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Title: New technical advances in sulfate plant projects

Journal Article · · Coke Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6225825

In accord with the resolution of the CPSU Central Committee and the USSR Council of Ministers On measures to further improve the efficiency of utilization of mineral fertilizers, reduce their losses during shipping, storage and addition to the soil and improve the agronomic service of state and collective farms Giprokoks, UKhIN and VUKhIN developed measures directed toward production of ammonium sulfate at coking plants meeting the specifications stated in this resolution, based on the following measures: (1) adopting the technology of treating ammonium sulfate with anticaking additives - aqueous solutions of Sulfonol; (2) use of synthetic concentrated aqueous ammonia to separate light pyridine bases from the mother liquor; (3) equipping the crystallizer-evaporator of the non-saturator unit with a hydroclassifier to collect the large crystals of ammonium sulfate; and (4) installation of a crystallizer with forced circulation and a separate tank for crystal growth.

OSTI ID:
6225825
Journal Information:
Coke Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 2; Other Information: Translated from Koks Khim.; No. 2, 30-32(1982)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English