Is Ammonia a viable "clean" fuel ?

[rb1957]

maybe capture the "small" amount of CO2 ??

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[GregLocock]

I'd be more worried about NO2, which will get more problematic the higher your flame temp, hence efficiency, is.

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[Lou Scannon]

Combustion is OK, exhaust emissions aside, but toxicity is seen as a major issue for widespread adoption.

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[IRstuff]

Wasn't toxicity pretty much the reason for inventing Freon for refrigerators?

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[dik]

Yup... I understand that was the reason for CFCs... They didn't realise there were some down sides to it.

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