ENRTF ID: 182-E

Project Title: Nitrogen Fixation for Fertilizers and Hydrogen Fuels Production

Category: E. Air Quality, Climate Change, and Renewable Energy

Summary: To demonstrate a new process to fix nitrogen from water and air to produce ammonia and nitrogen-rich water using renewable electricity from wind or solar energy, eliminating the need for fossil resources and pollutant emissions.

Total Project Budget: $ 487,000
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs)

Name: Roger Ruan
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN
Department: College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Address: 1390 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul MN 55108
Telephone Number: (612) 625-1710
Email ruanx001@umn.edu

Location: Statewide

Alternate Text for Visual: Taking air, water, and renewable electricity as input to fix nitrogen as fertilizer for land and hydroponic crop production and as fuel for ammonia fuel cells.