"Since there has been absolutely zero R&D at PTO i
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PTOI would have to first demonstrate that their pyrolysis processor has some value on which to build. Mr. Heddle is extremely tight-lipped about what value the processor can currently provide.
Pyrolysis consists of simply heating material without oxygen until the material breaks down into liquids, solids and gasses. There are only so many ways that can be done. There's a company called Dynomotive which seemed forthright--they did research by altering the temperature ranges and by trying to heat up material at a very high rate ( "fast pyrolysis" ). Dynamotive published nice graphs showing the outcomes of their research. Dynomotive petered out around ten years ago but still does some research--they never were able to make pyrolysis profitable.
PTOI would require boatloads of research money just to get to the point where Dynamotive was ten years ago. The millions previously spent on PTOI's research was made up of founder Mr. Bordynuik tinkerfarking with the flue, trying to implement a "ram feed" and other low-value endeavors. I also believe it's highly unlikely that any additional money put into PTOI would go toward actual research.