2014 NH3 Fuel Conference

The 11th Annual NH3 Fuel Conference

NH3, the Renewable Carbon Free Fuel

September 21 – 24, 2014 • Des Moines, IA
Science Center of Iowa, 401 W Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Des Moines, IA 50309

— MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 —

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Green Ammonia to Fuel International Security
Christopher Harz, One World for Life™ / VirtualAgility, Inc., USA

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Food Security via Clean Energy
Alex Lightman, Chairman, GINET and Everblaze, USA

Who’s your Favorite Chemical?
Norm Olson, Chair, NH3 Fuel Association

Ammonia Economy – The Global Potential
Steve Wittrig, Clean Air Task Force, USA

Expanding the Market for Renewable NH3
Keating Willcox, The Center for Currency, USA

My Solar Powered Ammonia Generation System
Jay Schmuecker, Retired Caltech engineer and Iowa farm owner, USA

Liquid Ammonia for Hydrogen Storage
Yoshitsugu Kojima, Institute for Advanced Materials Research, Hiroshima University, Japan

Further Evolution of an Ammonia Fuelled Range Extender for Hybrid Vehicles
Stefano Frigo* and Roberto Gentili, University of Pisa, Italy

Recent progress on the Ammonia-Gasoline and the Ammonia-Diesel Dual Fueled Internal Combustion Engines in Korea
Youngmin Woo*, Jin Young Jang, Young Jae Lee, and Jong Nam Kim, Green Transportation Technology Group, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), South Korea

A High Efficiency NH3 fueled Diesel Engine
Eddie Sturman, Sturman Industries, USA

Ammonia as an alternate transport fuel: Emulsifiers for gasoline ammonia fuel blends and real time engine performance
Shehan Haputhanthri, Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas Tech University, USA

Micro Gas Turbine Operation with Kerosene and Ammonia
Norihiko Iki*, Osamu Kurata, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Masato Suzuki, Taku Tsujimura and Hirohide Furutani Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute (FREA), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

— TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 —

Effects of cathodic materials on the electrochemical ammonia synthesis from water and nitrogen in molten salts at atmospheric pressure
Kwiyong Kim* (1), Chan-heui Hyung (2), Hyung Chul Yoon (2), Jong-Nam Kim (2), and Jong-In Han (1)
(1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
(2) Petroleum and Gas Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research, South Korea

NH3 from Renewable-source Electricity, Water, and Air: Technology Options and Economics Modeling
Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation, USA

Using Renewable Energy to Produce NH3
Geoff Budd, ITM Power, UK

Student Laboratory Module: Kinetics of Ammonia Cracking
Jason Ganley, Colorado School of Mines, USA

A novel approach to ammonia decomposition
Bill David, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford and Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK

Life-cycle greenhouse gas and energy balance of community-scale wind powered ammonia production
Joel Tallaksen* (1), Fredric Bauer (2), Christian Hulteberg (2), Michael Reese (1), and Serina Ahlgren (3), (1) West Central Research & Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, USA, (2) Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Sweden, (3) Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Development of Fuel Quality Specification for Ammonia when used as a Motor Vehicle Fuel
Allan Morrison, Senior Environmental Scientist, Fuels and Lubricants Laboratory, Division of Measurement Standards, California Department of Food & Agriculture, USA

Investigating and Understanding Ionic Ammine Materials
Martin Owen Jones* (1), J. Hartley (1,2), W.I.F. David (1) and A. Porch (2), (1) STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, UK, (2): Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University, UK

Research and development of NH3-fueled solid-state fuel cell systems
Hiroki Muroyama* (1), Jun Yang (1), Kaname Okura (1), Takeou Okanishi (1), Toshiaki Matsui (1), Motohiro Saito (2), Hiroshi Iwai (2), Hideo Yoshida(2), Koichi Eguchi (1), (1) Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, and (2) Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

Characteristics of Ammonia/N2/O2 Laminar Premixed Flame in Oxygen-enriched Condition
Hiroyuki Takeishi*, Jun Hayashi, Shota Kono, Kimio Iino, and Fumiteru Akamatsu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, Japan

Fundamental Characteristics of Ammonia/Air Premixed Laminar Flames
Akihiro Hayakawa*, Takashi Goto, Rentaro Mimoto, Taku Kudo and Hideaki Kobayashi, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan

Simulation of Fuel Economy of Gasoline-Ethanol-Ammonia Tertiary Fuel Blends for a Series Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Shehan Haputhanthri, Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas Tech University, USA

Numerical investigation of combustion characteristics of ammonia-air mixtures under high pressure lean conditions
Hadi Nozari and Arif Karabeyoglu, Koç University, Turkey