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Conversion of ammonia into hydrogen using cold plasmas coupled with catalysis

Conversion of ammonia into hydrogen using cold plasmas coupled with catalysis

Goals

The result is a cold plasma-catalysis process that optimizes the conversion of ammonia into hydrogen, at the lowest possible energy cost.

Innovations

As part of the development of a hydrogen loop, ammonia is proving to be an interesting transport vector. The aim of the project is to convert transported ammonia into H2 at low energy cost, using plasma discharges. This project complements the ERDF SynfonHy project, in which NH3 will be synthesized from N2 and H2.

PhD student:

Thibault Queeckers

Promoter

Prof. François Reniers
Université Libre de Bruxelles

Co-promoter

Prof. Eric Gaigneaux
Université Catholique de Louvain

Research Center

Dr. Thomas Godfroid
Materia Nova

Tasks

T04-1
Development of a cold plasma reactor to control the number and position of filaments, as well as the energy of the injected electrons (via a nanopulsed generator), and to insert catalysts
T04-2
Single plasma study of ammonia decomposition by mass spectrometry
T04-3
Development and characterization of plasma-specific catalysts for NH3 decomposition
T04-4
Study of ammonia decomposition in a plasma catalyst environment
T04-5
Benchmarking with other available ammonia decomposition technologies
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