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Demonstration of CO2-free Ammonia Synthesis using Renewable Energy-Generated Hydrogen

NH3 Fuel Conference 2018 NH3 Energy+ Topical Conference in AIChE Annual Meeting

Oct. 31st, 2018 (JGC Corporation)

M.Kai, Y.Fujimura, T.Fujimoto, (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sceience and

Technology) H.Takagi, T.Nanba, Y.Manaka

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JGC’s Main Business Domains

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Gas Processing

Environmental & Energy Conservation

Refineries Petrochemicals & Chemicals

Industrial Power Generation

LNG

Up & Mid Stream Medical Facilities & Research Laboratories

Supply Chain of CO2-free Ammonia

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Solar(PVorCSP)

FossilFuels(NaturalGas)

Electricity

AmmoniaSynthesis

CO2-free Hydrogen

Hydrogen +Nitrogen

Water

Nitrogen from Air

AmmoniaGasTurbineorBoiler

AmmoniaFuelCell

WaterElectrolysis

Wind

Air

Reforming

CO2-free Ammonia

CCSorEOR(EnhancedOilRecovery) CO2

Hydro

Renewables PowerGeneration

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Background and Objectives

•  R&DTheme“DevelopmentofAmmoniaSynthesisProcessfromCO2-freeHydrogen”underSIPEnergyCarriers

•  MajorR&DItems;(1)  Developmentofammoniasynthesiscatalystwithhighactivityatlowpressureandtemperature(2)Demonstrationofnewcatalystperformance

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Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA)

EnergyControlBuilding

PhotovoltaicPowerSystemDemonstrationField(ratedPower500kW)

WindPowerGenerationSystem(ratedPower300kW)

PureHydrogenExperimentBuilding

HydrogenEnergyCarrierDemonstrationBuilding

AmmoniaGasTurbineDemonstrationArea

AmmoniaSynthesisDemonstrationPlant

Koriyama, Fukushima

“Courtesy of AIST”

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Ammonia Demonstration Plant

Reactor Top Elevation

N2 Cylinders H2 Cylinders

Control Room

Liquid NH3 Tank

NH3 Synthesis Reactor （Backside of this Vessel）

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Ru/REO2catalystproducedonasemi-industrialscaleByJGCC&C

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FC

FC

PC

PC

LC

FCPC

TC

Simplified Process Flow Diagram of Plant

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FeedstockSection

CompressorSection

AmmoniaSeparationandStoragesection

HotOilSectionReactorSection

ü  Location : AIST FREA (Fukushima, Japan)

ü  Reactor Inlet Conditions: < 400degC, < 8MPaG ü  Feedstock : Cylinder Gas

ü  Product : Liquefied Ammonia

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Demonstration Plant Highlights

ü  2018.Jan:ConstructionCompleted.ü  2018.Mar:CommissioningCompleted.ü  2018.Apr:DemonstrationPlantOperationStarted.ü  2018.May:ExpectedCatalystPerformanceconfirmed

attheDesignCondition.ü  2018.Aug:CO2-freeHydrogenbasedAmmoniasuccessfullyproduced,andPowerGeneratedby100%AmmoniaGasTurbine.

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(Press Release: http://www.jgc.com/en/ViewPdf/view/2065)

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Comparison between Lab. Test and Demonstration Test

DemonstrationTestResults arealmostequaltoLab.TestResults.

EquilibriumConcentration

<Conditions>RxInletTemperature:400℃RxPressure:5MPaGH2/N2Ratio:1.0

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0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00

NH

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[mol

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1/WHSV [h]

Lab. Test Result

Demonstration Test Result

Demonstration of CO2-free Ammonia Value Chain

Photovoltaics*

Electricity

Ammonia Synthesis

By New Catalyst

CO2 -free H2

Electrolyzer*

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100% Ammonia Gas Turbine

* N2

Electricity + -

H2O2

＊) Collaboration with AIST-FREA, and SIP Ammonia Direct Combustion Team 太陽光発電

水電解装置

アンモニア合成実証試験装置

アンモニアガスタービン試験装置

Ammonia Gas Turbine

Test Unit Ammonia Synthesis

Demo. Plant

Photovoltaics

Electrolyzer

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H2O

CO2 -free NH3

World’s First Demo. by this scheme !

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Operation with Renewable Energy-Generated Hydrogen

5MPaG

400degC

11.5%

0.27kg/h

1.3kg/h 33kg/day

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Future Plan

ü  Inthenearfuture,fluctuationoperationsimulatingvariablerenewableenergywillbeconducted,toconfirm-

(a)  RuCatalysthighactivityunderfeedgasflowraterapidincrease/decreaseoperation,

(b)  ammoniaplantoperationflexibility(allowableturndownrange)

ü  Inthenearfuture,commercialscaleplantdesignandcoststudywillbeconducted.

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Summary

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ü  AmmoniaisapromisingenergycarrierforCO2-freepowergeneration.

ü  Thedemonstrationplantofammoniasynthesisusingthedevelopedcatalystshasbeeninoperationfromearly2018.

ü  CO2-freeammoniaproductionusingrenewableenergy-generatedhydrogenasfeedstockhasbeenconducted.

ü  Inthenearfuture,fluctuatingoperationsimulatingvariablerenewableenergywillbeconducted.Andcommercialscaleplantdesignandcoststudywillbeconducted.

ü  JGC will contribute to decarbonization and energy supply chain.

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Thank you very much

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This study was supported by the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), Cross-Ministerial Strategic Innovation Program (SIP), “Energy Carriers” (Funding agency: JST)

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Acknowledgement