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:
A CRUDE AMMONIA SYNTHESIS GAS IS PASSED THROUGH A SCRUBBING ZONE IN WHICH IT IS CONTACTED BY A SCRUBBING SOLUTION COMPRISING LIQUID AMMONIA AND A SUBSTANCE FOR ASSISTING THE DISSOLUTION OF AMMONIA CARBAMATE, WITH THE AMMONIA BEING SUPPLIED AT A RATE SO THAT THE MOLAR RATIO OF NH3/CO2 IN THE SCRUBBING SOLUTION ADJACENT THE DISCHARGE END OF THE SCRUBBING ZONE IS AT LEAST 3,0:1, PREFERABLY 4.0:1 TO 20.0:1. RESIDUAL CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE AMMONIA SYNTHESIS GAS LEAVING THE SCRUBBING ZONE CAN BE REMOVED BY ADDING WATER OR AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION THERETO AND/OR BY SUBJECTING SAID GAS TO A METHANIZATION REACTION. HEAT IS REMOVED FROM SAID GAS, BY INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE, ONLY AFTER SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE HAS BEEN REMOVED THEREFROM.