2017 Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 3-8
Ammonia (NH3) has come to be considered having a great potential as an energy carrier. NH3 can store and transport a large amount of hydrogen energy using existing infrastructure technology. Besides, R&D themes being conducted in the SIP “Energy Carrier” program have revealed the possibility that NH3 can be used as relatively economical CO2-free fuels for power generations and industrial furnaces. This article introduces those R&D outputs relating to NH3 obtained by the SIP “Energy Carrier” program and discusses the potential of NH3 as an energy carrier of CO2-free hydrogen energy which is expected to play a very important role in constructing a low carbon society.
