Carbonization and Decarbonization: A New Meaning

This preprint argues that carbonization and decarbonization technologies largely exist to fight the consequences of older combustion- and heat-based processes, forming a costly treadmill of fixes layered upon fixes. It contrasts this loop with Arbok's vacuum-based approach (Arbok-ZWD / Vacuum Cracking), which separates pyrolysis liquid at ambient temperature (7-40 C) using about 1 kWh per ton, with near-zero emissions (CO2 under 0.1 kg/t, SOx zero, NOx under 0.05 kg/t), no catalysts, membranes or consumables, and a closed material balance. Because almost no carbon waste is created at the source, there is effectively nothing left to decarbonize. The paper covers the clean fuel fractions recovered, water recovery up to 99.98%, solid fuel from organic waste (DOS), and the economic and regulatory implications.