Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on African Sustainable Energy Solutions (AfrSusEnS 2024)

Electrified Ammonia Synthesis with Methanol Production as Carbon Capture and Utilization System

Authors
Zachary Hillman1, Cornelius Masuku1, *
1Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: cmasuku@purdue.edu
Corresponding Author
Cornelius Masuku
Available Online 22 July 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-797-7_16How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Ammonia Synthesis; Carbon Neutral; Electrification
Abstract

Ammonia production is a process critical to modern-day society. It is a main ingredient of the fertilizers that allow the amount of food necessary for the world’s population. The Haber-Bosch process is the primary process used for ammonia synthesis, but it is energy intensive. An example of an electrified plant is designed which only uses renewable energy to drive the reaction through induction heating and capturing any generated carbon by co-producing methanol.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on African Sustainable Energy Solutions (AfrSusEnS 2024)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
22 July 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-797-7
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-797-7_16How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2025 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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