Tokuyama Corporation has installed fuel supply and combustion equipment for hydrogen and ammonia at its Nanyo Plant in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The company aims to reduce CO2 emissions during the manufacture of concrete materials.
Tokuyama Corporation announced that it had installed combustion equipment using hydrogen and ammonia as fuels at its Nanyo Plant. The new equipment is intended to reduce CO2 emissions during the manufacture of concrete materials by using decarbonized fuels.
The company is conducting joint research with Denka into the use of decarbonized fuels in the manufacture of concrete materials and continues to assess the technology amid growing demand for materials aimed at fixing CO2.
The company is evaluating the effect of blending hydrogen and ammonia with heavy oil to reduce CO2 emissions, and plans to examine combustion conditions and increase the proportion of decarbonized fuels used.
Although future evaluation results and expansion of the scope of application will be watched closely, the article does not provide specific figures or timing.