Any leak in high-pressure urea equipment is critical, as corrosive ammonium carbamate can attack the carbon steel pressure-bearing parts – including the vessel wall and tubesheets – and may ultimately lead to catastrophic rupture. The image shows corrosion of a carbon steel tubesheet in a falling film high-pressure carbamate condenser caused by a leak at the tube-to-tubesheet weld.
Shane Le Capitaine, Process Sales Engineer, FEECO International, provides a practical guide to rotary dryer efficiency at potash plants.
AMETEK Process Instruments has expanded its 993X series of gas analysers – including both 993X and 9933 models – with new explosion-proof enclosures certified for ATEX and IECEx Zone 1 hazardous locations. AMETEK says that the new design enables reliable analyser installation in applications where purge gas is unavailable or impractical, addressing a common challenge in remote and utility-limited facilities. […]
In an ideal natural draft urea prilling tower, molten droplets fall, cool air rises, and prills solidify – but what happens when airflow at the tower base is disturbed? Small adjustments can have big consequences.
We report on selected keynote and commercial presentations from CRU’s 2026 Phosphates+Potash Expoconference.
Multiphase multiphysics simulation-based analysis of an industrial-scale Claus catalytic reactor predicts improved performance resulting from the inclusion of inlet flow deflection plates.
With the delivery of ten sulphuric acid pumps and a mobile tank drainage pump for a large zinc smelter in Central Asia, Rheinhütte Pumpen highlights its expertise in handling highly concentrated sulphuric acid – from alloy development and engineering to comprehensive testing on one of the most advanced pump test stands in the world.
Liquid sulphur is a critical industrial feedstock, but its safe transfer is technically demanding. Dickow Pumpen maintains that reliable handling depends on a whole-system approach – integrating heating, piping, sealing, and operating procedures.
In sulphur handling facilities, deviations in product consistency are often an indication of issues impacting not only the quality of end product, but also the production process itself. In this article, IPCO explains why shape and quality really do matter.
Sulphur recovery units in petroleum refineries and natural gas processing plants utilise incineration as a final treatment step for tail gas, ensuring that residual sulphur compounds are converted to less harmful emissions. Elmo Nasato of Nasato Consulting Ltd compares the two sulphur plant incinerator options – thermal incineration and catalytic incineration – including key considerations for policymakers, businesses, and environmental advocates.