Catalytic Ammonia Combustion and Oxidation

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, NH₃ has been considered, not only a hydrogen energy-carrier, but also “a renewable and carbon-free energy source” due to its high energy density and negligible thermal NO_x emission. However, in comparison with fossil fuels, NH₃ fuel has the following problems: (1) high ignition temperature, (2) low combustion rate, and (3) N₂O and fuel NO_x (NO/NO₂) production. To overcome these problems, the developments of novel “catalytic NH₃ combustion” technologies are required. Another very important application where selective ammonia oxidation is required is for removing the unreacted ammonia after the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) process. The current state-of-the-art catalysts are not especially selective in oxidizing ammonia to N₂ and H₂O without producing a significant fraction of N₂O and NO_x. It is of utmost importance to investigate and build up knowledge on catalysts for the reaction. This Special Issue aims to widely cover recent studies of catalysts, kinetics, reactor design, simulation and theoretical calculation relating to NH₃ combustion, and selective oxidation, cracking, decomposition, etc

Dr. Satoshi Hinokuma
Dr. Debasish Chakraborty
Guest Editors

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• Ammonia (NH₃)
• Renewable and carbon-free energy source
• Slip NH₃ as exhaust gas
• Nitrogen (N₂)
• Nitrogen oxides (N₂O/NO/NO₂/NO_x)
• Catalysts
• Combustion and Oxidation
• Combustive cracking and oxidative decomposition
• Computational chemistry
• Chemical reaction kinetics
• Reaction mechanisms
• Selective catalytic oxidation (SCO)
• Ammonia slip catalysts (ASC)
• Selective catalytic NO_x reduction by NH₃ (SCR)