levels:

1. As a CCU (carbon capture & utilization) technology, utilizing waste CO2, and converting to syngas, ReCarbon’s technology is more energy efficient by an order of magnitude.

2. As a hydrogen production technology, ReCarbon requires the least amount of energy to produce hydrogen.

3. As a climate-positive, carbon emissions utilization technology, ReCarbon’s modular, scalable systems has the lowest production cost of syngas and hydrogen, as well as the lowest carbon intensity. As such, there are many incentives, and credits that can be attributable, making the production cost even lower, while addressing climate change through decarbonization.

For example, this leads to carbon negative hydrogen production at lower costs than comparable scale electrolysis or steam methane reforming.