Project Synopsis

Develop a process design package for a NOx removal system at an agrochemicals manufacturing facility.

Project Summary

NITROGEN OXIDES EMISSIONS REMOVAL SYSTEM DESIGN PACKAGE PREPARATION

The client, a regional detail design firm, was contracted by the ultimate client, a multi-product facility that uses natural gas to produce a wide variety of industrial and agrochemical products including anhydrous ammonia, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate, urea, and urea ammonium nitrate. The client contracted with Process Engineering Associates, LLC (PROCESS) to develop a design package for a system for the capture and control of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from a tank truck and rail car loading station using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and for the recovery of nitric acid (HNO3) in the scrubbing liquid.

Specific project tasks included the following:

  • Preparation of a design basis document for the emissions capture system and NOx scrubber and HNO3 recovery system
  • Development of a comprehensive mass and energy balance using PROCESS‘ licensed commercial computer process simulation software
  • Preparation of a process flow diagram
  • Preparation of a preliminary piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) showing all required piping and instrumentation/controls as well as line sizing and materials of construction
  • Preparation of equipment duty specification for the NOx scrubber with high efficiency mist eliminator, submittal of the specification to a scrubber vendor with a request for budget level price quote, and review of the bid provided by the vendor
  • Collaboration with a scrubber packing vendor to confirm column height; providing vendor sizing calculations to the client
  • Preparation of preliminary pump specifications (recycle and chemical feed)
  • Generation of blower hydraulic calculations around the emissions capture system, scrubber system, and discharge piping to the exhaust stack using CHEMCAD
  • Documentation of system process control, describing in words how the system is intended to operate.

Industry Type

  • Agrochemicals Production

Utilized Skills

  • Process design package preparation

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