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    This document outlines the objectives of evaluating different processes for separating and recovering anhydrous ammonia from the purge gas stream of a plant in Edmonton, Alberta. The objectives are to list alternative processes, recommend a viable process, analyze the economic viability, safety, environmental and feasibility considerations of the chosen process, and model it with a PFD including operating conditions and calculations. One alternative process discussed is cryogenic distillation, which involves compressing and cooling the gas mixture before sending it through adsorber columns and then a series of heat exchangers and distillation steps to separate constituents. Cryogenic distillation requires a lot of energy but benefits from economies of scale in large plants.

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    Cryogenic Distillation

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    This document outlines the objectives of evaluating different processes for separating and recovering anhydrous ammonia from the purge gas stream of a plant in Edmonton, Alberta. The objectives are to list alternative processes, recommend a viable process, analyze the economic viability, safety, environmental and feasibility considerations of the chosen process, and model it with a PFD including operating conditions and calculations. One alternative process discussed is cryogenic distillation, which involves compressing and cooling the gas mixture before sending it through adsorber columns and then a series of heat exchangers and distillation steps to separate constituents. Cryogenic distillation requires a lot of energy but benefits from economies of scale in large plants.

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    This document outlines the objectives of evaluating different processes for separating and recovering anhydrous ammonia from the purge gas stream of a plant in Edmonton, Alberta. The objectives are to list alternative processes, recommend a viable process, analyze the economic viability, safety, environmental and feasibility considerations of the chosen process, and model it with a PFD including operating conditions and calculations. One alternative process discussed is cryogenic distillation, which involves compressing and cooling the gas mixture before sending it through adsorber columns and then a series of heat exchangers and distillation steps to separate constituents. Cryogenic distillation requires a lot of energy but benefits from economies of scale in large plants.

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    Cryogenic Distillation

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    Miguel A. Granero
    This document outlines the objectives of evaluating different processes for separating and recovering anhydrous ammonia from the purge gas stream of a plant in Edmonton, Alberta. The objectives are to list alternative processes, recommend a viable process, analyze the economic viability, safety, environmental and feasibility considerations of the chosen process, and model it with a PFD including operating conditions and calculations. One alternative process discussed is cryogenic distillation, which involves compressing and cooling the gas mixture before sending it through adsorber columns and then a series of heat exchangers and distillation steps to separate constituents. Cryogenic distillation requires a lot of energy but benefits from economies of scale in large plants.

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    Problem statement.

    Evaluate different processes for the separation and recovery of anhydrous


    ammonia from the purge gas stream of Agriums ammonia production plant in
    Edmonton, AB.

    Objectives

    List alternative processes.

    Recommend a viable process for the recovery of ammonia.

    Analyse the economic viability, safety and environmental considerations,


    feasibility
    and capacity of the chosen process.

    Model the process by producing a PFD, including operating conditions and


    sample calculations.

    Cryogenic distillation.
    The gas mixture is first compressed, cooled by an air compressor and sent to
    the adsorber columns, where different constituents of the gas stream are
    removed. Finally, the spent gas mixture is transferred to a series of heat
    exchangers and distillation steps to separate the major constituents.
    Cryogenic distillation columns recover a high purity final product but require a
    large amount of energy as they operate at extremely low temperatures.
    Furthermore, although it is a more complex process than conventional distillation
    and is harder to optimise, cryogenic distillation benefits greatly from economies
    of scale which has led to larger and larger plants. It is a very common process in
    the industrial gas industry where over 85% of all atmospheric gases such as
    oxygen, nitrogen and argon are produced by cryogenic distillation.

    http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/39943.pdf
    Yu Zhu, Xinggao Liu and Zhiyong Zhou (2006). Optimization of Cryogenic Air
    Separation Distillation columns. Proceedings of the 6 th Worlds Congress on
    Intelligent Control and Automation.

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