This is one of the most informative research and technology reviews I have seen in some time. Thank you for making this video, and keep up the good work!
Direct electrolytic production of ammonia is a holy grail for many reasons, primarily as a solar dumpload that can be used locally to the same regions that have the solar plants. But.... The subtext I’m getting from this presentation is that the quantities are so low they are resulting to some of the highest accuracy methods of measurement. My gut feeling is if this were viable it would be a matter of simple titration on litres of concentrate. Not NMR on a single mL. Let alone having to run on analytical grade nitrogen bottles, assembled in a clean box because the real air is too contaminated. Fingers crossed this is just a path finder and the understanding gained elucidates a more practical and robust method. But sorry guys, this ain’t it, and that’s not to take away from the tremendous effort.
what are getting in and what are getting out . super hard to follow . how much electric and matter goes in and how much going out compared to traditional methods ? do materials require any replacement ?
May be Austraila should make a trial plant in Gladstone. Then the ammonia could be sold to ships. May be have the Queensland goverment to assist with the trial operations of the harbour tugs. As these Tugs could show case the use in a commercial operations.
I feel like I'm watching the real-life version of Tony Stark's arc reactor proof of concept. Except that few people are currently aware of how influential this will be on the course of humanity, climate change, transportation, global economic relief, emergency energy distribution, etc. etc. etc....
What is the ultimate source of the protons being shuttled by the phosphonium salts? Is it from water? If so, then either you're turning H2O into OH, and the solution will get steadily more basic, or you are turning H2O into O2, so you'll be releasing O2 from the anode and NH3 from the cathode. (I expect this would be the easier scenario to deal with when trying to industrialize the process as all you need to do to replenish the cell is keep adding distilled water and nitrogen gas.) Is the copper there simply to conduct electricity, or does it play some catalytic role? Does it matter what the anode is made of? If we used this to turn electricity into ammonia, then used the ammonia as a fuel in a motor to turn a shaft, what would the efficiency be compared to using the electricity to turn the shaft with an electric motor? (Yes, I understand that you'd do it this way because your shaft is on a ship and you don't have a long enough extension cord to turn the shaft electrically.)
The advantage with this method is that you can use renewable energy to produce the ammonia and the ammonia can then be transported or stored for long periods which you can't do with a battery
@@agritech802 Yes, I know all this. But efficiency still matters a lot. This energy storage method will see much much more use if it is 80% efficient than if it is 5%, and from what I know now, either is possible.
This is one of the most informative research and technology reviews I have seen in some time. Thank you for making this video, and keep up the good work!
Outstanding work! Deserves to be seen by millions of people.
Wow very important work especially with current situation with natural gas and war in Ukraine in addition to climate change. Thanks for sharing.
Take a look at what Fuel Positive in Canada are doing, also a massive reduction of cost in making ammonia from air and water
Direct electrolytic production of ammonia is a holy grail for many reasons, primarily as a solar dumpload that can be used locally to the same regions that have the solar plants. But.... The subtext I’m getting from this presentation is that the quantities are so low they are resulting to some of the highest accuracy methods of measurement.
My gut feeling is if this were viable it would be a matter of simple titration on litres of concentrate. Not NMR on a single mL. Let alone having to run on analytical grade nitrogen bottles, assembled in a clean box because the real air is too contaminated.
Fingers crossed this is just a path finder and the understanding gained elucidates a more practical and robust method.
But sorry guys, this ain’t it, and that’s not to take away from the tremendous effort.
what are getting in and what are getting out . super hard to follow .
how much electric and matter goes in and how much going out compared to traditional methods ?
do materials require any replacement ?
Wow !!! i saw your technology in Just have a think ..
The urgency is here. The world needs green ammonia asap. So if Monash Ammonia is the Haber, who's their Bosh bringing it to market?
Me
@@gregoryryan762 It'll require a vapourware-selling insomniac. Good luck Ulbright of the lineage of clan Ulbright.
May be Austraila should make a trial plant in Gladstone. Then the ammonia could be sold to ships. May be have the Queensland goverment to assist with the trial operations of the harbour tugs. As these Tugs could show case the use in a commercial operations.
I feel like I'm watching the real-life version of Tony Stark's arc reactor proof of concept. Except that few people are currently aware of how influential this will be on the course of humanity, climate change, transportation, global economic relief, emergency energy distribution, etc. etc. etc....
What is the ultimate source of the protons being shuttled by the phosphonium salts? Is it from water? If so, then either you're turning H2O into OH, and the solution will get steadily more basic, or you are turning H2O into O2, so you'll be releasing O2 from the anode and NH3 from the cathode. (I expect this would be the easier scenario to deal with when trying to industrialize the process as all you need to do to replenish the cell is keep adding distilled water and nitrogen gas.)
Is the copper there simply to conduct electricity, or does it play some catalytic role? Does it matter what the anode is made of?
If we used this to turn electricity into ammonia, then used the ammonia as a fuel in a motor to turn a shaft, what would the efficiency be compared to using the electricity to turn the shaft with an electric motor? (Yes, I understand that you'd do it this way because your shaft is on a ship and you don't have a long enough extension cord to turn the shaft electrically.)
The advantage with this method is that you can use renewable energy to produce the ammonia and the ammonia can then be transported or stored for long periods which you can't do with a battery
@@agritech802 Yes, I know all this. But efficiency still matters a lot. This energy storage method will see much much more use if it is 80% efficient than if it is 5%, and from what I know now, either is possible.
@@michaelwoodhams7866 yes I agree, we need to see more data
Is this in anhydrous conditions?
Like and share
Sell only solution less than 10-30% of ammonia solution, HHO generator in vehicles to split hydrogen and nitrogen also oxygen in solution.
Pure ammonia is too expensive and will consider as high potential bomb.