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Pyo-Char - Characterisation and Application of Carbon from Methane Pyrolysis

Carbon characterisation and agriculture-application modelling with process feedback to pyrolysis.

General Info

Candidate: Nadine AbuZahra, MSc

Chair: Chair of General and Analytical Chemistry

Start: 08/2022

End: 07/2025

Candidate profile: Agricultural systems and agroecology specialist focusing on practical validation of carbon application effects.

Supervisors / Mentors

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Markus Puschenreiter

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Tulln

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Thomas Prohaska

Chair of General and Analytical Chemistry, Montanuniversitaet Leoben

🎯Targets

  • Develop robust characterisation methodology for pyrolytic carbon.
  • Model and evaluate carbon applications in agriculture.
  • Assess long-term stability in field-relevant systems.

🏁Milestones

  • Fast and validated carbon characterisation method available.
  • Pyrolysis process conditions optimised for carbon applications.
  • Quantified application effects for agriculture.
  • Indicative long-term stability results obtained.

🧩Work Packages

  • Method development and validation.
  • Feedback loop from application to process optimisation.
  • Agriculture application effect evaluation.
  • Isotope-based degradation studies.

Context H₂-C

  • Builds applied pathways for high-volume carbon use and links pyrolysis parameters to end-use performance.