☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 天前‘No quick wins’: China has the world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactorwww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmygrad.mltechnology@lemmy.mlenergy@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1153arrow-down1external-link‘No quick wins’: China has the world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactorwww.scmp.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 天前message-square36fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmygrad.mltechnology@lemmy.mlenergy@slrpnk.net
minus-squareHexboare [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·7 天前Chinese firms are also building and deploying a few different ammonia fueled vessels - which can be produced from renewables anywhere you have a plant
minus-squarekalabaza [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 天前Does that work by combustion? Wouldn’t it emit tons of NOx?
minus-squareHexboare [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 天前The dual fuel one that is already around (achieved some milestone this year from memory) has an addictive or catalytic converter (Dual fuel because ammonia combusts poorly, but I’m pretty sure there’s a couple fuel cell ammonia prototype ships in development)
Chinese firms are also building and deploying a few different ammonia fueled vessels - which can be produced from renewables anywhere you have a plant
Does that work by combustion? Wouldn’t it emit tons of NOx?
The dual fuel one that is already around (achieved some milestone this year from memory) has an addictive or catalytic converter
(Dual fuel because ammonia combusts poorly, but I’m pretty sure there’s a couple fuel cell ammonia prototype ships in development)