
Energy-efficient small-scale ammonia synthesis process with plasma-enabled nitrogen oxidation and catalytic reduction of adsorbed NOx
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- Lander Hollevoet, Elise Vervloessem, Yury Gorbanev, Anton Nikiforov (UGent) , Nathalie De Geyter (UGent) , Annemie Bogaerts and Johan Martens
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- Industrial ammonia production without CO2 emission and with low energy consumption is one of the technological grand challenges of this age. Current Haber-Bosch ammonia mass production processes work with a thermally activated iron catalyst needing high pressure. The need for large volumes of hydrogen gas and the continuous operation mode render electrification of Haber-Bosch plants difficult to achieve. Electrochemical solutions at low pressure and temperature are faced with the problematic inertness of the nitrogen molecule on electrodes. Direct reduction of N-2 to ammonia is only possible with very reactive chemicals such as lithium metal, the regeneration of which is energy intensive. Here, the attractiveness of an oxidative route for N-2 activation was presented. N-2 conversion to NOx in a plasma reactor followed by reduction with H-2 on a heterogeneous catalyst at low pressure could be an energy-efficient option for small-scale distributed ammonia production with renewable electricity and without intrinsic CO2 footprint.
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- green ammonia, nitrogen oxides, NOx storage, plasma chemistry, process electrification, AIR, FIXATION, SYSTEM
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8758741
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- Hollevoet, Lander, et al. “Energy-Efficient Small-Scale Ammonia Synthesis Process with Plasma-Enabled Nitrogen Oxidation and Catalytic Reduction of Adsorbed NOx.” CHEMSUSCHEM, vol. 15, no. 10, 2022, doi:10.1002/cssc.202102526.
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- Hollevoet, L., Vervloessem, E., Gorbanev, Y., Nikiforov, A., De Geyter, N., Bogaerts, A., & Martens, J. (2022). Energy-efficient small-scale ammonia synthesis process with plasma-enabled nitrogen oxidation and catalytic reduction of adsorbed NOx. CHEMSUSCHEM, 15(10). https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202102526
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- Hollevoet, Lander, Elise Vervloessem, Yury Gorbanev, Anton Nikiforov, Nathalie De Geyter, Annemie Bogaerts, and Johan Martens. 2022. “Energy-Efficient Small-Scale Ammonia Synthesis Process with Plasma-Enabled Nitrogen Oxidation and Catalytic Reduction of Adsorbed NOx.” CHEMSUSCHEM 15 (10). https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202102526.
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- Hollevoet, Lander, Elise Vervloessem, Yury Gorbanev, Anton Nikiforov, Nathalie De Geyter, Annemie Bogaerts, and Johan Martens. 2022. “Energy-Efficient Small-Scale Ammonia Synthesis Process with Plasma-Enabled Nitrogen Oxidation and Catalytic Reduction of Adsorbed NOx.” CHEMSUSCHEM 15 (10). doi:10.1002/cssc.202102526.
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- 1.Hollevoet L, Vervloessem E, Gorbanev Y, Nikiforov A, De Geyter N, Bogaerts A, et al. Energy-efficient small-scale ammonia synthesis process with plasma-enabled nitrogen oxidation and catalytic reduction of adsorbed NOx. CHEMSUSCHEM. 2022;15(10).
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- [1]L. Hollevoet et al., “Energy-efficient small-scale ammonia synthesis process with plasma-enabled nitrogen oxidation and catalytic reduction of adsorbed NOx,” CHEMSUSCHEM, vol. 15, no. 10, 2022.
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