Glimpses from the research project "Energy Solutions for Agricultural Machinery"

Research can be like a journey where you discover new things and meet interesting people. I have now been on such a journey. Mattias Lindahl (Professor of EcoDesign at Linköping University) and I have submitted a contribution about fossil-free energy solutions in agriculture to the editors of the book "Bio#Futures" which will be published by Springer Nature. I compiled here some pictures from this trip.
Among the pictures is a hydrogen and ammonia driven tractor developed under the direction of Jay Schmuecker in the USA. This is how we write in the chapter about this:
"One project is called The Carbon-Free Farm and driven by the MIT and NASA engineer Jay Schmuecker and others at Pinehurst farm in Iowa, USA. They built a hydrogen tractor demonstrator already in 2010 by installing a Ford 460 V8 otto engine into a John Deere 7819 tractor and mount tanks on the roof. In 2011 they started to produce hydrogen by means of solar power. In 2015 he could present the world’s first tractor to run on NH3." Stort tack till Jay Schmuecker för tillstånd att få nyttja bilden.
Reference: Per Frankelius and Mattias Lindahl: "Energy Solutions for Agricultural Machinery - From the Oil Era Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy", in Koukios, Emmanuel, Sacio-Szymanska, Anna (Eds.), Bio#Futures - Foreseeing and Exploring the Bioeconomy, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, coming 16 March, 2021.
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Keywords: Circular economy Agriculture Farming Tractors Biodiesel Fossil-freedom Fuel cells Biogas Ethanol Robots Biomass Methane Electric power Steam engines Agrosolary Hydrogen fuel Ammonia Energy independence Wheat Rapeseed oil Keywords in Swedish: Cirkulär ekonomi Lantbruk Jordbruk Traktorer Biodiesel Fossilfrihet Bränsleceller Biogas Etanol Robotar Biomassa Metan Elkraft Ångmotorer Agrosolary Vätebränsle Ammoniak Energioberoende Vete Rapsolja