Life cycle energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of ammonia production from renewable resources and industrial by-products

2020/01/01 by Xinyu Liu, Amgad Elgowainy, Michael Wang · 8 citations
Chemical Engineering · Engineering · Materials Science · #Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction #Catalytic Processes in Materials Science #Industrial Gas Emission Control

paper · doi:10.1039/d0gc02301a

openalex publication_date 2020/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/03

Abstract

Ammonia from renewables and industrial by-products has lower lifecycle fossil-energy use and greenhouse gases emissions than ammonia from natural gas.

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