Cleaning the Ocean with Ammonia: A Solution to Global Emissions
Inspired by MIT Technology Review
Have you ever imagined cleaning the ocean using substances from human urine? Ammonia, as you all know, is a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent smell. Last year, I started being interested in the ocean, especially the Jeju ocean, because I had good memories of the ocean. There are big issues with ocean pollution, and I think a lot about how to solve ocean pollution simply and more efficiently. MIT sources are dramatic information that helped to solve my curiosity. Ammonia is cheaper to transport and store than hydrogen, and cutting costs could make fuel cells easier to adopt widely in the shipping industry. It seems like an unlikely fuel to help cut greenhouse-gas emissions, but it is best known to have a key role in decarbonizing global shipping. Since Ammonia is more efficient and cheaper, scientists tested for Ammonia and discovered that it could help the shipping industry shift away from fossil fuels and slow the emissions that cause climate change. Now, let’s get into the details about the discovery and technology of using Ammonia to help clean up global shipping.
Scientists might think that ocean pollution is processing more severely than what we predict, and I agree with that. We need common substances that are more efficient and easier to prevent facing severe ocean pollution. The American Bureau of Shipping, which sets safety standards for global shipping, recently granted early-stage approval for some ammonia-powered ships and fueling infrastructure, including a design from Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world’s largest shipbuilders. Swapping it in for fossil fuels that ships burn today could help make a significant dent in global carbon emissions. Ammonia is attractive because of its high energy density – the amount of energy that can be packed into a certain volume, which means that it can be squeezed at relatively low pressures into an easily transportable liquid. Thanks to the result and the discovery scientists made, we can conclude that Ammonia will be the common thing that is more efficient and easier to prevent facing severe ocean pollution. What we were looking for was Ammonia, which helps to avoid creating Nox pollution. A fuel cell ship could contain ammonia storage tanks, along with a reactor where Ammonia would be broken down to form nitrogen and hydrogen. The hydrogen would then be shuttled to the fuel cell, which would combine with oxygen to produce water and the electricity used to power the ship. What I think about this experiment is that scientists have been thinking about a reliable and valuable source that might be usable as a solution to ocean pollution. Most Ammonia is produced today using a century-old, energy-intensive process that relies on fossil fuels, and we must use Ammonia as a chemical for shipping companies.
Ocean pollution is getting worse these days. To be honest, there’s nothing efficient way to prevent it. Don’t procrastinate, and think of some ways that might be efficient and usable for preventing ammonia substances. Ammonia is a substance that can easily be found in the environment. Ammonia is cheaper to transport and store than hydrogen, and cutting costs could make fuel cells easier to adopt widely in the shipping industry. Thanks to scientists, Ammonia could be used to solve global emissions. Ammonia is easy to find and might be used a lot if it could use for ocean pollution. The American Bureau of Shipping granted early-stage approval for some ammonia-powered ships and fueling infrastructure. It is a waste of time if we constantly find ways and ways for the severe problems we are facing. There’s already an effective solution that scientists have found, so we should act. It is already late, so don’t wait until we can’t recover.