摘要:
The process of the present invention which produces the flexible integration for the production of ammonia and urea uses adiabatic reforming of the carbonaceous feedstock such as natural gas. With adiabatic reforming of natural gas, a surplus of carbon dioxide is produced. With adiabatic reforming, substantially pure oxygen and nitrogen may be used which does not involve inert gases such as argon in the system. More importantly, adibatic reforming allows operation at much higher pressure than standard primary reforming, namely, between 700 and 3000 psig. When these pressures are used, the process includes a recycle of the methane and hydrogen from the ammonia synthesis loop to the adiabatic reformer.The process of the present invention uniquely removes the carbon dioxide which is produced by the reforming of the carbonaceous feedstock and treatment by the watergas shift reaction in two independent stages. After the watergas shift, treatment of the ammonia synthesis gases is carried out preferably with a physical solvent, which removes at low cost most of the carbon dioxide. The remaining carbon dioxide is removed by reaction with ammonia, either hot or cold, respectfully leading to the production of ammonium carbamate, or ammonium carbonate.The process of the present invention, further, is characterized by making a significant change in operation upon obtaining the message that the urea plant has to be turned down or shut down for a short period of time.
摘要:
Improved integrated process for simultaneous synthesis of ammonia and urea. Improved yields of urea in purified form are obtained by a simple process which curtails the addition of external water to the process. Two carbon dioxide absorbers are employed. A concentrated ammonium carbonate solution is utilized in the primary carbon dioxide absorber. A secondary carbon dioxide absorber is downstream in series to the first or primary carbon dioxide absorber. An ammonical solution of ammonium carbonate is utilized in the secondary carbon dioxide absorber.
摘要:
A process and apparatus for removing excess carbon dioxide from a crude ammonia synthesis gas to be used for producing ammonia and urea, in which the incoming crude ammonia synthesis gas is separated into two streams. One stream is flowed into a scrubbing zone wherein it is contacted with a scrubbing solution so that the partial pressure of the carbon dioxide in the one stream leaving the scrubbing zone is in the range of about 0.02-1.5 atmospheres, under a total pressure of above about 10 atmospheres, at a temperature of about 85*-130* C. The other stream is not scrubbed. The two streams are then combined and are fed to an ammonia and a urea synthesis system. The amount of carbon dioxide removed is changed by adjusting the amounts of gas flowing in the two streams.
摘要:
Methods and systems for producing ammonia, urea, and UAN are described herein. The methods can include providing a hydrocarbon feed stock and an oxygen-containing stream and reacting the hydrocarbon feed stock with the oxygen-containing stream to provide a syngas containing carbon dioxide and blue hydrogen. The methods can also include electrolyzing water to provide green hydrogen and blending the blue hydrogen with the green hydrogen to provide a blended hydrogen. The blended hydrogen can be introduced to an ammonia synthesis system to provide an ammonia product, which can be further processed to provide urea and/or UAN. The ratio of green to blue hydrogen in the blended hydrogen can be based on available green credits.
摘要:
Parallel co-production process for the production of methanol and urea product from a hydrocarbon containing feed-stock by means of primary and secondary reforming, intermediary methanol and ammonia formation and conversion of the ammonia to urea product and catalytic oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde.
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to an integrated process for the production of formaldehyde-stabilized urea, starting with producing synthesis gas and including the preparation of methanol, ammonia, urea, and formaldehyde in amounts appropriate for the final product.
摘要:
A process for co-production of ammonia, urea and methanol from natural gas, comprising the steps of (a) producing a synthesis gas by simultaneous feeding natural gas to an autothermal reformer (ATR) and to a steam methane reformer (SMR), the two reformers running in parallel, (b) feeding air to an air separation unit (ASU), where the air is split into oxygen, which is fed to the ATR, and nitrogen, (c) subjecting the synthesis gas from the SMR to a water gas shift, (d) removing the carbon dioxide from the synthesis gas from step (c) and leading it to urea synthesis in a urea synthesis unit, (e) combining the hydrogen-rich gas from step (d) with the nitrogen from step (b), removing catalyst poisons from the gases and leading the gas mixture to ammonia synthesis in an ammonia synthesis unit, (f) optionally removing part of the carbon dioxide from the syngas from the ATR in step (a) and leading it to urea synthesis in a urea synthesis unit and (g) leading the syngas from step (f) to the methanol synthesis unit, wherein synthesis gas from step (a) may be led either from the ATR outlet to the SMR outlet upstream from the shift stage or the other way.
摘要:
A process for the production of formaldehyde-stabilised urea is described comprising the steps of: (a) generating a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and steam in a synthesis gas generation unit; (b) recovering carbon dioxide from the synthesis gas to form a carbon dioxide-depleted synthesis gas; (c) synthesising methanol from the carbon dioxide-depleted synthesis gas in a methanol synthesis unit and recovering the methanol and a methanol synthesis off-gas comprising nitrogen, hydrogen and residual carbon monoxide; (d) subjecting at least a portion of the recovered methanol to oxidation with air in a formaldehyde production unit; (e) subjecting the methanol synthesis off-gas to methanation in a methanation reactor containing a methanation catalyst to form an ammonia synthesis gas; (f) synthesising ammonia from the ammonia synthesis gas in an ammonia production unit and recovering the ammonia; (g) reacting a portion of the ammonia and at least a portion of the recovered carbon dioxide stream in a urea production unit to form a urea stream; and (h) stabilising the urea by mixing the urea stream and a stabiliser prepared using formaldehyde recovered from the formaldehyde production unit, wherein a source of air is compressed and divided into first and second portions, the first portion is provided to the formaldehyde production unit for the oxidation of methanol and the second portion is further compressed and provided to the synthesis gas generation unit.
摘要:
A process for producing ammonia and a derivative of ammonia from a natural gas feed comprising conversion of natural gas into a make-up synthesis gas; synthesis of ammonia; use of said ammonia to produce said derivative of ammonia, wherein a portion of the natural gas feed is used to fuel a gas engine; power produced by said gas engine; is transferred to at least one power user of the process, such as a compressor; heat is re-covered from exhaust gas of said gas engine;, and at least part of said heat may be recovered as low-grade heat available at a temperature not greater than 200° C., to provide process heating to at least one thermal user of the process, such as CO2 removal unit or absorption chiller; a corresponding plant and method of modernization are also disclosed.
摘要:
The invention pertains to an integrated process for capturing CO2. The process involves desorbing gaseous CO2 from a CO2 containing aqueous solution comprising carbonate, bicarbonate, sesquicarbonate, carbamate, or a mixture thereof. The desorbing of gaseous CO2 is conducted in the presence of a suitable water soluble substance. If desired, the process may also at least partially recover the soluble substance using a membrane, distillation, or another technique.