Feb. 2: Green Fertilizer
Presenters: Visal Veng, Benard Tabu, Samuel Alpert
Green Fertilizer is an idea developed by a team of three graduate students pursuing doctoral studies in the Energy Engineering Program at UMass Lowell. The technology produces nitrogen fertilizer from air and water using solar energy and delivers it on demand. This fulfills an increasing need for nitrogen fertilizer at a low cost, distributed manner, while mitigating nitrogen pollution and vast amounts of carbon dioxide CO2 emissions commonly associated with the conventional fertilizer production approaches. Technology is significantly relevant to (i) developing countries which endure high cost of fertilizer and food shortage and (ii) developed countries which suffer nitrogen runoff as the results of over application of fertilizer. Our team wishes to present our thoughts, technology ideas, and accomplishments to LIRA to help express our support for the community and how the LIRA supports our goals for an environmentally friendly and sustainable future as we strive to make the world a better place for everyone. The team won the “Commitment for a Sustainable Environment" award [1] as part of the UMass Lowell RIST DifferenceMaker program in 2021.
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