Start-up method for ammonia plants
US4728506A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 16, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/52
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Low energy start-up procedure for ammonia plants which employs ammonia as the start-up media, thereby avoiding the BTU loss associated with venting unconverted hydrocarbons and the threat to catalyst beds associated with rapid buildup of temperatures therein.
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