中国石化新闻网讯 据烃加工网3月23日报道，法国液化空气集团宣布在比利时安特卫普港建设一个工业规模的氨裂解试验工厂。氢转化为氨后，可以很容易地长距离运输。利用创新技术，该工厂将能够以优化的碳足迹将氨转化为氢。有了这项裂解技术，液化空气集团将进一步为氢的开发作出贡献，氢气是能源转型的关键推动者。

氨是一种由氢和氮组成的分子，可以用作能量载体。在拥有丰富可再生能源（如太阳能、水和风能）或其他低碳能源的地区，其可以用来自氢的低碳足迹生产。全球供应链基础设施已经到位，可以大规模生产、运输和利用，为各个行业服务。这使得可再生能源丰富的地区能够向全球的最终用户出口氨，在那里氨可以转化回氢气，为工业和交通的脱碳作出贡献。

将一种新型高效工艺与液化空气集团的专有技术相结合的该创新试验工厂计划于2024年投入运营。

60多年来，液化空气集团掌握了氢气从生产、运输、储存、分销到最终用途的全过程。在ADVANCE战略计划的背景下，集团承诺到2035年在全球低碳氢价值链上投资约80亿欧元。

液化空气集团执行副总裁Michael J. Graff表示，氨裂解技术补充了液化空气集团已经完善的氢技术组合，并为发展全球氢市场提供了另一种技术解决方案。该集团比以往任何时候都更致力于使氢成为应对气候变化的关键因素，特别是在重工业和交通的脱碳方面。

郝芬 译自 烃加工网

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Air Liquide paves the way for ammonia conversion into hydrogen with new cracking technology

Hydrocarbon Processing

23 Mar.2023

Air Liquide announces the construction of an industrial scale ammonia (NH3) cracking pilot plant in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. When transformed into ammonia, hydrogen can be easily transported over long distances. Using innovative technology, this plant will make it possible to convert, with an optimized carbon footprint, ammonia into hydrogen (H2). With this cracking technology, Air Liquide will further contribute to the development of hydrogen as a key enabler of the energy transition.

Ammonia - a molecule made of hydrogen and nitrogen - can be used as an energy carrier. It can be produced with a low-carbon footprint from hydrogen in geographies with abundant renewable energy sources such as sun, water and wind, or other low-carbon power. A global supply chain infrastructure is already in place for its production, transportation and utilization at large scale to serve various industries. This allows regions with abundant renewable energy to export ammonia to end users across the globe, where it can be converted back to hydrogen to contribute to the decarbonization of industry and mobility.

The innovative pilot plant, which combines a novel efficient process with Air Liquide’s proprietary technologies, is planned to be operational in 2024.

For over 60 years, Air Liquide has mastered hydrogen from production, transport, storage and distribution to its final usages. Within the context of its ADVANCE strategic plan, the Group is committed to investing globally approximately 8 billion euros in the low-carbon hydrogen value chain by 2035.

Michael J. Graff, Executive Vice President, Air Liquide Group, said “Ammonia cracking complements Air Liquide’s already thorough portfolio of hydrogen technologies and adds yet another technological solution to enable the development of a hydrogen global market. More than ever, the Group is committed to making hydrogen a key element of the fight against climate change, in particular for the decarbonization of heavy industry and mobility.”