Korea University of Energy and Resources Accelerates Research on Ammonia Co-firing Power Generation Safety

Agreement between Germany's Fraunhofer Institute and KEPCO Electric Power Research Institute

Korea University of Energy Technology (President Eui-Jun Yoon, KENTECH), the Fraunhofer ICT Institute in Germany, and KEPCO Research Institute have joined hands for international joint research and development in the field of ammonia co-firing power generation safety technology.

According to KENTECH on the 25th, key personnel from overseas institutions attended the memorandum of understanding signed the previous day in Karlsruhe, including Professor Ji-Hyun Hwang of KENTECH and Director of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform (FIP), Woo Jung-Wook, Director of the Convergence Research Institute at KEPCO Research Institute, Prof. Frank Henning, Director of Fraunhofer ICT Institute, and Dr. Sebastian Wurster, Director of ICT Energy Systems Technology.

Professor Ji-Hyun Hwang’s research team is participating in the 4th sub-project “Development of Ammonia Safety Evaluation Technology” of the “Development and Demonstration of USC-class Boiler Ammonia Co-firing Power Generation Technology” project, led by KEPCO Research Institute as the main research institution.

This memorandum of understanding is significant as it lays the foundation for securing safety technology, the biggest obstacle to commercializing ammonia co-firing power generation, through subsequent international joint research and development with the Fraunhofer ICT Institute in Germany.

The Fraunhofer ICT Institute in Germany is a world-class research institute in the field of hydrogen safety evaluation technology development, capable of independently conducting hydrogen diffusion algorithm development and verification through experiments.

In particular, the “Ammonia Co-firing Power Generation Diffusion Algorithm” technology to be developed through international joint technology development among KENTECH, Fraunhofer ICT Institute, and KEPCO Research Institute is expected to be widely applied to current domestic co-firing power generation demonstration and commercialization projects.

Professor Ji-Hyun Hwang stated, “We have started a very meaningful international joint research and development with the Fraunhofer ICT Institute, which has outstanding capabilities in hydrogen and ammonia safety evaluation technology development, and KEPCO Research Institute, which is leading the commercialization of ammonia co-firing power generation technology. Through this international joint research, we will do our best to ensure safety so that technologies utilizing ammonia and hydrogen can become socially acceptable technologies.”

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