The aim of the joint pro­ject is to deve­lop a hea­ting sys­tem for indus­tri­al fur­naces based on green NH₃. For this pur­po­se, the pro­per­ties and spe­cial fea­tures of cou­pled tre­at­ment and hea­ting sys­tems are to be inves­ti­ga­ted. The aim is to defi­ne opti­mum ope­ra­ting ran­ges when using such a sys­tem with NH₃ as fuel. The NO_x emis­si­ons should not be hig­her than with today’s fos­sil-fuel­led hea­ting sys­tems. The com­pa­ny WS Refor­mer GmbH (affi­lia­ted com­pa­ny) has deve­lo­ped a com­pact NH₃ cra­cker with which the (par­ti­al) split­ting of NH₃ can be car­ri­ed out in an ener­gy-effi­ci­ent man­ner. Heat is also reco­ver­ed during the pro­cess. The com­pact cra­cker can be instal­led direct­ly upstream of indus­tri­al fur­naces and no addi­tio­nal, cen­tra­li­sed reac­tor is required.

As part of the pro­ject, inves­ti­ga­ti­ons are to be car­ri­ed out into the opti­mum split­ting ratio of NH₃ to hydro­gen and nitro­gen when using the NH₃ cra­cker in com­bi­na­ti­on with a hea­ting sys­tem. The aim is to achie­ve low emis­si­on com­bus­ti­on of (par­ti­al­ly) cra­cked NH₃ and air by uti­li­sing pro­ven and inno­va­ti­ve nitro­gen oxi­de reduc­tion tech­ni­ques. Inves­ti­ga­ti­ons are to be car­ri­ed out with pure NH₃, par­ti­al­ly split and ful­ly split NH₃.

The aim is to suc­cessful­ly demons­tra­te a cou­pled sys­tem on an indus­tri­al scale.