Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of various oils produced by pyrolysis.

    Biocrude as an alternative to fossil crude (fossil crude oil).

  2. An oil similar to biocrude made from plastic waste cleaned up from the environment (i.e., from remediation of pollution).

    The researchers hope that the energy needed to make the pyrolysis oil from the garbage patch can be supplied by solar-plus-battery installations and new types of geothermal systems.

Forms

plural: pyrolysis oils
Singularpyrolysis oil
Pluralpyrolysis oils

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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