Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited Internship Report

FFCL INTERNSHIP REPORT
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QURAN, SURAH
SURAH QAF,
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FATIMA FERTILIZER COMPANY LIMITED,

SADIKABAD
REPORT ON MY INTERNSHIP AT FFCLAMMONIA

BY : Usman Asghar
INTERNSHIP DURATION: SIX WEEKS (FROM 15TH JUNE 11 TO 24RD

JULY)
1 FATIMA FERTILIZER COMPANY LIMITED

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Objective
The main objective of this internship was to learn about the working of a Chemical Process
Plant and get something about the processes involved, technology, materials, design &
construction, operation & maintenance of the plant. As we know that fertilizer industry is the
back-bone of our agriculture of the country & it is well developed segment of our manufacturing
sector.
Secondly, AMMONIA/UREA manufacturing is a delicate process involves high
pressure/temperatures & it is also corrosive in nature. This is something that I wanted to learn
about; it couldnt be better than the plant-site of Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited. It was also
ideal choice, as this group has the only NP,CAN plant in Pakistan.

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Vision Of FFCL Complex

Be a leading fertilizer company with a diverse product base.
Continue to excel in operations.
Commitment to business ethics, safety, health, environment in the
community.
Remain a good corporate citizen.
Be one of the best corporate employers.
Keep exploring other project investment opportunities to remain progressive,
flexible & viable
Mission
Pursue as a team, the progressive strategy based on the principle of maintaining the spirit
of excellence to remain among the best companies of delivering competitively priced
quality products, achieving sustainable growth rate in all activities and generating optimum
profits to the satisfaction of all stakeholders.

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FFCL COMPLEX DESCRIPTION

The complex includes the following process units, offsites & utilities:
Process Units:
One Ammonia Unit(Re-located Plant) designed to produce 1500MTPD of NH3.
One urea unit designed to produce 1500 MTPD of Prill Urea.
One C.A.N. plant designed to produce 1500MTPD of granulated CAN.
One Nitric Acid unit designed to produce 2500MTPD on 60% basis & 1500MTPD on 100%
basis.
Utilities Production Units:
Power generation unit with 2 gas turbines of 26.0 MW each & 2 Emergency Diesel
Generators.
Raw water pre-treatment & Demineralization Units.
Cooling water System.
Heating, ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit. (ISOLATED yet)
Steam generation units include waste heat recovery.
Instrument/service air system.
Off-Sites & Buildings
Fire water storage & distribution system.
Natural Gas receiving station.
Waste water treatment facilities.
Buildings Include :
Control Rooms (CCR1, CCR2)
Electrical Sub-Stations
Administration Building & Technical services Building (TSB)
Technical Training Centre (TTC)

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Workshops
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Material Warehouse

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Fire Station
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Laboratory
Office Cum Emergency Accomodation. (OCEA)
Finished Product, Raw Material & Chemical Storage
Final Product storage & Bagging facilities.
Ammonia Storage Tank of 5000MT capacity.
One Nitric Acid Tank of 5000MT
One Sulphuric acid storage Tank at Plant Site.
Liquid Nitrogen Storage facility at Plant site.
One Liquid Urea tank at Urea Side.

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Process Technologies
Ammonia Plant
Sojitz Corporation, Japan has provided performance guarantee for the Plant. Based on Kellogg
process, steam reforming of the natural gas, the Plant has a designed production capacity of
1,500 MTPD.
The machines and equipment of the Ammonia Plant have been revamped by General Electric
(GE). Natural gas is reformed to produce Ammonia for the entire Complex and carbon dioxide for
the Urea Plant.

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Urea plant
Urea Plant is based on Stamicarbon's latest Technology System 2000 plus with
patented Safurex material using total recycle, carbon dioxide stripping with pool reactor process
(Approximately 66% of new Urea plants in the world are based on Stamicarbon technology).
Urea Plant at Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited has a designed capacity of 1,500 MTPD.

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Calcium Ammonium Nitrate Plant:

Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) Granulation Plant is designed and manufactured by Uhde and
has a production capacity of 1,400 MTPD.
CAN is hygroscopic by nature and absorbs moisture from the atmosphere therefore it can be used
in the soil without sufficient water. It contains 13% Nitrate Nitrogen which supplies nutrients
immediately to the plants and 13% Ammonium Nitrogen gives food slowly till ripe up of the crop.
Raw Material: NH3, CaCO3 , Ammonium Nitrate, HNO3.
phosphorus
(20%)

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Nitro-Phosphate Plant:
Nitro Phosphate (NP) plant is based on modern European technology.
The Plant has been designed to use low grade rock phosphate without compromising on product
quality in order to maximize profitability.
Once commissioned, the Plant will be capable of producing 1,200 MTPD of NP.
NP is a PRILLED fertilizer in which each prill has evenly distributed amounts of nitrogen (22%).
Raw Material : Rock Phosphate, HNO3 .

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Nitric Acid Plant:

Nitric Acid plant is based on the latest dual pressure Uhde Technology and has been designed by
Uhde GmbH, Germany.
A large compressor train was overhauled and revamped by its original manufacturer for optimum
results.
Nitric Acid produced at Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited is 60% pure.
It is Designed to produce 500,000MTPA with the raw material of Ammonia & Air.

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FFCL, A Short Introduction of AMMONIA Plant

Ammonia unit was originally designed in 1960s by C.F. Brain Company to produce 1350 MTPD
NH3 from Natural Gas. It was producing 1640MTPD of NH3. Then the plant was purchased by
FFCL & Relocated to Pakistan in 2007.
With the help of Sojitz & Kawasaki Plant system, Fatima support them with the Engineers
development. K-Plant engaged the services of M.W.K.L. of London to carry out a relocation
study to access the production capacity & achieve NH3 production between 1500 MTPD to
1650MTPD.
With the relatively minor modification the relocation study results that NH3 plant can readily
achieve the necessary 1500MTPD capacity in the new location with relatively minor
modification.
Diagrams :
Following are the types of Diagrams normally used.
PFD:
Process Flow Diagrams(PFD), it only keeps into accounts the flow of process as it proceed
without keeping into consideration the each and individual component that comes across the
flow.
P&ID
It is read as piping and instrumentation diagram. It is most effective and detailed diagram for the
understanding purpose of the process and instrumentation of the process. It gives the detail of
piping. This diagram will show which instruments are used during the flow but it does not
determines the exact and ACTUAL position of the instrument in terms of coordinates.
Isometrics
It gives the Exact dimentioning of the whole piping & instrumentation system in 3D coordinates
that helps in erection of the plant.

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Ammonia Process Block Diagram

Inputs :
1. Natural gas
2. Steam
3. Air
Outputs :
1. Ammonia
2. Carbon dioxide

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Ammonia, Urea, CAN, NA & NP Plant

Equipments
The equipments which are used in whole plant are short listed as under.
1. Conveyer Belt
2. Dryer (CAN )
3. Crusher (CAN)
4. Storage tank (NA,NH3,Urea)
5. Heat Exchanger
6. Reformer
7. Boiler
8. Pressure vessel
9. Reactor
10. Chillers
11. NH3 Vaporizer
12. Coating Oil Heater (CAN)
13. Drums Vessel

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Knowledge Gained & Key Learning

Alhamdulillah, during my stay at FFCL, learned whole lot of new things, mentioning few below.
Heat Exchanger
Heat exchangers are used to create the temperature drop or rise in fluids. There are
various types of heat exchangers such as:
1. Shell & tube
2. Plate type
3. U-type
4. Kettle type
5. Straight
After a period of use the fouling factors arise in the exchangers that is the rusting and a
layer of foreign items get settled at the bottom decreasing the flow rate. The fouling can
arise due to the following factors.
1. Sedimentation
2. Corrosion
3. Algae growing
4. Salt deposit
5. Coking
6. Chemical reaction
The techniques which are used during operation fouling encountered in heat
exchangers are as under:
1. Mechanical cleaning
2. Chemical cleaning

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Inspection
In case of leakage of the tubes inside the heat exchangers, we take following actions:
1. Soap film test
2. Hydro-Blasting
3. Visual inspection
Valves
Valves are used to control the flow & direction of fluid & the amount of flow. There are various
types of valves such as
Check valves
Check valves are used to control the direction of flow. They allow the flow to occur in one
direction only. Following are few steps of check valves
Swing non-returning valve
Lift non-returning valve
Ball non-returning valve
Plug non-returning valve
Stop valves
These are used to stop and open the flow of fluid through a pipe. Following are few types of
stop valves:
1. Gate valve
2. Plug valve
3. Throttling valve (commonly used in BUTTERFLY VALVE)
Maintenance of Valves
Valves maintenance must be carried out time to time. The problems may be of the following
types.
1. Fouling should be removed
2. Valves seats are to be changed from time to time
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Gaskets
All flanged joints have a sealing called gasket between the flanges. The servise determines the
gaskets material specification. Gasket provides tight sealing and prevents any leakage. It
damages with the passage of time and are replaced with new one. Gaskets are generally made
of asbestos and other material . there are various types of gaskets which are used in the plant
and some of them are as under:
Spiral wound Gasket

These are most commonly used at low pressure and temperatures. Spiral type gaskets are
further divided in three categories:
1. Inner spiral wound gasket
2. Outer spiral wound gasket
3. Inner & outer spiral wound gasket
Ring Type Gasket

Ring type gasket is used at High pressure & temperature.
Teflon Tape
T o prevent further leakages in smaller pipes, Teflon tape is used for sealing.
Steam Traps
They are used to remove the condensate from the steam pipes. Types of steam traps being
used are:
1. Float type
2. Bucket type

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Plant Machinery
This section includes all the moving parts & machines
1. Turbines
2. Compressors
3. Pumps
4. Fans
5. Blowers
6. Moving Electronics
Turbines
Turbines are used to convert the velocity of air into mechanical work. Following are the types
Impulsive turbine
This type of turbine has direct impact of steam & has satisfactory nozzles
Reaction turbine
It has larger expansion occurring in the buckets in other words have larger pressure drop.
Condensing & Non-Condensing Turbines

Condensing turbine have less exhaust pressure than atmospheric where as non-condensing
turbine have greater exhaust pressure
Extraction & induction Turbines

Steam can be indused and extracted before exhaust
Single stage & Multi-Stage Turbines

Turbines discussed above can be used either as single or multi-stage. In multi-stage there are
stationary diaphragms in between moving rotor blades.

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Governors:
Governors are used in turbines to regulate the amount of flow. Commonly used governors are
as listed below:
1. Fly ball governors
2. Board governors
3. Hydraulic governors
4. Oil relay governor
Rotors :
Rotors are the moving buckets that increases the pressure in turbines. Commonly used types of
rotors are :
1. Solid rotors
2. Buildup rotors
Pumps :
Pumps are used to increase the pressure of liquids.
Types
Various types of pumps commonly used are:
1. Positive displacement pumps
2. Centrifugal pumps
Impeller types:
Impellers of the pumpa are of three types:
1. Open impellers
2. Partially closed impellers
3. Closed impellers

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Components :
1. Shaft
2. Sleeve
3. Impeller
4. Inner ring
5. Volute casing
6. Gland packing
7. Impeller Blade
Packing
Packing is provided to avoid leakage
1. Carbon ring packing
2. Labyrinth seal packing
Sealing :
Packing can be mechanical, mentioned below:
1. Hard face
2. Soft face
3. Spring
4. O-ring
Lubrication :
Lubrication may be of following types
1. Self lubrication
2. Oil lubrication
3. Forced lubrication
Bearing :
They are commonly used to avoid thrust of 2 types
1. Radial thrust
2. Axial thrust
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Compressors :
Compressors are used to increase the pressure of gases.
There are six main compressors installed on Ammonia plant, mentioned below:
1. Feed Gas compressors (C-101) with Steam Turbine driver CT-101
2. Air compressor (C-102) with Steam turbine Driver CT-102
3. Ammonia Expander compressor (C-103) with dynamo driver
4. Synthesis gas compressor (C-104) with Steam turbine driver CT-104
5. Ammonia Refrigeration compressor (C-105) with S.T. driver CT-105
6. Ammonia refrigeration Booster Compressor (C-106) with S.T. driver CT-106
Snap of Synthesis Gas compressor (H.P.C.)

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Welding
Welding is used as a permanent fastening of materials. Following types of welding are
commonly used in industries.
1. Oxyacetylene welding
2. Gas Tungsten arc welding
3. Shielded metal arc welding
Piping
Piping standards used are:
Process piping ASME B31.3.
Pipe flanges & Flanged Fitting-1996 & addenda A: ASME B16.5
Face-to-Face and End-to-End dimensions of valves : ASME 16.10
Large diameter steel flanges: ASME B16.47
Industrial practices for gaseous oxygen transmission & distribution piping system : CGA
G4.4
Fittings
Pipe fittings are used to connect pipes with each other or to the equipment with required space.
Types are mention below.
1. Flanges
2. Reducer(Concentric & Eccentric)
3. Coupling
4. Union
5. Bushing
6. Cap
7. Plug
8. Elbows
9. Reducing Elbows
10. street Elbow

13. Cross
11. Short Radius
12. Long Radius
15. Lateral
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End connectors :
They are used to connect pipe ends to connections. Various types are:
1. Welding Butt
2. Socket Weld
3.
Threading
4. Coupling
5. Bolt
Reducers
There are two types of reducers:
Concentric reducer : conical in shape. Its center line is same.
Eccentric Reducer: non-conical in shape. Its centre line is not same.
Pipe Racks:
They are steel made structures on which the piping system rests.
Low to ground pipe line is called sleepers
High from the ground are pipe racks.
Refractory : ( Reforming )
They are insulation coatings depending upon application. Like fire brick and castable/ castings.
They are three types of fire bricks used there, heavy duty (3200F), used in furnace. The other
two are used in ducts and other equipments which are of 2400F & 2200F.

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Process Design Basis of AMMONIA
Capacity:
The capacity of ammonia unit is 1500MTPD. Production of CO2 shall be 1415MTPD as 100%
CO2 (1150MTPD for Urea Plant and 300 MTPD for NP plant).
AMMONIA Product :
The product would be warm liquid to an adjacent urea plant, or cold liquid to storage, in any
combination. The guarantee case is 845 MTPD (100% NH3) warm product (to support the
1500MTPD urea plant) and balance of 655MTPD (100% NH3) cold product to Atmospheric
storage.
Ammonia content
min. 99.7wt%
Water content
max. 0.3 wt%
Oil content
< 10mg/l
Warm product B.L. conditions
40 0C
Cold product B.L. conditions
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Process Description Overview

The main process steps are :
Feed Gas Compression
Desulphurization
Pre-reforming
Process Air Compression
Secondary Reforming
Shift Conversion
Steam system
Cooling Water system
Condensate treatment
This process I have conclude with PFDs & PnIDs. This process description is limited to
equipment within the Ammonia battery limit.
Feed Gas Compression:

Natural gas is separated into Feed & Fuel streams before going to the respected knock Out
Drum where any liquid/solids are removed. Feed gas is passed through the Feed Gas K.O.
Drum, while the Fuel Gas Knock Out Drum that provides fuel to the Process Air Compressor
Gas Turbine Driver. Fuel Gas for the primary reformer is sent to LP Fuel gas K.O.Drum.
Feed gas is compressed in a single case stream turbine driven centrifugal feed gas compressor.
The flow of feed gas through the compressor controls throughout & production.
D-139B
MPC-5
K.O. Drum
LLPC-7
Feed gas
comp.
CT101
C101
condenser
Cold feed
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Desulphurization:
Sulphur is a poison to the reforming catalysts & the shift reactor catalysts. Any sulphur that
comes in contact with the reforming catalysts will reduce the catalyst activity. The low
temperature shift catalyst is permanently poisoned by small traces of sulphur. In the
desulphurizer Nickel/Molybdenum (Ni-Mo) catalyst bed is used through which after compression
mixed feed gas, sulphur & recycle rich hydrogen passed and then pass the same vessel where
bed of ZnO catalyst is used. The reaction takes place here:
H2S + ZnO
ZnS + H2O
PREREFORMING:
Desulfhurized feed gas is mixed with medium pressure (MP) stream preheated by exchanger
with the high temperature shift effluent and then further heated to 500 0C in the convection
section of the primary reformer. Mixture enters the pre-reformer where gas & stream react
adiabatically over a nickel based reforming catalyst to produce H2 & CO2. The stream to carbon
ratio is important to prevent carbon deposition on the catalyst, shift conversion of the CO &
prevent metal dusting.
Primary Reformer:
The outlet gas from the pre-reformer is re-heated in the convection section of the furnace and
sent to Primary reformer (INDUCED DRAFT). The feed/steam mixture is distributed to the
reformer catalyst tubes in the radiant section of the furnace and react reacts over the Nickelbased catalyst to form H2 and CO2.
During the early stages of reforming, heavier Hydro-Carbon are converted to CH4. The main
reforming reaction converts CH4 to H2 and CO.
CH4 + H2O
3H2 + CO
The water shift reaction converts CO to CO2 and more H2.

CO + H2O
taken)
CO2 + H2 (up to 82% CH4
Heat for the endothermic reforming reaction is supplied by fuel gas burners. The firing pattern
can be shifted between lower & upper burners to obtain the most economic operation.
Process air Compression:

The process air compressor is driven by the process air compressor gas turbine which provides
all the power requirements during normal operation. The steam helper turbine is used in start-up
operations. Air for the gas turbine is filtered and compressed in the axial compressor of the gas
turbine.NG fuel mixes with the air in the gas turbine combustor. Exhaust from the gas turbine in
the range of 4880C to 5380C depending on shaft output power is diverted to the convection
section of the furnace where it provides combustion air.
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Secondary reforming:
The partially reformed effluent from the reformers to the Secondary reformer via the transfer
line. The main reaction take places here are:
2O2 + H/C
4CO2 + 2H2O (Auto Ignition)
O2 + 2H2
2H2O
(18% CH4)
SHIFT CONVERTION:
In the Shift Conversion step, CO reacts with steam to form equilent amount of H2 and CO2.
CO + H2O
CO2 + H2
The shift reaction is reversible and exothermic. The reaction rate is favored by high
temperatures whilst the equilibrium the equilibrium conversion is favored by low temperature.
Two stages of shift conversion, HTS & LTS, are provided; with intermediate cooling to moderate
the gas temperature and efficiency recover waste heat.
In the HTS reactor, the bulk of the shift conversion is carried out by copper or nickel promoted
iron oxide catalyst. About 70% of the shift conversion heat place in the HTS.
The effluent from the HTS is cooled to 2060C by heat exchanger with the pre-reformer feed in
the HTS effluent Reformer Feed Exchanger and then with the boiler feed water in the HTS
Effluent Boiler Feed Water Exchanger. The cooled effluent from the HTS first pass over the LTS
Guard Bed filled with Cu-Zi-Alumina, the same catalyst as the main LTS reactor. The guard bed
removes any traces of Sulphur. The process gas from the LTS convertor at 2280C preheats
boiler feed water in the low Temperature Shift Effluent Boiler Feed water Exchanger, the
process gas is cooled to 1230C in that & water condensed in the engaged separator. The
process gas enters the bottom of the Carbon dioxide Absorber for CO2 removal.
CO2 Removal:
The Carbon dioxide absorber is a two-stage split flow Catacarb system using a promoted
potassium carbonate solution that removes CO2 from the process gas in a two-stage absorption
process. The cat-a-carb solution also employs a minor rust inhibitor to decrease equipment
corrosion and fouling. Inlet conditions at the CO2 absorber are 1230C and about 29.5 kg/cm2.
Cat-a-carb process employs hot potassium carbonate solution to remove CO2 via the following
reversible reaction
K2CO3 + CO2 + H2O
2KHCO3
With a two-stage unit, the system has two absorption zones, the lower semi-lean or bulk section
and the top lean section. Process gas flows upwards in the bulk section through the bed
counter-current to the Cat-a-carb solution. Most of the CO2 is removed in this lower semi-lean
solution by means of a large circulation of partially regenerated semi-lean solution.
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Gas leaving the 1st stage of absorption will have around 1.5% CO2 by volume. The final cleanup
is done in the top lean section by counter-current flow of process gas against a small stream of
fully regenerated lean solution. The treated process gas with a CO2 leakage of 1000ppm by
volume leaves the top of the absorber for the downstream methanator.
The rich solution then go for regeneration process.
METHANATION:
Gas from the CO2absorber is first sent to Methanator Feed Knock Out Drum where any
entrained liquid are removed. The gas is then preheated to 3040C in the Methanator
Feed/Effluent exchanger ant the Methanator start-up exchanger, also provides extra duty when
the shift catalyst is new and the CO and the resulting methanator temp. Differential are lower
than designed.
The Methanator contains a bed of Nickel catalyst that promotes the reaction of CO2 & CO with
H2 to form CH4 & H2O.
CO2 + H2
CO + 3H2
CO + H2O
CH4 +H2O
The total amount of CO (a poison to the ammonia synthesis catalyst) leaving the methanator is
less than 5ppm by volume and the methane content about 3.0 mol% (dry Basis).due to the
highly increases from 3040C to 3340C at the outlet.
CONDENSATE TREATMENT:
Condensate is separated from process gas in the CO2absorber Feed Gas Separator and the
Methanator Condensate separator and also from CO2 gas in the regenerator overhead
Accumulator. The condensate consists mainly of water but also contains trace amounts of
dissolved ammonia, hydrogen, nitrogen, methane, argon, and CO and is treated in the
Condensate Treatment Unit.
Drying:
The chilled process gas is removed in the Methanator Condensate Seperator. The chilled
process gas goes to the Synthesis Gas dryers for removal of residual water, CO2 and NH3. The
water, CO2 are removed to avoid freezing in the passages of the Purifier Feed Effluent
Exchanger and to protect the ammonia synthesis catalyst from oxides. The drying agent has the
ability to almost completely remove any remaining carbon dioxides plus very small amount of
ammonia formed by side reaction in the reformer, HTS & brought in via the Syn-loop purge.
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Synthesis Gas Compression:

The purified synthesis gas, containing the proper ratio of Hydrogen to Nitrogen for ammonia
synthesis, is compressed in a turbine driven centrifugal Synthesis Gas Compressor. The
compressor consists of three cases with inter-stage cooling against cooling water.
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Super heated
178-182
H.P. from
kg/cm2 syn:
gas out
F-101,LLPC
51.5-51
52kg/cm2
kg/cm2
1 stage after
st
cooler
L.P.
1st stage
CT104
M.P.
C.
20-21kg/cm2
3rd stage
2nd stage
120kg/cm2
From Cold box
H.P.C
119kg/cm2
2nd stage
Syn; gas
after cooler
Compres:
condenser.
Ext: 42kg
Induc: 3.8kg

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Ammonia synthesis:
Synthesis discharge from synthesis compressor with hydrogen to nitrogen molar ratio of 3:1 is
suitable for direct feed to the ammonia synthesis Convertor. The ammonia converter feed is preheated to 2280C by heat exchanger with convertor feed effluent convertor.
3H2 + N2
2NH3
Ammonia Storage & Supply:

Ammonia storage tank is a domed roof, double walled insulated tank with a surrounding annular
space. It has a capacity of 5000 tons and operates at -34oC and 50mbarg. Ammonia plant has
two kinds of products. Warm ammonia & Cold ammonia. Warm ammonia is produced when
urea plant is in normal operation & ammonia is directly transferred to urea plant. Cold ammonia
is once transferred directly to ammonia transfer pumps. Warm ammonia from refrigeration
accumulator in ammonia plant is transfer to urea plant by high temperature product pump. Cold
ammonia from atmospheric flash drum in ammonia plant is transferred to ammonia storage tank
by low temperature ammonia product pump. Control valves are installed on the inlet of storage
tank of supply line of ammonia, which are being monitored in CCR board.

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My Experience at Fatima Fertilizer

It was an adventurous experience here at Fatima fertilizer Company. The atmosphere of the
plant was electric. Coming from a university class room to a gigantic plant, after having done 6
weeks internship, the change was really very exciting . FFCL provided fairly good exposure to
the plant site, which helped a lot. In the end I must say thanks to Mr. Liaqut Ali KhanAMMONIA Unit Manager and Mr. Abdul Ghani-AMMONIA Section Head, who gave me a
golden chance by providing me internship in the days of TURN-AROUND.
Conclusion
To say the least, I at FFCL got good idea about a process plant. I realized that working on a
field is not that simple as I used to think. It requires the dedication & hard work of people
involved in this business. It requires highly technical and management skill to sustain the level
of performance.

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