Fundamentals of Ammonia Production

Kevin Rouwenhorst; Leon Lefferts

doi:10.1002/9781394283040.ch1

Fundamentals of Ammonia Production

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Ammonia is currently used as a fertilizer and a chemical. Ammonia (NH₃) is produced from hydrogen (H₂) and nitrogen (N₂). Ammonia does not contain carbon and is thus considered a zero-carbon fuel and hydrogen carrier. This requires ammonia production to decarbonize. This chapter covers ammonia production via the Haber-Bosch process, current ammonia production pathways, novel ammonia production pathways, and future uses of ammonia as a zero-carbon fuel and hydrogen carrier.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Plasma-Assisted Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Process Industries
Editors	Volker Hessel, Annemie Bogaerts, Gabriele Centi, Evgeny Rebrov, Nguyen Van Duc Long
Publisher	Wiley
Chapter	1
Pages	3-20
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-139428304-0
ISBN (Print)	978-139428301-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394283040.ch1
Publication status	Published - 2026

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