Ekona Power Inc.

Published purpose

Ekona Power will build a small scale prototype pyrolysis reactor, test fixture and subsequent brass-board system to demonstrate its proprietary Pulsed Methane Pyrolysis (PMP) technology for the production of low carbon intensity H2 and solid carbon from natural gas. PMP derived H2 will have GHG emissions that are reduced by up to 90% when compared to SMR derived H2. The NRC will collaborate in designing, building and testing the prototype reactor and brass-board system. The NRC will also develop ways to condition the carbon to add value to this stream. The outcome of the project will be a functional brass-board system that will be ready for further demonstration in the field at a customer site ahead of further scale-up for commercialization. Through collaboration, the project aims to deliver a system able to produce H2 at $1.30/kg at scale of 300-400 TPD H2 which is similar to SMR derived H2 ($1.20/kg w/o CCS) and significantly less than renewable electrolysis derived H2 ($5.00/kg).