3D-printed scaffolds help turn waste methane into useful chemical using less power than liquid reactors

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Researchers have developed 3D-printed scaffolds that help convert methane waste from landfills and wastewater plants into valuable chemicals using less energy than traditional liquid reactors. This technological advancement enables efficient energy recovery and chemical production from waste methane.

When landfills and wastewater treatment plants create methane as a byproduct, much of it is simply burned and its value is lost. But the gas is an energy-rich resource that could be recycled as a fuel, chemical feedstock or bioproduct. Capturing and converting waste methane offers an opportunity to recover energy and create useful products from an otherwise wasted gas stream.