Increased plant capacity and reduced maintenance at fertilizer plant

Production of ammonia first started when the plant was brand new, right back in 1934. Set in the Ukrainian city of Dneprodzerzhinsk, DneproAZOT manufactures urea at its ammonia plant and two separate urea plants. The ammonia plant uses the “Kellogg” process with an annual capacity of approximately 450,000 tonnes, and the two urea plants have a combined annual capacity of 660,000 tonnes. In addition to producing ammonia and urea, DneproAZOT produces caustic soda and nitric acid.

Vladislav Levchenko, production manager at the DneproAZOT ammonia department, says “We decided to try Compabloc for gas cooling applications and I must say that we are very pleased with the result. With the old shell-and-tube system, it was only possible to cool the gas down to 65°C during the summer. With Compabloc, we can now reach temperatures as low as 35°C using the same cooling water, which is taken from the Dnieper river. This means that more water can be removed from the gas, resulting in increased urea production. Compabloc not only solved our cooling requirements, but also helped us to increase profit.”