TVA still high on ammonia-from-coal project

Journal Article · Mon Jun 04 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Chem. Eng. News (Wash., D.C.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6204357

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) launched an ammonia-from-coal project in 1975 at a time when natural gas shortages had caused ammonia prices to soar. The project continues in spite of plentiful supplies of both natural gas and ammonia, and the plant should be completed by the mid-1980s. The National Fertilizer Development Center (NFDC) project takes the long view that coal-conversion technology should be pursued as a way to avoid overdependence on foreign ammonia suppliers and to improve the German-based technology now used. The Texaco coal gasification process was chosen for the plant and preliminary economic studies of the process have been favorable. Retrofitting existing natural gas-based ammonia plants to use coal will also be studied.

• OSTI ID: 6204357
• Journal Information: Chem. Eng. News (Wash., D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Eng. News (Wash., D.C.); (United States) Vol. 57:23; ISSN CENEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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