AFC Energy Plc Ammonia Cracker Technology Milestone Achieved (8825Q)
23 October 2023 - 5:04PM
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23 October 2023
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23 October 2023
AFC Energy PLC
("AFC Energy" or the "Company")
Ammonia Cracker Technology Milestone Achieved
UK's National Physical Laboratory Independently Tests Hydrogen
Generated by AFC Energy's Ammonia Cracker Technology - Successfully
Achieves 99.99% Hydrogen
AFC Energy (AIM: AFC), a leading provider of hydrogen power
generation technologies, is pleased to announce the latest
milestone in the accelerated development of its modular, scalable
ammonia cracker technology.
Highlights
-- AFC Energy's next generation ammonia cracker technology
successfully achieves 99.99% hydrogen from single reactor
testing
-- Results independently tested by the UK's National Physical Laboratory ("NPL")
-- Testing confirmed ammonia levels in hydrogen stream were
materially less than the limits required to meet ISO 14687:2019
standards for vehicular and stationary fuel cells
-- Results highlight the ability of AFC Energy's new ammonia
cracking technology to deliver fuel cell grade hydrogen on a
modular, scalable basis
-- Ammonia cracker technology complimentary to AFC Energy's
growing H-Power fuel cell generator offering
AFC Energy's ammonia cracker enables ammonia, a compound of
hydrogen and nitrogen (NH(3) ), to be "cracked" into discreet
hydrogen and nitrogen molecules. The hydrogen can then be consumed
as a fuel in fuel cells or combustion with the nitrogen emitted to
atmosphere (which comprises c. 78% nitrogen) with zero carbon
emissions. However, the presence in the hydrogen of uncracked trace
ammonia has the potential to damage fuel cells.
In 2019, the International Organisation for Standardisation
("ISO") published ISO 14687:2019 which governs the international
standard for minimum quality characteristics of hydrogen as a fuel
for utilisation in vehicular and stationary fuel cell applications
and which stipulated the maximum level of residual ammonia
permitted.
It is therefore an important achievement that AFC Energy's
ammonia cracker reactor has been able to meet the ISO standard for
residual ammonia ("parts per billion" or "PPB") in hydrogen
fuel.
Ammonia is forecast to play a growing role in delivering on
decarbonisation targets for industry and maritime due to its high
energy density (relative to hydrogen gas) and potential to displace
conventional fossil fuels and carbon emissions. Ammonia is also
seen as an enabler to the international trade of hydrogen where
hydrogen is transported by ship in the form of ammonia, and cracked
back into hydrogen at its target import destination.
Test Details
The UK's NPL was engaged to independently analyse the
composition of hydrogen gas derived from AFC Energy's new ammonia
cracking reactor and downstream purification technology. NPL's
analysis was conducted on the basis of individual ammonia cracker
reactors.
NPL's analysis confirmed the hydrogen derived from AFC Energy's
cracker and purifier successfully achieved the ammonia PPB standard
for fuel cell grade hydrogen, a key milestone in demonstrating the
technology's potential to support the growing "ammonia to power"
market in stationary and maritime applications.
Achieving the ISO 14687:2019 standard of hydrogen purity as it
relates to ammonia PPB highlights a milestone in the cracker
technology's ability to support not only "ammonia to power"
applications, whether stationary or maritime, but also the
potential for cracked ammonia to be used in refuelling heavy duty
fuel cell trucks and buses as an alternative to a distributed
network of high electricity use small scale electrolysers.
Adam Bond, Chief Executive of AFC Energy, said:
"Achieving the ISO grade for ammonia PPB in hydrogen from AFC
Energy's proprietary ammonia cracker is a significant milestone for
the Company. Achieving the ISO standard is key for the global
adoption of ammonia as a sustainable clean fuel. Modular ammonia
crackers have a range of applications and with the progress we've
made to date, not just in cracker technology, but also in the
integration of purification technologies, opens the way for
adoption of ammonia fuel across both combustion and fuel cell
energy applications in stationary and maritime applications."
For further information, please contact:
AFC Energy plc +44 (0) 14 8327 6726
Adam Bond (Chief Executive Officer) investors@afcenergy.com
Peel Hunt LLP - Nominated Adviser and Joint
Broker
Richard Crichton / Tom Ballard / Georgia
Langoulant +44 (0) 207 418 8900
Zeus - Joint Broker
David Foreman / James Hornigold (Investment
Banking)
Dominic King (Corporate Broking) / Rupert
Woolfenden (Sales) +44 (0) 203 829 5000
FTI Consulting - Financial PR Advisors +44 (0) 203 727 1000
Ben Brewerton / Nick Hennis / Dhruv Soni afcenergy@fticonsulting.com
About AFC Energy
AFC Energy plc is commercialising scalable "flex fuel" fuel cell
systems, to provide clean electricity for on and off grid
applications. The technology, pioneered over the past twelve years
in the UK, is now deployable in electric vehicle chargers, off-grid
decentralised power systems and data centre applications with
emerging opportunities across maritime and rail as part of a
portfolio approach to the decarbonisation of local electricity
needs.
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