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Re:Hydrogen derived from ammonia could open up new export ma... by CompelTechnic on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:51AM (#17715445)
I wonder, does converting ammonia to hydrogen absorb energy or release it? (Ie is it endothermic or exothermic?)
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Re:Hydrogen derived from ammonia could open up new export ma... by marcosdumay on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @11:22AM (#17716656)
It's highly endothermic. Replacing the hydrogen with oxygen is exothermic.

So one can create some ammonia-air fuel cell. But reducing it first to push the hydrogen into a fuel cell will almost surely net a negative amount of energy because of the losses.

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Re:Hydrogen derived from ammonia could open up new export ma... by refurb on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:57AM (#17715486)
Exothermic as the reverse is endothermic.
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