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 release 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 of 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-bologna Civil Engineering degree and a Master's Degree in Hydraulics and Water Resources and has worked as a 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.