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    化学链合成氨研究进展与现状

    Research progress and current situation of chemical looping ammonia synthesis

    • 摘要: 氨作为氮肥工业的核心原料与极具潜力的无碳能源载体,其高效、低碳合成对保障粮食安全与能源转型具有重要意义。传统哈伯−博施工艺虽成熟高效,但依赖于化石能源、能耗极高,且需在高温高压(400~500 ℃、10~25 MPa)的苛刻条件下运行,伴随大量碳排放。在“双碳”目标背景下,开发能够与可再生能源耦合、在温和条件下运行的绿色合成氨技术势在必行。化学链合成氨(Chemical Looping Ammonia Synthesis,CLAS)技术通过将总反应解耦为“固氮”与“氢化”2个独立步骤,巧妙地规避了传统工艺中氮气与氢气的竞争吸附以及热力学平衡限制,为实现常压、中低温条件下的绿氨合成提供了革命性路径。系统聚焦于以氢气为氢源的化学链合成氨(H2-CLAS)技术的最新研究进展。阐述了化学链合成氨技术的基本原理与分类,详细比较了H2O-CLAS与H2-CLAS两种技术路线的优劣,内容围绕H2-CLAS技术的核心——载氮体展开。系统梳理了两大类主要载氮体:碱/碱土金属氢化物−亚氨化物体系(如LiH/Li2NH、BaH2/BaNH)、过渡金属氮化物体系(如Mn4N、Mo2N、Co3Mo3N)。重点总结了四大优化策略:金属掺杂:引入Fe、Ni、Co等过渡金属可有效调节金属氮键强度,降低氮空位形成能,从而显著提升反应动力学与氨产率;构建复合载氮体:将过渡金属与碱土金属结合或设计双/多金属氮化物,利用多组分协同效应优化电子结构,开辟新的温和反应路径;载体改性:采用Al2O3、ZSM-5等多孔载体分散活性组分,增强结构稳定性与氮气吸附能力;外场强化:集成微波、等离子体、光、电等外场能量,通过选择性加热、产生高活性物种、改变反应路径等方式,进一步降低反应温度与能耗,提高能效。展望了H2-CLAS技术未来迈向产业化所需攻克的关键方向。总之,化学合成氨技术作为一种能够与可再生能源电力灵活匹配的分布式制氨方案,代表了绿氨合成的未来重要发展方向。通过跨学科的材料创新、机理探究与工程放大,该技术有望突破传统合成氨的热力学与能耗瓶颈,为农业与能源领域的深度脱碳提供关键技术支持。

       

      Abstract: Ammonia, as the core raw material of the nitrogen fertilizer industry and a highly potential carbon-free energy carrier, its efficient and low-carbon synthesis is of great significance for ensuring food security and energy transition. Although the traditional Haber-Bosch process is mature and efficient, it relies on fossil energy, has extremely high energy consumption, and requires operation under harsh conditions of high temperature and high pressure (400~500 ℃, 10~25 MPa), accompanied by a large amount of carbon emissions. Under the background of the “dual carbon” target, it is imperative to develop green ammonia synthesis technologies that can couple with renewable energy and operate under mild conditions. The chemical looping ammonia synthesis (Chemical Looping Ammonia Synthesis) technology decouples the overall reaction into two independent steps of “nitrogen fixation” and “hydrogenation”, ingeniously avoiding the competition adsorption of nitrogen and hydrogen in the traditional process and the thermodynamic equilibrium limitations, providing a revolutionary path for green ammonia synthesis under normal pressure and moderate temperature. The system focuses on the latest research progress of the hydrogen-based chemical looping ammonia synthesis (H2-CLAS) technology. It elaborates on the basic principles and classification of chemical looping ammonia synthesis technology, compares the advantages and disadvantages of the two technical routes of H2O-CLAS and H2-CLAS in detail, and centers on the core of H2-CLAS technology - the nitrogen carrier. The system reviews the two main types of nitrogen carriers: alkali/alkaline earth metal hydrides-ammonia-nitrogenous compounds (such as LiH/Li2NH, BaH2/BaNH), and transition metal nitride systems (such as Mn4N, Mo2N, Co3Mo3N). It summarizes the four optimization strategies: metal doping: introducing transition metals such as Fe, Ni, Co can effectively regulate the strength of metal-nitrogen bonds, reduce the formation energy of nitrogen vacancies, and significantly improve the reaction kinetics and ammonia yield; constructing composite nitrogen carriers: combining transition metals with alkali earth metals or designing dual/multi-metal nitrides to utilize the synergistic effect of multiple components to optimize the electronic structure and open up new mild reaction pathways; carrier modification: using porous carriers such as Al2O3, ZSM-5 to disperse active components, enhancing structural stability and nitrogen adsorption capacity; external field enhancement: integrating microwave, plasma, light, and electricity as external field energy to further reduce reaction temperature and energy consumption, and improve energy efficiency by selective heating, generating high-activity species, and changing reaction pathways. The future key directions that H2-CLAS technology needs to overcome to achieve industrialization are envisioned. In summary, the chemical ammonia synthesis technology, as a distributed ammonia synthesis solution that can flexibly match with renewable energy electricity, represents an important future development direction for green ammonia synthesis. Through interdisciplinary material innovation, mechanism exploration, and engineering scaling, this technology is expected to break through the thermodynamic and energy consumption bottlenecks of traditional ammonia synthesis and provide key technical support for deep decarbonization in the agricultural and energy sectors.

       

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