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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2025
Modern Hydrogen, Inc., Woodinville, WA (US);
Alex J. Pearse, Bothell, WA (US);
Max Nathan Mankin, Shoreline, WA (US);
Yakov Kutsovsky, Arlington, MA (US);
Patrick Noble, Seattle, WA (US);
Tony S. Pan, Bothell, WA (US);
Guido Radaelli, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Peter Jeremy Scherpelz, Seattle, WA (US);
Shell USA Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that incorporate a kinetic booster component into thermal pyrolysis systems are disclosed herein. For example, a method according to the present technology can include receiving an input flow of the hydrocarbon reactant from a supply of a hydrocarbon reactant, then modifying the input flow to generate a modified input flow. The modified input flow can have a lower activation energy than an unmodified flow and/or can include one or more catalysts for a pyrolysis reaction. The method can then include heating the modified input flow within a pyrolysis chamber of a pyrolysis reactor. The hearting process can drive a pyrolysis reaction in the modified input flow that generates solid carbon and hydrogen gas. The method can then include removing at least a portion of the solid carbon from the hydrogen gas in an output flow from the pyrolysis reactor.