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Low-carbon ammonia: the decarbonisation darling
Sylvia Traganida, ICIS, discusses how the dream of low-carbon ammonia has played out when faced with the reality of market demand.
Reading screening machines with smartphones
Sigurd Schuetz, RHEWUM GmbH, Germany, reports on the benefits of screen analysis apps and the practical payoff for fertilizer producers.
Evaporator reliability: from steam to shutdown
Gregory Becherer, CG Thermal, USA, analyses how graphite evaporators are affected by adverse operating conditions that can lead to stress and corrosion.
Retroactive conveyor design for increased fertilizer production
R. Todd Swinderman, Martin Engineering, USA, examines how to enhance conveyor designs with well-considered improvements as opposed to ad-hoc upgrades.
Virtual training, real-world results
Majid Izadfar, Leonardo Carpio, Gökce Adali1, Josep Anton Feliu, and Hussein Mubarak, thyssenkrupp Uhde, explain why using an operator training simulator as a performance lever improves plant performance.
Understanding ammonium nitrate
PhD Jose Ramon Ferrer Alcalde, Espindesa, Spain, provides an overview of the different processes to produce various grades of ammonium nitrate.
Operator competence in the digital era
Math Steps, Shufen Wen, and Nikolay Ketov, Stamicarbon (NEXTCHEM), reveal the benefits of competence management and certification systems for improved plant operator learning.
The beating heart of syngas production
Christian Berchthold, Felicitas Cokoja, Stefan Gebert, and Anton Kariagin, Clariant, Germany, suggest that a combination of advanced catalysts and digital optimisation using AI can enhance reformer efficiency.
Staying safe with melamine
Guido Canti, Eurotecnica, Italy, outlines melamine’s alternative use as a material with improved thermal resistance and acoustic dampening for industrial safety applications.
Replacing risk with reliability
Ricardas Razgaitis, Badotherm, and Guido Geurts, Stamicarbon (NEXTCHEM), the Netherlands, describe how diaphragm seal systems for pressure and level measurement can be designed to ensure operational safety in high-pressure urea synthesis.
Advancing circularity in the fertilizer industry
PhD Ufuk G. Erdal and Heather Cheslek, Black & Veatch, USA, outline the systems available to fertilizer producers to recycle wastewater and achieve circularity.
Detecting the invisible
Andrzej Janowski, MSA Safety, Europe, analyses the benefits and limitations of different gas detection technologies.
