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Oxidation of NO to NO2 is the slowest reaction
– Short residence time (minimize side & consecutive reactions taking place)
– Low pressure
• Favored in Europe
• Allowable capital payback periods and energy
costs have traditionally been higher
• Process….
Yield of nitric oxide depends on pressure and temperature as indicated in the table
1 below
Dual pressure process
• It has a medium pressure (0.3 – 0.6 MPa) front end for
ammonia oxidation and a high pressure (1.1 – 1.5 MPa)
tail end for absorption
• Waste tail gas is heated in the ammonia oxidation heat exchanger, expanded in a power
recovery turbine and expelled from the effluent stack to the atmosphere
• Final step expands the gas in the power-recovery turbine and thermal energy
produced in this turbine can be used to drive the compressor
Dual pressure process
• It has a medium pressure (0.3 – 0.6 MPa) front end for
ammonia oxidation and a high pressure (1.1 – 1.5 MPa)
tail end for absorption