Ammonia and hydrogen use for industrial heat & power generation

IDRIC Project MIP 5.1

Imperial College London
Cardiff University

Background

Transition to zero-carbon fuels (ZCFs), such as ammonia, hydrogen and biogas, is critical to industrial decarbonization.

In the near term, ZCFs may be more likely to be utilized in blends with conventional hydrocarbon fuels, e.g., H2 can be used together with diesel to fuel internal combustion engines by inducting hydrogen/air mixtures, and ammonia can be blended with biogas or natural gas to fuel gas turbines.

It is essential to understand the fundamental combustion charactristics of pure ZCFs or ZCFs/conventional hydrocarbon blends to assist the early introduction of ZCFs in existing combustors to contribute to IDRIC targets of low carbon industrial cluster by 2030 and zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040. Optical combustion characterization has the advantage of being non-intrusive.

Prof Yannis Hardalupas

Prof Yannis Hardalupas: Imperial College London

Prof Phil Bowen

Prof Philip Bowen: Cardiff University

Principal Investigators

Project Team

Imperial College London:

Chaoxu Chen
Alex M.K.P. Taylor

University of Cardiff:

Prof Augustin Valera-Medina
Dr Burak F Goktepe
Mr Steve Morris

Aim

This project aims to de-risk transition and deployment of zero-carbon fuels (ZCFs) by supporting designers and operators of heat and power plants through measurements (for CFD model development and validation), demonstration and life cycle assessment.

The project will quantify the ignitability and extinction characteristics of ZCF fuel blends and evaluate the consequences for the operability of internal combustion engines and gas turbines.

Meet the Team

Team 1

Mr Steve Morris

University of Cardiff

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Dr Burak F Goktepe

University of Cardiff

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Prof Augustin Valera-Medina

University of Cardiff

Team 1

Dr Chaoxu Chen

Imperial College London

Team 1

Dr Alex M.K.P Taylor

Imperial College London

Team 1

Mr Steve Morris

University of Cardiff

Team 1

Dr Burak F Goktepe

University of Cardiff

Team 1

Prof Augustin Valera-Medina

University of Cardiff

Team 1

Dr Chaoxu Chen

Imperial College London

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Dr Alex M.K.P Taylor

Imperial College London