据烃加工新闻6月8日消息称，全球大宗商品交易商托克公司(Trafigura)与挪威雅拉公司(Yara)签署了一份谅解备忘录，旨在为海洋行业提供无碳排放的氨燃料。
他们表示，雅拉将为托克提供清洁的氨，两家公司将共同研究和开发海洋燃料基础设施，并为“绿色”和“蓝色”氨提供市场机会。
氨是一种携带氢的化学物质，可以用作肥料，也可以用于其他用途，如炸药。它是船运行业首选的零碳运输燃料之一。
雅拉清洁氨部门负责人Magnus Krogh Ankarstrand对路透表示，虽然“纯”氢可以很好地用作渡轮等短途船只的燃料，但氨被视为长途运输的最佳替代品，因为它每单位体积储存的能量更多，而且更容易处理。
他表示:“就长途运输而言，我甚至可以说，市场上的共识是，目前氨气是最佳选择。”
用可再生电力生产的氨被认为是绿色的，而用化石燃料和随后的碳捕获和存储过程(CCS)生产的氨被认为是蓝色的。
托克执行董事兼石油交易联席主管 Jose Maria Larocca 表示：“越来越多的人认为，氢燃料最终将成为未来的航运燃料，但明确和全面的监管至关重要。”
托克正与德国发动机制造商曼能源解决方案共同赞助一个项目，开发一种用于船舶的氨燃料发动机，预计到2024年可用于远洋船舶。
雅拉的 Krogh Ankarstrand 说：“根据我们目前所知，到2024-25年，我们可以看到新建造的船只安装的发动机需要氨作为燃料。”
朱佳妮 摘译自 烃加工新闻
原文如下：
Trafigura, Yara sign deal on clean ammonia for shipping fuel
Global commodities trader Trafigura and Norway's Yara have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aiming to supply the marine industry with carbon emissions-free ammonia for fuel.
Yara will supply Trafigura with clean ammonia and together the two firms will jointly conduct research and develop marine fuel infrastructure and market opportunities for both "green" and "blue" ammonia, they said.
Ammonia, a hydrogen-carrying chemical used as a fertiliser but also in other applications such as explosives, is one of several candidates to become the shipping industry's preferred zero-carbon shipping fuel.
While "pure" hydrogen could be a good fit as fuel for short-distance vessels such as ferries, ammonia is seen as the best alternative for long-distance shipping as it stores more energy per volume unit and is easier to handle, Magnus Krogh Ankarstrand, head of Yara's Clean Ammonia unit, told Reuters.
"When it comes to long-distance shipping, I would go as far as saying that in the market, there is consensus that ammonia right now is the best alternative," he said.
Ammonia is deemed green when produced from renewable electricity or blue when made with fossil fuel and a subsequent carbon capture and storage process (CCS).
"There is a growing consensus that hydrogen-based fuels will ultimately be the shipping fuels of the future, but clear and comprehensive regulation is essential," said Jose Maria Larocca, Trafigura executive director and co-head of oil trading.
Trafigura is co-sponsoring a project by German engine maker Man Energy Solutions to develop an ammonia-fuelled engine for vessels, expected to be commercially available for ocean-going ships by 2024.
"By say 2024-25, given what we know now, we can see newbuilt vessels being fitted with engines that need ammonia as a fuel," Yara's Krogh Ankarstrand said.
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