Ammonia combustion for industrial fabrication of ceramic tiles in China
Join us on Tues 22 April
In late 2023, Monalisa Group and Foshan Xianhu Laboratory announced an ammonia for heat project for ceramic tiles manufacturing in Nanhai District of Foshan City, China. Ammonia, in full replacement of gas fuel, was first introduced in the firing process during tile manufacturing in September 2024, and the demonstration was a success. Using ammonia as fuel rather than gas did not compromise the color and quality of the produced ceramic tiles, which passed quality acceptance testing. Emissions-wise, the two-stage burners using ammonia as fuel resulted in much reduced NOX emissions, which were then further mitigated to single-digit ppm levels using DeNOx technologies.
This was the first demonstration of ammonia for heat in the mass production of ceramics, but it adds to a growing list of related industrial demonstrations. To date, we have seen (among others) demonstrations of ammonia fuel in commercial glass furnaces (AGC in Japan), copper wire production (Aurubis in Germany), and cement clinker production (Heidelberg Materials in the UK; Mitsubishi UBE in Japan).
To discuss ammonia fuel for ceramic tiles manufacturing and potential new applications, Professor Yi-Bing Cheng (Strategic Scientist, Foshan Xianhu Laboratory), and Ms. Chuyun Zhang (Assistant to the President, Monalisa Group) will be joined in conversation by AEA Technology Manager Kevin Rouwenhorst. Join us on Tuesday 22 April @ 4PM CST (Beijing time) for a fascinating discussion, and be sure to submit your questions for our speakers in advance.