Novel Aqueous system for Electrochemical Generation of Ammonia

Ammonia manufacture is one of the world's largest industries, and the Haber-Bosch process is the only practical method to generate ammonia on a large scale. The technology being proposed by Lynntech is designed to generate ammonia at significantly reduced cost which could result in protecting the Nation's farmers from fluctuations in natural gas prices, increase net returns in crop production, generate jobs, and boost the economy of rural communities. The volatile and upward trend in U.S. natural gas prices beginning in 2000 through the present day has had a negative impact on the Nation's farmers. Increases in ammonia prices have been felt equally by farmers nationwide, and as a result, this has reduced net returns of 22% in corn production and 32% in wheat production. Furthermore, increasing capital costs for ammonia production has resulted in farmers paying an additional $8 billion for fertilizer. To address these issues, Lynntech Inc., has pioneered a highly scalable electrochemical ammonia generation process that operates at much higher efficiencies and lower temperatures and pressures than the Haber Bosch Process. This electrochemical system offers farming communities the opportunity to install and run an ammonia plant customized to suit their ammonia production needs. During the Phase I project, we will build a bench scale demonstration unit for electrosynthesis of ammonia.