Dr. Christian Roy is a chemical engineer at Univeriste Laval in Quebec. Over the last ten years Dr. Roy has developed an entirely new process that uses temperatures between 400 o C and 500 o C to break down industrial waster in the absence of air, transforming them into safe and useful chemicals.
Vacuum pyrolysis is defined as high-temperature decomposition under reduced pressure.
Everyone today is concerned about recycling and pollution prevention. This Canadian scientist is putting technology to the environment's advantage. Vacuum pyrolysis is allowing the natural oils of fossil fuels to remain preserved and it is doing this by transforming large amounts of waste, like tires, into oil. From this oil an organic material called naphta is extracted and used in gasoline. Limonene, normally from lemons, is also found in this oil and it can be used as a strong non-toxic solvent.