Category: Equipment

Industry viewpoint: Dr MP Sukumaran Nair of the Centre for Green Technology & Management (CGTM) reviews the fertilizer industry's decarbonisation options.

Potassium sulphate (SOP) samples produced at the company’s UK pilot plant are being sent to a number of fertilizer manufacturers and distributors across Europe.

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.