Post by Blitz on Mar 30, 2024 13:31:49 GMT -5
Here what it's advertised as by ESG wonks...
The advantages of ammonia are its continuous use demand, being a more efficient hydrogen carrier than hydrogen itself, and producing zero carbon emissions, because as a fuel; Its unique chemical structure does not contain carbon.
Here's what happens in the real world where if things can wrong, they will go wrong. Sort of like lithium mining causing tremendous amounts of mining related pollution, door plugs blowing out of Boeing 737's, and not using tugs for big container ships going in and out of Baltimore's port channel...
Ammonia burns slower and is harder to ignite than fossil fuels; most ammonia engines need a dose of diesel or hydrogen to get them going. If engines leak unburned ammonia, that can be toxic. And ammonia engines tend to produce nitrogen oxide, also a potent greenhouse gas.
What are the problems with ammonia as fuel?
Publishing their findings in PNAS , the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported team found that a mismanaged ammonia economy could ramp up emissions of nitrous oxide, a long-lived greenhouse gas around 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide and a major contributor to the thinning of the stratospheric ozone layer.
The advantages of ammonia are its continuous use demand, being a more efficient hydrogen carrier than hydrogen itself, and producing zero carbon emissions, because as a fuel; Its unique chemical structure does not contain carbon.
Here's what happens in the real world where if things can wrong, they will go wrong. Sort of like lithium mining causing tremendous amounts of mining related pollution, door plugs blowing out of Boeing 737's, and not using tugs for big container ships going in and out of Baltimore's port channel...
Ammonia burns slower and is harder to ignite than fossil fuels; most ammonia engines need a dose of diesel or hydrogen to get them going. If engines leak unburned ammonia, that can be toxic. And ammonia engines tend to produce nitrogen oxide, also a potent greenhouse gas.
What are the problems with ammonia as fuel?
Publishing their findings in PNAS , the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported team found that a mismanaged ammonia economy could ramp up emissions of nitrous oxide, a long-lived greenhouse gas around 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide and a major contributor to the thinning of the stratospheric ozone layer.