Doosan Enerbility Secures Ammonia Decomposition Technology for Hydrogen Combined Power Generation

MOU for Business Cooperation on Ammonia Cracking with UK Johnson Matthey

On the 30th, at the Doosan Enerbility headquarters in Changwon, Gyeongnam, Lee Kwang-yeol, Head of TM (Turbo-machinery) BU at Doosan Enerbility (right), and Simon Stanbridge Johnson, Business Development Manager at John Matti, are posing for a commemorative photo during the business agreement ceremony for cooperation in the ammonia cracking project.

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Hyung-gil] Doosan Enerbility is stepping up to secure ammonia cracking technology that can be linked with hydrogen combined power generation.

Doosan Enerbility announced on the 1st that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for business cooperation in the ammonia cracking business with Johnson Matthey, a UK-based ammonia cracking solution company. The signing ceremony held the day before at Doosan Enerbility headquarters in Changwon, Gyeongnam, was attended by each company's officials, including Lee Kwang-yeol, head of Doosan Enerbility TM (Turbo-machinery) BU, and Simon Stanbridge, head of business development at Johnson Matthey.

Under this agreement, Johnson Matthey will provide ammonia cracking process design technology and catalysts, while Doosan Enerbility will provide the necessary technologies for business promotion such as detailed design of ammonia cracker processes, equipment manufacturing, and construction. They also plan to jointly develop integrated design technology between the ammonia cracking process and hydrogen combined power generation to apply it to hydrogen combined power generation in the future.

Founded in 1817, Johnson Matthey is a global leader in sustainable technology and a UK-based company specializing in petrochemical process licensing and catalyst production, with sales of 26 trillion KRW last year.

Ammonia, a compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, can store 1.7 times more hydrogen per unit volume compared to liquefied hydrogen, making it an economical 'hydrogen carrier.' When ammonia cracking technology is applied to hydrogen combined power generation, the nitrogen generated from ammonia decomposition improves the performance of hydrogen turbines and enhances energy efficiency.

Doosan Enerbility is currently carrying out a national project titled 'Development of 50% hydrogen co-firing eco-friendly combustor for 300MW-class hydrogen turbines' in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials.

Park Hong-wook, head of Doosan Enerbility Power Service BG, said, "Ammonia cracking, which lowers the entry barrier for hydrogen combined power generation, is a core technology that will contribute to carbon neutrality," adding, "It is meaningful in that it establishes the entire value chain of hydrogen combined power generation, encompassing not only the utilization but also the production of hydrogen."