The Green Ammonia Demonstrator - a National Net-Zero Project

该提案的重点是在Harwell开发绿色氨演示器，作为可再生化学能源燃料生产、储存和利用的跨学科研究、开发和示范项目，并作为未来零碳能源技术的教育和教学资源。绿色氨演示器的设计，2018年在牛津郡的STFC Rutherford Appleton实验室建造并投入使用，这是世界上第一个用于储能的绿色氨的往返演示（电力到氨到电力）。该项目是西门子领导的“解耦绿色能源”项目的一部分，该项目由InnovateUK/EPSRC（160万英镑）和西门子（100万英镑）资助。2019年10月1日，西门子将Demonstrator硬件全部转让给UKRI-STFC，以促进该系统未来作为研究和教学资源的使用。申请的资源包括西门子向UKRI-STFC在18个月内完成演示器的全部技术移交，以及扩大其作用，包括对可再生氨合成，储存和利用的进一步方面进行积极研究。与这一扩大的作用相结合的是，将整合能源研究相关领域现有的四个CDT小组。所要求的大部分资源将用于演示器的日常运行和增强其潜在研究能力的工程专业知识。

This proposal focuses on the development of the Green Ammonia Demonstrator at Harwell as an interdisciplinary research, development and demonstration project for renewable chemical-energy fuel production, storage and utilisation and as an educational and teaching resource for future zero-carbon energy technologies.The Green Ammonia Demonstrator was designed, built and commissioned at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire in 2018 as the world's first roundtrip demonstration of green ammonia for energy storage (Power-to-Ammonia-to-Power). The project was part of the Siemens-led "Decoupled Green Energy" project funded by InnovateUK/EPSRC (£1.6M) and Siemens (£1M). On 1st October 2019, Siemens transferred Demonstrator hardware in its entirety to UKRI-STFC to facilitate the future use of this system as a research and teaching resource. The resources requested cover the full technical handover of the Demonstrator from Siemens to UKRI-STFC over 18 months as well as the expansion of its role to include active research into further aspects of renewable ammonia synthesis, storage and utilisation. Coupled to this expanded role will be the integration of four extant CDT groups in relevant areas of energy research. The majority of the resources requested will cover engineering expertise for both day-to-day running of the demonstrator and augmenting its potential research capabilities.