Mitsubishi Heavy Industries completes pilot test for ammonia cracking hydrogen production

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　　According to reports from Sinochem New Network, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Corporation has recently announced a major breakthrough in the field of ammonia cracking for hydrogen production. The pilot-scale plant located at the Nagasaki Prefecture Research and Innovation Center successfully carried out the ammonia cracking reaction using steam as a heating source, producing hydrogen with a purity of 99%. This globally pioneering technical solution marks a significant advancement in the company’s efforts to innovate ammonia cracking systems. 　　Compared to traditional hydrogen production technologies that rely on burners for heating, this steam heating system offers two key advantages: first, the reaction temperature is significantly reduced, which directly leads to a substantial decrease in operating costs ； Secondly, there is no need for a combustion furnace, which gives the device significant potential for miniaturization and lays the foundation for flexible deployment in applications close to real-world scenarios. 　　Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced that it has made the development of a hydrogen supply chain using ammonia as a carrier a strategic priority, and that it will build on the results of these pilot tests to focus on developing medium-scale, distributed ammonia cracking systems for use in areas with high hydrogen demand. This technology has been selected for the NEDO project titled “Development of Technologies for Establishing a Competitive Hydrogen Supply Chain.” The company will work together with partners such as Nippon Catalyst and Hokkaido Electric Power to accelerate the implementation of this technology.