Using Ammonia Blends and Hydrogen Blends
Korean Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is gearing up to lead the commercialization of carbon-free power generation technologies that use ammonia blends and hydrogen blends.
It takes 30 months to develop an eco-friendly ammonia-based power generation technology and 36 months to evaluate the limits of a gas turbine fired by hydrogen blends and develop a combustion optimization technology.
Five power generation companies and eight private companies will launch a joint research and planning project for the development and verification of ammonia blends-based power generation technology. The eight companies consist of Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, Hyundai Heavy Industries Power System, the Research Institute of Science and Technology (RIST) in Pohang, Lotte Fine Chemical, SK Gas, TENEX Korea, GS Donghae Electric Power and Samcheok Blue Power.
The KEPCO Research Institute will develop a blended firing operation guide by demonstrating ammonia blend firing by coal-fired power and liquefied natural gas (LNG)-combined power generation and evaluating combustion and environmental impacts. The five power generation companies will review design data for a demonstrating power plant and a demonstration plan. The eight private companies will finish evaluating the impact of boiler facilities due to ammonia mixed firing, mapping out plans on building an ammonia mixed firing power generation facility and building an ammonia supply chain and setting up safety regulations by July 2024.
Since then, KEPCO plans to complete a technical demonstration by 2027 by establishing fuel supply infrastructure for four commercial power plants. By 2030, ammonia mixed firing technology for 24 power plants will be commercialized to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 million tons per year.