Integrated Solar Production of Fertilisers and Fuels
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https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v2i.744Keywords:
Ammonia, Hydrogen, Solar Chemistry, Solar FertiliserAbstract
Solar fertiliser production including the internal utilisation of the side-product oxygen is analysed as one promising example of an innovative process utilising renewable energy resources and addressing the aspect of integrated production – here in the case of nitrogen containing fertilisers. Alternative methods to supply solar energy into the energy intensive generation of precursors needed for nitrate-based fertiliser via the Haber Bosch and Ostwald processes are introduced. Those methods are assessed in a comparative way through process design and simulation with a focus on oxygen injection inside the NOx combustion of the Ostwald process and through calculation of its economic impacts.
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Copyright (c) 2024 Martin Roeb, Pablo López Martínez, Nicole Neumann, David Baumstark, Lena Klaas, Dorottya Kriechbaumer, Nathalie Monnerie, Christos Agrafiotis, Christian Sattler
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