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Make ammonia out of it, easier to store and transport.
by meepmorp 5y ago
Make ammonia out of it, easier to store and transport.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoThe closer you can get to both steel mills and pipelines, the better. Steel mills can use the hydrogen to replace metallurgical/coking coal, and the pipeline can accept ammonia for transport. Hydrogen is very hard on pipeline infra, unless mixed at low concentrations with a carrier gas.
- jsonne 5y agoIt also is how they power refrigeration in meat processing to keep the freezers cold. Seems like if you put it next to those manufacturing facilities to power the freezer trucks and facility itself you could save a significant amount of energy and reduce greenhouse gasses.
- jhloa2 5y agoProbably not as much as you'd think. Ammonia is used as a refrigerant in a closed-loop system. You'll eventually have some leaks and have to recharge the system, but the ammonia isn't a consumable item in this process.
- ncmncm 5y agoA steel mill will make its own hydrogen on demand from wired-in power off the continental grid. Likewise, international airports for LH2 aircraft. They will bank hydrogen synthesized when grid prices are lowest, in mid-day, when immediate power need is vastly outstripped by solar generating capacity.