IHI and GE Vernova Achieve Full-Scale 100% Ammonia Combustion Demonstration in F-Class Gas Turbines

IHI and GE Vernova announced the successful full-scale demonstration of 100% ammonia combustion using components operating at pressures, temperatures, and flow rates equivalent to GE Vernova's F-Class gas turbine full-load conditions.

The test was conducted at IHI's purpose-built facility at its Aioi Works in Hyogo, Japan, completed last summer. The facility was engineered to replicate F-class gas turbine operating conditions, including pressure, temperature, and both air and fuel flow rates. Emission levels achieved during testing align with the companies' development roadmap toward a commercially deployable 100% ammonia-fired gas turbine by 2030.

The collaboration leverages IHI's ammonia combustion expertise alongside GE Vernova's global technical capabilities, incorporating best practices from GE Vernova's advanced combustion test facility in Greenville, South Carolina. The partnership began with a joint development agreement signed in 2024.

Ammonia, derived from hydrogen, produces no net CO2 emissions when combusted. Currently used in industrial applications including fertilizer production, ammonia also serves as a hydrogen carrier. GE Vernova and IHI identified ammonia as a potential carbon-free combustion fuel for advancing global decarbonization efforts in the power sector.

Originally reported by Power Engineering. Read the full article →