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Urea Production Process and Benefits

1) Urea is a convenient form of fixed nitrogen as it has the highest nitrogen content and is easy to produce, transport, and does not pose explosive hazards. 2) Urea is manufactured through two reactions - ammonium carbamate is first formed from ammonia and carbon dioxide, and then decomposes to form urea. 3) There are various processes for manufacturing urea, including the Snamprogetti ammonia stripping process which is often selected due it involving a high ammonia to carbon dioxide ratio in the reactor, ensuring high conversion of carbamate to urea.

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Urea Production Process and Benefits

1) Urea is a convenient form of fixed nitrogen as it has the highest nitrogen content and is easy to produce, transport, and does not pose explosive hazards. 2) Urea is manufactured through two reactions - ammonium carbamate is first formed from ammonia and carbon dioxide, and then decomposes to form urea. 3) There are various processes for manufacturing urea, including the Snamprogetti ammonia stripping process which is often selected due it involving a high ammonia to carbon dioxide ratio in the reactor, ensuring high conversion of carbamate to urea.

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SUMMARY

Urea is in many ways the most convenient form for fixed nitrogen. It has the highest
nitrogen content. It is easy to produce as prills or granules and easily transported in bul or
bags with no explosive ha!ard. Urea is an organic compound with chemical
formula"#$%&'()(. *he principal raw materials re+uired for this purpose are &', -
#$(.*wo reactions are involved in the manufacture of urea. .irst" ammonium carbamate is
formed under pressure by reaction between #$( - &',. *his highly reaction is followed by
an endothermic decomposition of the ammonium carbamate and form urea.
(&', / #$( &'(#$$&'0
ammonium carbamate
&'(#$$&'0 &'(#$&'( / '($
Urea
*he urea synthesis reactor always contains unreacted carbamate - more or less excess
ammonia" depending upon the composition of the feeds. &', - #$( react under specific
concentration " temperature - pressure conditions to form Urea. It is a colorless" odorless
solid" highly soluble in water and practically non1toxic %23
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is 64 g7g for rat). Urea is
dissolved in water and it is neither acidic nor alaline. Urea is widely used in fertili!ers as a
convenient source of nitrogen. Urea is also an important raw material for the chemical
industry. . *here are various processes for the manufacture of urea are Snamprogetti
ammonia stripping process" Stamicarbon #$( stripping process"$nce through urea process
and Mitsui *oatsu total recycle urea [Link] ammonia1stripping urea process is
selected because it involves a high &',to #$( ratio in the reactor" ensuring the high
conversion of carbamate to urea . *he highly efficient ammonia stripping operation
drastically reduces the recycling of carbamate and the si!e of e+uipment in the carbamate
[Link] technology differs from competitors in being based on the use
of excess ammonia to avoid corrosion as well as promote the decomposition of unconverted
carbamate into urea.

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