Ｒ＆Ｄ on Hydrogen and Energy Carriers in Japan

Japan – Norway Hydrogen Seminar Feb. 28th, 2017

Shigeru Muraki

Program Director for Energy Carriers, Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program(SIP), Cabinet Office, Government of Japan 1

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Strategies toward Hydrogen Society Speech by Prime Minister Abe at COP21

“The key to acting against climate change without

sacrificing economic growth is the development

of innovative technologies. To illustrate, there

are technologies to produce, store and transport

hydrogen towards realizing CO2–free societies,”

Strategic Energy Plan April, 2014 Realization of hydrogen society is one of key strategies of Energy Plan.

The Strategic Roadmap for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell

(formulated in June 2014, revised in March, 2016)

Council for Science, Technology and Innovation(CSTI) Hydrogen is one of key areas of CSTI strategies.

Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program(SIP)

Energy Carrier Program：RD&D for hydrogen related technologies

As for future secondary energy, hydrogen is expected to play

the central role, as well as electricity and heat.

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Hydrogen / FC Strategy Roadmap Step by Step approach to realize Hydrogen Society

Natural gas

Petroleum

Coal

Renewable

energy

Carbon dioxide

capture and storage

Reforming/

gasification

Transport (Energy carriers)

Production by

electricity and heat

Fuel cell vehicle

Fuel cell

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RD&D Scheme to develop CO2 free hydrogen value chain

Ammonia

Liquid hydrogen

Organic hydrides

（methylcyclohexane）

Hydrogen

production

H2

H2

LH2(⊿253℃)

MCH

NH3

H2

Power generation

NH3 direct combustion

gas turbine

Fuel cell

Utilization

Dehydrogenation

NH3 furnace

Gasification

CH3 3 H2

toluene

CH3

MCH

Direct use

(H2 6wt%)

Liquid：▲33℃ or 8.5Bar

(H2 18wt%)

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Overview of RD&D projects

SIP Energy Carrier Program

Hydrogen-fueled gas turbine（Press Released on Dec. 21, 2015）

Developed 100% hydrogen-fueled Dry Low

Emission (DLE) combustion technology that

achieved low-NOx combustion without using

water and steam. low-NOX

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・Development of ammonia-fueled cell stack (direct supply of

ammonia) and successfully generated 200W of electrical power.

・The performance attained is equivalent to the hydrogen supply

type fuel cell.

Next stage : Development of 1kW ammonia-fueled SOFC system.

Direct ammonia-fueled fuel cell (SOFC)

（Press Released on Jul. 22, 2015）

DLE Combustor

The highest

performance

Fuel cell stack

Recent Achievement

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・Successfully power generated by 50kW gas turbine

with multi-fuel (NH3/CH4) and ammonia fuel

(100%NH3) under low NOx emission combustion.

・Electric power companies joined.

Next stage : Development of 2MW multi-fueled gas turbine.

Ammonia-fueled gas turbine（Press Released on Sep. 17, 2015）

・Developed oxygen enriched combustion and

staged combustion.

・Successfully controlled NOx generation below

the environmental standard and reinforced the

radiative heat flux from the flame.

Direct combustion of ammonia（Industrial furnaces） （Press Released on Oct. 31, 2016）

Recent Achievement

μ gas turbine

The 1st achievement

10kW model furnace

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Direct combustion of ammonia（Press Released on Oct. 31, 2016）

・Visualized multi-fuel combustion of pulverized

coal and ammonia.

・To be utilized to solve combustion mechanisms for

multi-fuel combustion of pulverized coal and ammonia in

coal fired power stations and industrial furnaces.

World’s first

CO2

20%減 760kW(Thermal input)

Recent Achievement

Luminous flame by

released volatile matter

combustion

100mm

Multi-fuel combustion of pulverized coal and ammonia （Press Released on Jan. 10, 2017）

Coal particle

Successfully demonstrated 20%

ammonia mix combustion in single

burner of pulverized coal boiler with

Nox level low enough to be treated

with the existing denitration equipment.

Next stage : Plan for ammonia mix combustion in the existing

coal fired power plant.

アンモニア供給

微粉炭シングルバーナー炉

Up to 20%(LHV）

Ammonia supply

Pulverized

coal Single burner boiler

World’s

first

Study for Practical Utilization on Energy Carriers

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Value Chain of Ammonia produced from CO2 free Hydrogen

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Basic Scheme of Hydrogen Society

Realization of Society 5.0 using AI · IoT for optimum control of hydrogen, heat and

electricity, and integrated control of energy and transportation. 11

One of Planned Sites ~ Harumi Hydrogen Town (tentative name) ~

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