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CO2-Free ‘청록수소’ 연구개발 본격화
Research efforts on CO2-free ‘turquoise’ hydrogen began Cooperation agreed between JNU’s nuclear research institute and specialized energy company

Jeju National University’s Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology and Hwasung SysTech Corp. agreed to secure commercialize original technologies related to ‘turquoise’ hydrogen, the university announced on Friday (Aug. 6).

Methane is a representative fossil fuel used to generate turquoise hydrogen. Although methane is less emitted into the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, methane’s global warming effect is 20 times that of carbon dioxide.

When methane is decomposed using thermal plasma technology (TPT), hydrogen can be produced without generating carbon dioxide. Additionally, solid carbon can be separated from the byproduct after the decomposition process, so that it can be used as a functional material.

The latest agreement is significant as the university holds the core thermal plasma technology and the company specializes in the energy and environmental facilities.

Choi Sooseok, director of the university’s Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, is also a professor of energy science. Choi has studies the technologies of developing Jeju-type turquoise hydrogen based on plasma torches, which enables the use of surplus renewable energy on the island. In July this year, his research outcome was selected to receive the science ministry’s funds worth 1.95 billion won for five six months.