The Green Ammonia Demonstrator - a National Net-Zero Project

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Other Renewables)

Basic and strategic applied research

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Dr JA Halliday
Energy Research Unit
STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)

Standard

EPSRC

01 March 2021

31 March 2025

49 months

£202,113

Energy

South East

Energy : Energy

Dr JA Halliday, Energy Research Unit, STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)

Dr S Aldridge, Oxford Chemistry, University of Oxford
Dr J Alves Fernandes, Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Dr R Banares-Alcantara, Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Dr T Davenne, Engineering and Instrumentation, STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)
Professor WIF David, ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source, STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)
Professor DM Grant, Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham
Dr A Valera-Medina, Engineering, Cardiff University
Dr G Walker, Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham
Dr TJ Wood, ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source, STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)

Project Contact, Siemens plc (UK)

This proposal focuses on the development of the Green Ammonia Demonstrator at Harwell as an interdisciplinary research, development and demonstration project for renewable chemical-energy fuel production, storage and utilisation and as an educational and teaching resource for future zero-carbon energy technologies.The Green Ammonia Demonstrator was designed, built and commissioned at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire in 2018 as the world's first roundtrip demonstration of green ammonia for energy storage (Power-to-Ammonia-to-Power). The project was part of the Siemens-led "Decoupled Green Energy" project funded by InnovateUK/EPSRC ( 1.6M) and Siemens ( 1M). On 1st October 2019, Siemens transferred Demonstrator hardware in its entirety to UKRI-STFC to facilitate the future use of this system as a research and teaching resource.The resources requested cover the full technical handover of the Demonstrator from Siemens to UKRI-STFC over 18 months as well as the expansion of its role to include active research into further aspects of renewable ammonia synthesis, storage and utilisation. Coupled to this expanded role will be the integration of four extant CDT groups in relevant areas of energy research. The majority of the resources requested will cover engineering expertise for both day-to-day running of the demonstrator and augmenting its potential research capabilities.

08/11/21