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Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen Hydrogen Americas Summit, June 2021

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Page 1: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Hydrogen Americas Summit, June 2021

Page 2: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Charley Rattan

• Oil and gas majors background

• 15 years offshore wind big six

• Major offshore projects

• Hydrogen Strategic Intelligence

• Hydrogen business advisor

• Training,‘World Hydrogen

Leaders’ USA, Canada,

Singapore

Page 3: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ammonia: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

• Agricultural - use as fertiliser

• Toxic, dangerous

• Properties known - NASA

• Disassociation and explodes at

high temperatures

• Difficult to handle and unpleasant

• Energy intensive production

• World’s second biggest chemical

energy emitter

• Ammonia and Methanol

breakdown – right

Page 4: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Introducing Methanol • Methano into hydrogen through a

catalytic process, using a fuel

reformer.

• Temperature of 200-300 °C

• May offer a route to Net Zero for

sectors such as shipping

• Methanol vessels first mover?

• Ardmore concept - hydrogen on

demand at the point of

consumption

Page 5: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ammonia - Explosive

• Ammonium nitrate

• Beirut 2020

• Lessons learned

• Storage regime

• Oil and gas majors used to it

Do not ignore!

Page 6: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ammonia Green

• As with hydrogen the green

version is most expensive

• Abatement will be a legal

requirement

• Green hydrogen hoping to benefit

from scaling and clustering

• Similar principles could be applied

to green ammonia?

• Haber-Bosch process

Page 7: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ammonia – Storage

• Carbon-free fuel - contains only

hydrogen and nitrogen,

• Breaks down to only water and

nitrogen

• The ammonia molecule is one of

the best alternatives for the

mid/long-term storage of

electricity

• Chemical energy

Page 8: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Agricultural Uses of Ammonia

• Agriculture and chemical

industries

• Agriculture to decarbonise –

hydrogen tractors

• German companies leading the

charge

• Siemens strategic developments

• Ammonia could re-engage

agricultural industry in

decarbonisation

Page 9: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ammonia – Distribution and Storage

• SME’S extant

• Example - SME exports 300

cylinders per day of ammonia gas

from its plant

• Supply chain opportunities

• “precious energy can be saved by

packaging hydrogen chemically in

a synthetic liquid hydrocarbon

like methanol...”

Page 10: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ports and Shipping: Health and Safety

• Ammonia can be burnt in a

reciprocating engine

• Shipping sector developing an

ammonia engine

• Progressively introduce ammonia

into vessel propulsion

• Methanol & Battery vessels also in

testing

• 1 June 2021, Liquid Wind raises

€4M in equity to produce eFuel

Sweden

Page 11: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ammonia and Wind - Holland

• Netherlands - October 2020

• Ørsted and Yara – leading fertiliser

company

• Pioneering project with renewable

hydrogen in the production of

ammonia with the potential to

abate more than 100,000 tonnes of

CO2 per year

• Sector coupling

Page 12: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

The Wider Opportunity

• Energy islands, power-to-x?

• Hydrogen and offshore,

electrolysis

• Re-purposed platforms and

infrastructure

• Hybrid schemes

• Baltic and North Sea – build out

• Supply chain implications

• Ammonia?

Page 13: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ammonia and Carbon Free Aviation

• August 2020 Ammonia for

aviation - Rolls-Royce is making a

further investment together with

Reaction Engines Ltd

• UK Ministry of Defence contract

to undertake design studies,

research, development, analysis

and experimentation related to

high-Mach advanced propulsion

systems

Page 14: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

Ammonia, Methanol and Hydrogen - Summary

• Synergies between Hydrogen

Ammonia and Methanol

important parts of the Net Zero

Agenda

• Methanol and Ammonia both

useful for transport and

distribution of hydrogen

• Ammonia Noxious and toxic -

treat with respect

Page 15: Methanol, Ammonia & Hydrogen

charleyrattan.com

[email protected]

+44(O)7702 023354

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