Ammonia energy is a widely used,green and low-carbon new type of clean energy,which has outstanding advantages over hy-drogen energy in terms of safety,energy intensity,easy-to-storage and transport,and many other aspects.The application of ammonia en-ergy in transportation,power,chemical and other sectors in China is still in its infancy,but the related carbon footprint research has re-ceived much attention.This study conducted a step-by-step life cycle carbon footprint analysis of China's ammonia energy's full industrial chain under application scenarios such as hydrogen refueling stations,ammonia fuel supply stations,and power plants,and focus on ana-lyzing the carbon emission level of ammonia energy used in the scenario of transportation fuel and power sector.The research results show that,from the perspective of different technology routs,in all scenarios,the carbon dioxide emissions of ammonia energy in the whole life cycle of the electrolyzed water hydrogen production HB(Haber Bosch process)synthetic ammonia liquid ammonia vehicle route are the highest,more than 600 g/MJ.Hydrogen production from renewable energy electrolyzed water-HB synthetic ammonia-pipeline transmission route has the lowest carbon dioxide emission in the whole life cycle of ammonia energy,which is lower than 40 g/MJ.For each stage,the fuel production stage accounts for the highest proportion of carbon footprint in all stages of production,storage and applica-tion of various ammonia production technology pathway,except for the renewable energy electrolysis ammonia production pathway.From the perspective of influencing factors,the power consumption level and its carbon emission factor in each stage of hydrogen production,ammonia generation and ammonia cracking for hydrogen production play an important role in the carbon footprint of the whole industrial chain of ammonia energy production,storage and utilization.From the perspective of application scenarios,in the scenarios of chemical plants,steel plants,and power plants,due to the short transportation distance and low energy consumption for storage and transportation,the carbon dioxide emissions throughout the full life cycle of 1 MJ ammonia energy are relatively low.From the perspective of application scenarios,in the field of transportation,the green ammonia and blue ammonia technology pathway has the advantage of significantly reduc-ing the carbon footprint(more than 80％)compared with traditional petroleum fuels.
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