https://www.nedo.go.jp/news/press/AA5_101666.html

As part of NEDO’s “Development of Fuel Ammonia Utilization and Production Technology”, AGC Corporation, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, AIST, and Tohoku University have recently succeeded in the world’s first demonstration test of glass production using ammonia as fuel in an actual production reactor.

In this demonstration, tests were conducted using a burner developed by Taiyo Nippon Sanso Co., Ltd. in a glass melting furnace that produces architectural glass at the AGC Yokohama Technical Center to verify the effects on glass quality, furnace materials, flame temperature, furnace interior temperature, and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission control.

After determining the scope of application of ammonia combustion technology, we aim to introduce it to glass melting furnaces on a full-scale basis. In the future, AGC plans to expand the use of ammonia combustion technology not only to glass, but also to other materials such as steel and aluminum, thereby contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the manufacturing processes of the materials industry.