pyrolysis
Thermal chemical decomposition
Pyrolysis is chemical decomposition caused by high heat in the absence of oxygen.
Where burning requires oxygen to combust material, pyrolysis breaks down substances through temperature alone.
The process is used industrially to convert biomass into fuel, produce charcoal from wood, and recycle tires into oil.
Self-cleaning ovens use pyrolysis to reduce food residue to ash.
Controlled fission apparatus
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- retortQuick, cutting reply
- scale-upProportional increase in magnitude
- throughputProcessing rate over time
Act of cutting
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- depolymerizationPolymer breakdown into monomers
- volatilesEasily evaporating chemicals
- charBurn without destroying
carbonization · endothermic · anoxic · thermochemical · lignin · cellulose
Charred biomass soil amendment
Generating power from garbage
- biofuelFuel from organic sources
- renewableCapable of restoration
- feedstockUnprocessed manufacturing input
- gasificationConverting carbon materials to vapor
reactor
Controlled fission apparatus
scission
Act of cutting
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- depolymerizationPolymer breakdown into monomers
- volatilesEasily evaporating chemicals
char · carbonization · endothermic · anoxic · thermochemical · lignin · cellulose
biochar
Charred biomass soil amendment
waste-to-energy
Generating power from garbage
- biofuelFuel from organic sources
- renewableCapable of restoration
- feedstockUnprocessed manufacturing input
gasification · carbon-neutral · bioenergy · liquefaction · sustainable
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
rubber
Elastic polymer from trees
- e-wasteDiscarded technological devices
pyrolysiscryopreservation
Low-temperature biological preservation
freezing · cooling · refrigeration · condensation · solidification
pyrolysiscombustion
Exothermic reaction with oxygen
burning · incineration · oxidation · ignition · flaming
pyrolysissynthesis
Combining parts into whole
polymerization · biosynthesis · chemical synthesis · anabolism · assembly
analysis, pyromania, catalysis, hydrolysis, electrolysis, photolysis, pyrogen, pyrolytic, pyrolyze