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The customer, a fertilizer plant, was facing serious problems of liquid carryover. Munters suggested two different solutions and solved the problem according to the customer expactation.
Background
Customer operates one of the largest integrated ammonia-urea fertilizer plant in India, comprising 900TPD ammonia and 1500TPD urea facility.
Process Overview
Ammonia and urea production units generate the required hydrogen (H2), dinitrogen (N2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) feeds through a common reformer.
Outlet gases from the reformer are passed through the absorber, where hydrogen along with other light gases are separated while the carbon dioxide is removed through absorption in the solution. Hydrogen and other light gases along with slipped CO2 from the top of the absorber are passed to the methanation section. The methanator converts the residual CO2 to methane to increase the catalyst life of the ammonia reactor.
The rich solution from the absorber is then stripped in the regenerator and the CO2 gas used to produce urea. The lean solution from the regenerator bottom is then sent back to the absorber.
Customer Requirements
The customer was facing serious problems of liquid carryover in the CO2 stream from the regenerator top which was following the downstream heat exchangers.
Problem analysis
After studying the system in order to optimise operation for an increased capacity it was noted that:
Solutions provided
After studying entire equipments in the CO2 removal section and conducting a detailed hydraulic check for increased capacity, the following was recommended:
The customer chose option 2 along with modification of the inlet feed arrangement.
Accordingly, the equipment was mechanically designed, manufactured and installed without any hot work to the column.
Results achieved
The problem of carryover is solved. The CO2 removal section now runs at increased load of 1350 MTPD.
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