Life cycle energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of ammonia production from renewable resources and industrial by-products
Xinyu Liu, Amgad Elgowainy, Michael Wang
Abstract
Ammonia from renewables and industrial by-products has lower lifecycle fossil-energy use and greenhouse gases emissions than ammonia from natural gas.
Topics & Concepts
Greenhouse gasRenewable energyAmmonia productionAmmoniaEnvironmental scienceFossil fuelProduction (economics)Waste managementNatural gasRenewable resourceNatural resource economicsChemistryEngineeringEconomicsEcologyMacroeconomicsOrganic chemistryElectrical engineeringBiologyAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceIndustrial Gas Emission Control