Systems and methods for in situ production of ammonia and / or ammonium salt compounds using subsurface geochemistry are provided. In some embodiments, one or more reactants can be delivered to a subsurface region for in situ formation of ammonia and / or ammonium salts. The reactants can be reacted with an ultramafic rock bed to form hydrogen gas (H2). The hydrogen gas can then be reacted with a nitrogen source to form ammonia that can be collected. In another embodiment, nitrogen gas can be pumped into contact with hydrogen gas released from the rock bed to form ammonium salts in the earth's crust that can be mined. In some other embodiments, a catalyst can be delivered with the reactants or the reaction can be facilitated by a catalyst in the rock bed to form ammonia gas in situ without the need for hydrogen gas formation.
The invention relates to a method for multi-stage ammonia-process decarbonization, the method comprising absorbing, using ammonia as an absorbent, CO2 from a process gas in an absorber including four or more stages of absorption, the four or more stages including, sequentially arranged along the flow direction of the process gas, a first-stage absorption, a second-stage absorption, a third-stage absorption, a fourth-stage absorption, and an optional higher stage absorption; and controlling a temperature of the process gas in the second- and third-stage absorptions to be not lower than a temperature of the process gas in the first-stage absorption, and a temperature of the process gas in the fourth- and the optional higher-stage absorptions to be lower than the temperature of the process gas in the first-stage absorption.