This modular approach allows Viaduct Innovative Technologies to address a key challenge in clean hydrogen production: the need for on-site, adaptable systems that can scale to meet local demand. The skid units, approximately the size of a shipping container, can be deployed in series, parallel, or individually based on market needs and feedstock availability.
Microwave-assisted methane pyrolysis; directly converting natural gas using any power source.
Patented technology for the one-step conversion of natural gas to hydrogen carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon nanofibers (CNFs)
Ammonia synthesis process to immediately produce ammonia as a source of local fertilizr, chemical stock or as a liquid H2 carrier.
The combined approach is based on a multifunctional catalytic systems that directly convert the light components of aging, low-revenue natural gas wells into hydrogen, high-value CNTs, and ammonia. By combining the two technologies into one, we will be able to efficiently utilize the energy gain from methane pyrolysis of 247kJ/mol of H2 and apply it to the ammonia synthesis process to immediately produce ammonia as a liquid H2 carrier, providing an immediate product for industrial use. Specifically, our approach integrates microwave reaction chemistry into the modular reactor design to achieve energy and capital efficiency comparable to or better than that required by large commercial unit operation. A major focus will be on applying process intensification at modular component scales with the objective of deployment at end-of-life natural gas wells.