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Ammonium
sulfate plants
Make the best of your by-product!
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Know-how
that breeds success
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is a competent partner in
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has accomplishing all these tasks, supporting customers throughout
decades of experience in supplying the world with comprehensive concepts, ground-breaking engi-
single-source, turnkey solutions to the neering and reliable services. Moreover, we implement solutions
in cooperation with equally experienced and competent partners.
fertilizer industry. This means that our customers benefit from tailored project man-
agement with a central contact point.
There are a number of challenges facing fertilizer producers in
today's world: Stringent environmental regulations are as much For existing plants, we offer extensive services to cover the entire
a priority as the demand for increased capacities. Very often life cycle of the plant. Therefore, plants are always optimally
it is aging plants that need to be modernized or even completely serviced and maintained so as to ensure optimum productivity at
replaced. Many companies also decide to build new multi-com- all times.
plex plants in which different fertilizer products can be produced.
Energy
Nitrogen Fertilizer
(natural gas,
naphtha, coal,
biomass, hydrogen) Nitric Acid AN Plant UAN Plant UAN
Plant
AN/CAN AN
Granulation
Limestone AS Solution
CAN
Sulfuric AS AS
Acid Plant Plant Granulation AS
Phosphate and Compound Fertilizer
Sulfur
Phosphoric DAP/MAP
Beneciation
Granulation
DAP
Acid Plant
NP(K)
NP(K)
Granulation
Potassium
= thyssenkrupp processes = Third-party processes
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From an industrial
by-product to a
high-quality fertilizer
Plant growth depends on the nutrient content of the soil. A balanced distribution of pri-
mary and secondary nutrients as well as microorganisms ensures an optimum crop yield.
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient, and so is sulfur.
In the past
S
S
Today
S
S
Renery / Power Plant Fertilizer Plant Fertilizer N/P/K/S
H
O
S O
H
H
O
SO O
N H
H
H N H O H
H
HAmmonium
H Sulfate N H
(NH) SO
Ammonium Sulfate H N H
(NH) SO
H H
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Exhaust
Plant air
Dedusting lter
Scrubber
Storage
Ammonium tank Droplet separator
sulfate
solution Water
Granulation
Scrubbing
additive
solution tank
Fluidized bed Recycle
granulator conveyor
Screen-
ing
Crusher
Steam
Coating
agent Ammonium
Air Coating sulfate
drum granules
Condensate
Ammonium sulfate plants 7
120
Product Specification
Sulfur Content ~ 24 wt %
80
Moisture < 0,5 wt %
60 Hardness ~ 3.000 g
-20
-40
PT 017/0/e/1000/201701/KE/Printed in Germany