Assumption for the techno-economic analysis of the electrified ammonia plant

Parameter	Value
Global economic assumptions
Currency conversion rate [USD/CAD]	0.754
Nominal interest rate	10%
Ammonia plant specification
Ammonia designed output [kg/s]	10
Total conversion (for both H2 and N2)	98%
Plant life [years]	20
Plant capacity factor	0.67
Electrolyzer
Efficiency	0.6 (based on LHV)
Energy consumption [kWh/kg H2]	55.6
Water conversion ratio	100%
Air separation unit (ASU)
Energy consumption [kWh/kg N2]	0.421 (Aneke and Wang, 2015)
Ammonia reactor
Energy consumption [kWh/kg NH3]	0.778
Operational cost
Electricity cost [US$(2018)/MWh]	13.8
Process water cost [US$(2018)/m3]	2.15 (City of Toronto, 2020)
Maintenance cost	5% of initial CAPEX per annum