Ammonia Storage Facility Essay

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OFFSITE FACILITIES : a) AMMONIA STORAGE : Ammonia storage facility consists of two Horton spheres each having a storage capacity of 1500 MT of anhydrous liquid ammonia stored at a temperature of 0 degree centigrade and at 3.5 kg per square cm G pressure. Liquid ammonia received in rail tankers of 32 MT capacities each is unloaded in Horton spheres. Vapour generated during the tankers unloading is directly consumed in the process plant. Atmospheric ammonia storage facility consists of three double wall double integrity design storage tanks having capacities of 5000 MT, 10000 MT and 15000 MT at a temperature of -32 degree centigrade and atmospheric pressure. Imported ammonia received in ships is unloaded into the atmospheric storage …show more content…

Imported phosphoric acid received in ships is pumped from the ship to all the storage tanks through an unloading line. Two of these storage tanks are located at the Kandla phase 2 plant. Each of the pairs of processed plants A & B, C & D and E & F are having day tanks of capacity 1350 MT for storage of phosphoric acid at the plant battery …show more content…

8. PHOSPHORIC ACID TANK d) PRODUCT STORAGE AND BAGGING : Two covered storage silos for product storage are available, one for Kandla phase 1 plant and the other for Kandla phase 2 plant. Each of these silos has a storage capacity of 30000 MT. The Kandla phase 1 silo is divided into 4 equal compartments, while half of the Kandla phase 2 silo is 1 compartment and the other half is divided into two equal compartments. The three fertilizers grades are stored in separate compartments. The bagging plant has a total of 14 slat conveyors. Each of them are fitted with two micro processor based semi automatic weighing machine and one stitching machine. Thirteen of them are some are semi automatic weighing machines, each capable of weighing and stitching at the rate of 900 bags per hour, one is a fully automatic weighing and bagging machine with the bag placer having the capacity of 1200 bags per hour. Covered space has been provided for storing more than 3 million empty bags in the bagging plant. The covered loading platform area can be used for stacking more than 5000 MT of bagged product. Bagged product is dispatched by road within the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan and by railway wagons to various destinations of our

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