Handling leaks in urea plants: part 3

Leaks in the high-pressure synthesis section of a urea plant can have catastrophic consequences. UreaKnowHow.com started to collect incidents in an incident database and in 2017 AmmoniaKnowHow.com and UreaKnowHow.com introduced FIORDA, the Fertilizer Industry Operational Risk Database, a global open source risk register for ammonia and urea plants.

Part 1 of this short series of articles on how to handle leaks in urea plants explained why leaks in the high-pressure synthesis section of a urea plant are so critical and discussed corrosion and sealing challenges and what happens when there is a leak. Part 2 looked at the causes and consequences of leaks and discussed different types of critical leaks. Part 3 discusses different measures to prevent carbamate leaks.