據MRCHUB網站7月20日莫斯科報道，法國液空集團表示，通過其工程和建造部門，將與美國石化建設工程商凱洛格公司（KBR）合作，提供基于自熱重整（ATR）技術的完全集成的低碳氨解決方案。

法國液化空氣集團是ATR技術的全球領導者，ATR技術是大規模生產低碳氫氣的最佳解決方案之一，然后與氮氣結合生產低碳氨。世界領先的氨技術公司KBR提供的解決方案也將有助于全球低碳氫市場的發展，因為氫轉化為氨后，可以很容易地進行長距離運輸。

液空集團將提供其在自熱重整方面獨特的專有技術，而KBR將提供其在合成氨生產技術方面的專業知識和世界領先地位。液空集團憑借近70年的經驗，在氧基ATR技術領域確立了領先地位。自1943年以來，KBR已在全球授權、設計或建造了250多個基層氨廠。液空集團和KBR解決方案可以實現卓越的能源效率和世界領先的可靠性，其生產過程還可以在高度集成的工業設施中結合碳捕獲技術，實現高達99%的碳捕集率。

2022年全球氨市場規模達到780億美元，預計到2030年將超過1290億美元；根據Precedence Research的數據顯示，預計在2022年至2030年期間，這一數字將以年均6.5%的速度增長。如今，氨主要用作農業肥料。

從長遠來看，液空集團和KBR將共同努力，為成為能源轉型關鍵推動者的低碳氫開發形成助力。

氨可以很容易地長途運輸，而且已經建立了大規模生產、運輸和利用氨的全球供應鏈基礎設施。一旦運輸，氨可以轉化回氫，有助于工業和交通的脫碳。2023年3月，液空集團宣布在比利時安特衛普港建設一座工業規模的氨裂解中試工廠。利用創新技術，該工廠將以優化的碳足跡將氨轉化為氫。

郝芬 譯自 MRCHUB

原文如下：

Air Liquide and KBR to offer ATR-based low-carbon ammonia and hydrogen technologies

Air Liquide, through its Engineering & Construction Division, will work with KBR to offer fully integrated low-carbon ammonia solutions based on Autothermal Reforming (ATR) technology, said the company.

Air Liquide is a world leader in ATR technology, one of the most suitable solutions for large-scale production of low-carbon hydrogen (H2), which is then combined with nitrogen (N2) to produce low-carbon ammonia (NH3). The solutions provided with KBR, the world leader in ammonia technology, will also contribute to the development of a global low-carbon hydrogen market as, when transformed into ammonia, hydrogen can be easily transported over long distances.

Air Liquide will provide its unique and proprietary expertise in Autothermal Reformer (ATR), and KBR its mastery and world leadership in ammonia production technology. Air Liquide has established its leadership in oxygen-based ATR technology through nearly seven decades of experience. Since 1943, KBR has licensed, engineered, or constructed over 250 grassroot ammonia plants worldwide. 

The Air Liquide and KBR solutions can achieve outstanding energy efficiency and world-leading reliability with a production process which also allows for a carbon capture rate of up to 99% in highly integrated industrial facilities when combined with carbon capture technology.

The global ammonia market size reached Ca. 78 billion US dollars in 2022 and is projected to surpass 129 billion US dollars by 2030; it is expected to grow by 6.5% per year on average between 2022 and 2030, according to Precedence Research. Today, ammonia is mainly used as a fertilizer for agriculture.

In the longer term, Air Liquide and KBR will work together to contribute to the development of low-carbon hydrogen as a key enabler of the energy transition. 

Ammonia can be easily transported over long distances and a global supply chain infrastructure is already in place for the production, transportation and utilization of ammonia at large scale. once transported, ammonia can be converted back into hydrogen to contribute to the decarbonization of industry and mobility. In March 2023, Air Liquide announced the construction of an industrial scale ammonia cracking pilot plant in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. Using innovative technology, this plant will make it possible to convert, with an optimized carbon footprint, ammonia into hydrogen.