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Erschienen in: Environmental Management 5/2017

14.02.2017

Impact Assessment and Environmental Evaluation of Various Ammonia Production Processes

verfasst von: Yusuf Bicer, Ibrahim Dincer, Greg Vezina, Frank Raso

Erschienen in: Environmental Management | Ausgabe 5/2017

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Abstract

In the current study, conventional resources-based ammonia generation routes are comparatively studied through a comprehensive life cycle assessment. The selected ammonia generation options range from mostly used steam methane reforming to partial oxidation of heavy oil. The chosen ammonia synthesis process is the most common commercially available Haber-Bosch process. The essential energy input for the methods are used from various conventional resources such as coal, nuclear, natural gas and heavy oil. Using the life cycle assessment methodology, the environmental impacts of selected methods are identified and quantified from cradle to gate. The life cycle assessment outcomes of the conventional resources based ammonia production routes show that nuclear electrolysis-based ammonia generation method yields the lowest global warming and climate change impacts while the coal-based electrolysis options bring higher environmental problems. The calculated greenhouse gas emission from nuclear-based electrolysis is 0.48 kg CO2 equivalent while it is 13.6 kg CO2 per kg of ammonia for coal-based electrolysis method.

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Metadaten
Titel
Impact Assessment and Environmental Evaluation of Various Ammonia Production Processes
verfasst von
Yusuf Bicer
Ibrahim Dincer
Greg Vezina
Frank Raso
Publikationsdatum
14.02.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Environmental Management / Ausgabe 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0364-152X
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1009
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0831-6

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