The postwar perspective of ammonia production in Ukraine

Abstract After the war, a favorable situation may arise in Ukraine not only for the restoration of ammonia production but also for its increase and the implementation of new state-of-the-art technologies that make it possible to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions. The authors have identified the prerequisites for the post-war ammonia production development in Ukraine. The authors have presented the optimization model to minimize primary investments for reaching given ammonia production and specific CO 2 emissions. The sharp increase in required investments is observed when new production capacities are needed. For existing capacities that will be undamaged after wartime the most effective mitigation measure both economically and environmentally is carbon storage and capture. The main directions of further study were outlined. The paper aims to analyze the prerequisites for post-war ammonia production in Ukraine and develop an optimization model to minimize primary investments in the quantitative and qualitative development of ammonia production in Ukraine.