Nitrogen+Syngas
The magazine for the nitrogen and syngas industries

Latest issue:
September/October 2020

• Plant Manager+ Incident No. 2: Leak in weld overlay in urea reactor bottom
  The following case study reports on a serious incident in a urea plant where a leak in the weld overlay in the urea reactor bottom resulted in a costly plant shutdown and near miss of rupture of the high pressure vessel. It is known that carbon steel can corrode with rates of 1000 mm/year not taking into account erosion due to flashing.

  Full article: 605 words | add to basket (£25)

• Ammonium nitrate – still growing
  In spite of continuing safety concerns due to the Beirut explosion, and the rise of the use of urea as a nitrogen fertilizer, ammonium nitrate demand continues to increase in several key markets.

  Full article: 1,982 words | add to basket (£25)

• Carbon dioxide as a feedstock
  Falling costs for production of hydrogen by electrolysis are encouraging more serious consideration of using recovered carbon dioxide as a feedstock for chemicals and even fuels production.

  Full article: 2,897 words | add to basket (£25)

• Urea markets – Covid and beyond
  Although the Covid-19 pandemic has been the big story in every market this year, the disruption and dislocations that this has caused have masked some of the bigger trends in the urea market, such as the revival of Chinese exports and India's push for self-sufficiency.

  Full article: 2,563 words | add to basket (£25)

• MEG from methanol and syngas
  New technology makes it possible for methanol producers to diversify their product portfolio and participate in the high growth mono ethylene glycol market. A. Shah of Johnson Matthey reports on the development of the new technology and its commercialisation.

  Full article: 1,126 words | add to basket (£25)

• Lowering CO2 emissions with EARTH® technology
  TechnipFMC's EARTH® technology, with its structured catalyst jointly developed by TechnipFMC and Clariant, has been proven to be a cost effective way to drastically improve productivity and energy efficiency of the steam reforming process, while reducing the CO2 footprint per unit hydrogen and syngas product. The technology can be applied in projects to increase the capacity of ammonia and methanol plants and allows significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. S. Walspurger of Technip Benelux B.V. and S. Gebert of Clariant GmbH report on the EARTH® technology and its applications.

  Full article: 2,461 words | add to basket (£25)

• Solving problems in nitric acid plants
  Troubleshooting and root cause analysis help to identify and solve problems in the operation of nitric acid plants and to prevent future reoccurrences. Johnson Matthey, Casale and Sabin Metal Corporation discuss their approach to solving problems in nitric acid plants to improve plant reliability and efficiency and to avoid unplanned shutdowns, costly replacement of equipment and loss of production.

  Full article: 7,128 words | add to basket (£25)

• Improving nitric acid plant performance
  N. Temnaya and S. Suvorkin of NIIK report on the modernisation of monopressure (UKL-7) and dual pressure (AK-72) nitric acid plants in Russia and the CIS.

  Full article: 491 words | add to basket (£25)