September 2024

This issue begins with a Keynote article from Sylvia Traganida, ICIS, on how the ammonia industry has started looking towards the future with a focus on blue and green ammonia. Other key themes within this issue include nitric acid, heat exchangers, water treatment and management, ammonium nitrate technology, additives and coatings, bagging and packing.

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Changing with the Times
Sylvia Traganida, ICIS, UK, discusses how the ammonia industry has started looking towards the future with the focus on blue and green ammonia as part of the energy transition.

Enhancing Sustainability in Nitric Acid Production
Stefano Cicchinelli, Carmen Perez, and Nikolay Ketov, Stamicarbon, the Netherlands, explore how tertiary abatement technology can enhance sustainability for both new and existing nitric acid plants.

Green Ammonium Nitrate Neutralisation
Max Eliot Gorges, thyssenkrupp Uhde, Germany, outlines the challenges of yield, emissions and effluents, and energy efficiency to ammonium nitrate (AN) neutralisation plants.

Raising the Alarm
Ronald Peddie, Peddie Engineering, Australia, looks at the instrumentation of an ammonium nitrate (AN) plant and explains the variety of temperature trips and alarms.

Moving Away from Conventional Approaches
Guoxin Wang and Zhengxing Gu, Arkema, USA, analyse new reagent schemes for processing sedimentary phosphate ores.

Consistency Brings Confidence
Rod Vautier, BiOWiSH, explains how agricultural retailers can help growers navigate the dynamic bio-enhancement space.

The Art of Water Management
Heather Cheslek and James M. Oliver, Black & Veatch, USA, explain why water as a resource is a critical part of the supply chain for fertilizer production and securing lifetime water supply is a critical part of business planning.

Finding the Right Temperature
Michele Pietroni, Endress+Hauser, Italy, evaluates several critical factors in the steam cracking process for ethylene production.

Playing the Long Game
Warren Chung, Solex Thermal Science, Canada, discusses maximising the longevity of fertilizer processing technologies through preventative maintenance.

Self-Energising Stem Packing
Alessandro Brun, BHDT GmbH, Austria, outlines an operational case study on a running chemical plant and discusses a technical evaluation and final implementation of self-energising stem packing into an installed valve.

From Mine to Market
Dr. Metodi Zlatev, HAVER NIAGARA GmbH, and Michael Mestekemper, HAVER & BOECKER Machinery Division, Germany, discuss how efficient and sustainable technologies can be used as innovative solutions for the entire fertilizer production process.

September 2024

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