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Around 80% of all ammonia today is used for agricultural purposes. Ammonia and ammonia related infrastructure, as well as the safe handling practices required to handle ammonia are all well-established.
Vortex’s Role: The co-location of Vortex’s cracking and purification technology will allow a direct opportunity for agricultural participants to use ammonia as a power source as well as conversion to high-purity hydrogen.
Many consider hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles to other vehicles types with regards to decarbonization efforts. The hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle market is expected to grow significantly with one of the major hurdles being the lack of hydrogen fueling stations.
Vortex’s Role: Utilizing ammonia cracking and purification technology, the ammonia molecule can be ‘broken apart’ creating inert nitrogen which can be safely released to the atmosphere and pure hydrogen used as a fuel.
Several industry leaders in the maritime shipping industry have already made announcements and begun investing heavily in ammonia as a fuel source to meet these emissions reduction goals.
Vortex’s Role: Utilizing ammonia cracking and purification technology, the ammonia molecule can be ‘broken apart’ creating inert nitrogen which can be safely released to the atmosphere and pure hydrogen used as a fuel.
The market for hydrogen fuel cells is expected to reach almost US $12 billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 25%. Hydrogen fuel cell companies have a direct interest in ensuring high purity hydrogen input streams so they can optimize the performance of their product.
Vortex’s Role: Vortex’s licensed technology includes a purification membrane which can be coupled with a hydrogen fuel cell product allowing them a greater market opportunity and increased sales.
Ammonia is a better solution as it has higher volumetric energy density of 12.7 MJ/I
High-purity Hydrogen Production by Ammonia Cracking
Vortex Energy holds the license and right to use the Ammonia Cracking Reactor Technology and Membrane Separator Technology for the efficient production of hydrogen from ammonia.
Upon completion of the research and development process, a commercial prototype producing high-purity hydrogen (>99.97%) at 200 kg/d or above will be built at a customer site to validate the complete system’s operating performance in commercial settings. This will help us achieve a TRL of 7-9.
Demonstration to crack ammonia for a hydrogen fuel cell was completed in July 2022 with near 100% conversion. Generating 100W of power, the fuel cell was used to power an LED light for lab-scale demonstration
January 2023
Validating 1 kg-H2/d production by integrating the prototyping subsystems, including reactor and membrane separators, etc
10 kg-H2/d. Finalize subsystem designs at a higher capacity and complete system-level integration. Perform system demonstration in operational settings
Build and demonstrate hydrogen units in commercial settings (scales 200 – 1000 kg-H2/day).