Posts Tagged by ammonia
From Guest Blogger Daniel Miller: Seeking Partners for Possible Research Project: Ammonia Fuel Infrastructure Network Growth and Development
| December 18, 2010 | Posted by Daniel-Miller under Energy Storage |
I am getting a head start on my NH3 Fuel Association internship. I will be working on a commercialization roadmap. I am searching for data and knowledge that could possibly go in to this roadmap.
As such, a contact at the IPFW (Indiana University/Purdue University, Fort Wayne) Information Analytics and Visualization Center expressed interest in my assembling a research proposal for applying network growth and development knowledge to being able to model where ammonia fuel/energy carrier infrastructure commercialization opportunities may emerge with greatest ease on top of and from older infrastructure networks. This could greatly increase the efficiency of future ammonia technology commercialization. But I am seeking additional partners. Would anyone like to help? If you would, please contact me by early January, as we are planning a meeting for early January to discuss this research project.
If interested in this project, please contact me soon through the “Contact” option at my “Model Sustainable Cities” website at http://modelsustainablecities.weebly.com Thank you.
Regards,
Daniel Miller
Liquid Ammonia Fuel and Model Sustainable Cities
| November 28, 2010 | Posted by Daniel-Miller under Energy Storage |
Perhaps a number of you recall Mr. Shields’s blog posts regarding ammonia fuel from a few months ago. I believe there is also a reference to ammonia in “Renewable Energy: Facts and Fantasies” during the interview with Matt Simmons.
I would like to thank Craig Shields for inviting me to post as a guest blogger here at 2GreenEnergy in order that I can post any original thinking that I may have regarding ammonia and green energy. The invitation had its roots in that I had referred Mr. Shields to Bill Leighty for more information about ammonia fuel. And I will very likely soon be an intern with the NH3 Fuel Association, which is the new name for the Ammona Fuel Network.
For those who like like the link to my “Model Sustainable Cities” website for my most public work, it can be found at http://modelsustainablecities.weebly.com. Read More
From Ammonia-as-Fuel Advocate Greg Vezina
| June 22, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Renewables - Business |
Author and ammonia-as-fuel advocate Greg Vezina writes:
As part of the research for my upcoming book, I include a complete analysis of the subsidies to all forms of energy. This took a lot of work. In today’s Globe, there is an editorial page article about the subsidies to coal, oil and gas which is now over a half trillion dollars each year. Four international organizations – the International Energy Agency, the OECD, the WTO, and, remarkably, OPEC – are collaborating on a study of these subsidies to be presented at the G20.
No wonder most alternative energy and conservation solutions have a hard time entering the marketplace in controlled or supposed free market economies.
In the specific case of NH3, with equal treatment, it would be less than 35% the price of hydrocarbons, including all applicable taxes.
With full cost accounting principles applied, if Environmental, Health and Trade costs were included and a carbon tax or Cap amd Trade, then NH3 would be less than 20%. The research also shows that using domestic feedstocks to make NH3 would create 5 times the net employment and tax revenue to governements.
Talk about a global solution. Food, energy, jobs and opportunity for all. Only a dream you might think, not so, in the next few months we will release definite proof for all.
Keep the faith people, the solution is coming soon.
Thanks, Greg. Your thoughts and echoed here, to be sure, where we ceaselessly repeat our demand for a level playing field for renewables. As suggested in my article linked above, I see this as inextricably linked to campaign finance reform and getting a grip on the bloat and corruption that permeates our governement.
Thanks for raising your voice so eloquently, and good luck on your book project. Please let us know when it becomes available.
Ammonia as Fuel
| January 9, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Energy Storage |
During my interview with Matt Simmons on “peak oil” for my book on renewables, I asked about suggestions for averting the imminent disaster he sees associated with maintain the status quo in energy generation and consumption. The response:
Large wind turbines will soon be built at the University of Maine and tested off the Maine coast, made from advanced composites with breakthrough characteristics in strength, weight, and cost. Once put into production, they can be used to produce large quantities of ammonia.
Matt pointed out that anhydrous ammonia (NH3), also known as “the other hydrogen,” is ultra-clean and energy-dense — the closest thing to a perfect transportation fuel.
He laid out a significant list of benefits:
- Liquid at ambient temperatures and moderate pressures (~125 psi)
- Has 52% of the energy density of gasoline, more than 50% more energy dense than liquid hydrogen
- Can be used directly in internal combustion engines, using relatively straightforward conversions of gasoline and diesel ICEs
- Easy to store and deliver in large quantities
- Current worldwide annual production of ammonia is ~130 million tons
- A storage and delivery infrastructure of pipelines, barges, rail and truck already exists for ammonia, with 3000 miles of pipeline in the US heartland; retail ammonia outlets exist in almost every state
- Can be produced cleanly from coal and natural gas with carbon sequestration, and also from biomass, renewable energy sources and nuclear power, using nitrogen from the air
- Contains no carbon, so releases no GHGs on combustion; also any NOx is easily neutralized
I propose to conduct a bit more research on this subject, and post my findings when they are available. In the meanwhile, please feel free to comment.
