Engineering Design for Ammonia Conversion of an Existing 2,0L Powertrain

Authors

Virginie MOREL¹, Hyun WOO WON¹, V. GORDILLO¹, Deepak KUMAR², Maxime TAROT², Christine MOUNAIM-ROUSSELLE³, Pierre BREQUIGNY³, Jean BOURIOT⁴, Sebastien HOUILLE⁴, Romain DREVET⁵, Kevin THEIN⁶, Ricardo NOVELLA^7
1Aramco Fuel Research Center, Rueil-Malmaison, ²EMC France, Achères, ³University of Orleans – Laboratoire PRISME, Orleans, ⁴Stellantis, Velizy, ⁵BorgWarner, Blois, ⁶Danielson Engineering –Technopole, Magny-Cours, ⁷Universitat Politècnica de València, CMT-Motores Térmicos, Valencia

Summary

The energy transition driven by climate change inspires industries and scientists to collaborate to develop zero CO2 emission solutions for the transport sector. Beyond the electrification of powertrains, H2 and H2-derived fuels also known as electro fuels or e-fuels, are gaining significant interest. Ammonia, one of the simplest electro fuel derived from the combination of H2 with N2 from the air, is being considered a promising candidate and shall play a key role in the H2 economy, both as a direct fuel and as an H2 energy carrier, in the upcoming decades.

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