hte conducts research for JGC to advance decarbonization by identifying suitable catalysts for ammonia cracking
hte and JGC have collaborated on innovative technologies for converting ammonia into hydrogen. The goal of this contract research project conducted at hte’s laboratories was to advance decarbonization by identifying suitable catalysts for ammonia cracking.
Ammonia cracking has attracted significant attention thanks to ammonia’s effectiveness as a hydrogen carrier. By cracking green ammonia, hydrogen can be produced on demand at the point of use, offering a clean and efficient energy solution. This process plays a crucial role in global decarbonization efforts, providing a scalable and sustainable pathway to reduced carbon emissions across key sectors such as transportation, power generation, and heavy industry.
Recovering hydrogen through ammonia cracking requires high temperatures, safe handling of ammonia under high pressure, and high performing catalysts for efficient conversion. The 16-fold high throughput unit selected for the project was specifically designed for demanding reaction conditions. This technology enabled catalyst testing under high temperatures and pressures, along with parallelized, rapid and comprehensive investigation of various catalysts and process parameters. Thanks to hte’s innovative reactor design, it’s possible to selectively eliminate unwanted catalytic effects from reactor materials, allowing the catalyst’s activity to be studied in isolation within the kinetically controlled conversion range. Precise analytics ensured reliable results and the collection of industrially relevant data. The hydrogen produced was immediately available for other catalytic downstream processes such as hydrogenation.
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