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Fertilizer from coal

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6722166
Background information is given on production of ammonia from alternate feedstocks. Information is given on the need for replacing scarce natural gas with abundant coal for the production of ammonia. Technical and economic details are presented on retrofitting an 8 ton/hour coal gasification and gas purification facility onto the front end of a small natural gas-steam reforming ammonia plant at TVA's National Fertilizer Development Center at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The new facility is to be completed in early 1980. Process conditions, environmental, and occupational health and safety aspects of the facility are described. The objective of the project is to provide technical and economic information to the US fertilizer industry. Economic information for commercial-sized plants is presented.
Research Organization:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL (USA). Div. of Chemical Development
OSTI ID:
6722166
Report Number(s):
NP-25196
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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