RestartNH3 - Energy functional processes and materials for storage of renewable energy in ammonia

RestartNH3 - 用于氨中储存可再生能源的能源功能工艺和材料

基本信息

批准号：
EP/X031683/1
负责人：
Laura Torrente Murciano
金额：
$ 221.26万
依托单位：
University of Cambridge
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2023 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX031683%2F1
关键词：
RestartNH3 Energy functional processes materials

项目摘要

When Carl Bosch and Fritz Haber received their Nobel prize for the discovery of the artificial nitrogen fixation process (the Haber-Bosch process), they acknowledged that there might be other ways of producing ammonia. Over a century later, we are still using the same fossil fuel-dependent process and a very similar catalyst. Now, the time has arrived to restart the role of ammonia beyond feeding over 50 % of the population as fertiliser. In a carbon-free society, ammonia (with a high energy density and a well-established transport infrastructure) is anticipated to be the lynchpin for the long-term storage of renewable energy to align its production with our energy demands. RestartNH3 will provide a ground-breaking recycle-less ammonia synthesis process, driven exclusively by renewable energy, water and air. Its fundamental pillars will be the development of energy functional nano-materials as low temperature ammonia catalysts and high temperature absorbents. Innovative technological advances will build on these revolutionary capabilities through the pioneering integration of the reaction and separation steps into a recycle-less process as well as a self-sustained, energy-efficient regeneration of absorbents via a unique heat integration strategy. RestartNH3 will deliver an agile (fast response), efficient (high energy storage), distributed (low capital versus the economy of scale of the conventional Haber Bosch process) ammonia synthesis process aligned to the intermittent and geographically isolated production of renewable energy. As a result, we will be able to store renewable energy in their production points, to be stored long-term and transported in the form of ammonia. Such a process has the potential to create a new global carbon-free energy trade system similar to the existing one around fossil fuels, essential to fulfil our carbon-free ambitions and contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

当卡尔·博世和弗里茨·哈伯因发现人工固氮过程（哈伯-博世法）而获得诺贝尔奖时，他们承认可能还有其他生产氨的方法。一个多世纪后，我们仍在使用相同的依赖化石燃料的工艺和非常相似的催化剂。现在，除了作为肥料喂养超过 50% 的人口之外，现在已经到了重新发挥氨作用的时候了。在无碳社会中，氨（具有高能量密度和完善的运输基础设施）预计将成为长期储存可再生能源的关键，以使其生产与我们的能源需求保持一致。 RestartNH3 将提供突破性的无循环氨合成工艺，完全由可再生能源、水和空气驱动。其基本支柱是开发能源功能纳米材料作为低温氨催化剂和高温吸收剂。创新技术进步将建立在这些革命性能力的基础上，通过将反应和分离步骤开创性地集成到无循环过程中，以及通过独特的热集成策略实现吸收剂的自我维持、节能再生。 RestartNH3 将提供敏捷（快速响应）、高效（高能量存储）、分布式（相对于传统哈伯博世工艺的规模经济而言的低资本）氨合成工艺，与间歇性和地理上孤立的可再生能源生产相一致。因此，我们将能够在其生产点储存可再生能源，并以氨的形式长期储存和运输。这一进程有可能创建一个新的全球无碳能源贸易体系，类似于现有的化石燃料贸易体系，这对于实现我们的无碳目标和为联合国可持续发展目标做出贡献至关重要。