Tag Archives: Policy

Ammonia Fuel Safety

Trevor Brown
AmmoniaIndustry.com, United States

NH3 Fuel Conference, Minneapolis, November 1, 2017
AIChE Annual Meeting, Topical Conference: NH3 Energy+

ABSTRACT

This paper introduces the existing literature on the safety of using ammonia as a fuel, which provides comparative data for a range of traditional and alternative fuels and energy carriers. The studies reviewed conclude that risk levels associated with using ammonia as a fuel are “similar to those of gasoline,” or “similar, if not lower than for the other fuels,” also including hydrogen, methanol, LPG, and CNG. Ammonia as a fuel can meet all “acceptable” risk levels in even the most stringent regulatory jurisdictions. Continue reading

NH3: The Optimal Alternative Fuel

Norm Olson
NH3 Fuel Association, United States

NH3 Fuel Conference 2017, Minneapolis, November 1, 2017
AIChE Annual Meeting, Topical Conference: NH3 Energy+

ABSTRACT

Unlike some technology areas where “all of the above” has significant advantages, there are tremendous advantages associated with choosing a single, optimized, liquid transportation fuel. The cost, efficiency and environmental benefits associated with choosing an optimized liquid transportation fuel are enormous and merit serious consideration.

NH3 most closely meets the criteria for an ideal liquid transportation fuel. Continue reading

The Investment Case for Sustainable Ammonia Synthesis Technologies

Trevor Brown
AmmoniaIndustry.com, USA

NH3 Fuel Conference, Los Angeles, September 20, 2016

ABSTRACT

For 100 years, we have made ammonia with the Haber-Bosch process, almost always using a fossil fuel feedstock. Recently, though, government policy, academic innovation, commercial opportunity, and human morality have combined to spur the development of new, “green” ammonia manufacturing processes: sustainable, low-carbon technologies.

These new synthesis methods augur a future in which, instead of the single, over-riding drive toward the economies of scale associated with Haber-Bosch, an array of different feedstocks, uses, and business models will support a multiplicity of competing technologies serving multiple markets. Continue reading

Introducing the Global NH3 Fuel Federation

Stephen Crolius
Alliance Consulting Group, USA / NH3 Fuel Association

NH3 Fuel Conference, Los Angeles, September 20, 2016

ABSTRACT

Until recently, ammonia fuel was the focus of a few dozen individuals working in isolated groups. Institutional interest and support were limited at best. Now we are in a new stage: ammonia fuel is being investigated seriously in publicly and privately supported programs in most of the world’s leading economies. Continue reading

Piloting a Combined Heat and Power / Distributed Generation System, Powered by Carbon-Free, Renewable-Based Anhydrous Ammonia

CONFERENCE HOST 2016

The UCLA Sustainable Technology & Policy Program (UCLA-STPP) serves as the host of the 2016 NH3 Fuel Conference.

Peter Sinsheimer
Executive Director, UCLA-STPP, Los Angeles, CA

including NH3 Engine Overview
Eddie Sturman, Sturman Industries, USA

13th Annual NH3 Fuel Conference, September 20, 2016

ABSTRACT

UCLA-STPP is an interdisciplinary science / policy research unit, enjoining faculty in schools of engineering, public health, law, business, and medicine. The two-part mission of UCLA-STPP is to: (1) evaluate the viability of safer, cleaner, greener, more sustainable substitutes for existing hazardous services, processes, systems, and/or technologies, and (2) employ diffusion analysis to identify institutional, policy, and regulatory barriers to the adoption of viable safer substitutes and prescribe policy changes to overcome key barriers. UCLA-STPP has taken leadership in developing and institutionalizing “alternatives analysis” as policy/regulatory tool as a method to evaluate and identify safer, cleaner, greener, more sustainable substitutes.

UCLA-STPP is employing this alternatives analysis approach to evaluate the commercial viability of using renewable-based NH3 for peak power generation and natural gas for base load power in a camless engine genset system to be installed at a distributed generation pilot demonstration facility in the greater Los Angeles region. Continue reading

Green Ammonia to Fuel International Security

Keynote Speech 2014

Dr. Christopher Harz, VirtualAgility / One World for Life™
11th Annual NH3 Fuel Conference, September 22, 2014
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Food Security via Clean Energy

Keynote Speech 2014

Alex Lightman, Chairman, GINET and Everblaze
11th Annual NH3 Fuel Conference, September 22, 2014
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Ammonia Economy – The Global Potential

Steve Wittrig, Senior Advisor, Advanced Energy Systems, Clean Air Task Force
11th Annual NH3 Fuel Conference, September 22, 2014 Continue reading

Ammonia Fuel — It Works, Now What

Keynote Speech

Steve Wittrig, Clean Air Task Force
Tenth Annual NH3 Fuel Conference, September 23, 2013
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Business and Technology Roadmapping for NH3 Fuel

Stephen Crolius, Alliance Consulting Group
Tenth Annual NH3 Fuel Conference, September 23, 2013
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