A consortium comprising several Japanese companies and organizations has been handpicked by compatriot New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to partake in a feasibility study program focused on new, ammonia storage and transport solutions.
As disclosed, the group, consisting of classification society ClassNK, IHI Corporation, JFE Steel Corporation, Tohoku University and the Institute of Science Tokyo, is set to promote the engineering of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) probability evaluation tools for ammonia fuel storage tanks and transportation equipment.