Abstract:
IN A PRACTICALLY DUST-FREE PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL FERTILIZER GRANULES THE FEED STREAMS TO THE GRANULATOR CONSIST OF SOLIDS OF CONTROLLED PARTICLE SIZE, MOLTEN AMMONIUM NITRATE, AMMONIA, A SLURRY PRODUCED BY WET-GRINDING OVERSIZE SOLIDS AND FINES IN AQUEOUS PHOSPHORIC ACID, AND GRANULAR PRODUCT RECYCLED DIRECTLY FROM THE GRANULATOR EXIT.