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The various process licensors (such as H-T, Casale, T-K/Uhde) talk a big game in terms of who has the largest single train ammonia plant design (claims of up to 6000 mtpd) but when it comes to waving away the “vapour-ware” and pointing to an installed and functioning plant, the references are a little over half the claimed target.
I can see that ThyssenKrupp/Uhde commissioned SAFCO IV in Saudi Arabia at 3300 mtpd, with a revamp to 3670 mtpd: https://insights.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com/story/making-the-worlds-largest-ammonia-plant-even-larger/
CFI Donaldsville, in the US, commissioned an Uhde plant at 3600 mtpd back in 2016.
Perdaman in Western Australia, is close to commencing construction of a Haldor-Topsoe Syncor plant at 3500 mtpd.
Both T-K, H-T and Casale claim to have designs that should be able to achieve a 6000 mtpd single train plant. Are there any projects that have been built or at least committed to with a final investment decision (or offtake/supply agreement) at capacities above the 3500-3600 mtpd mark? And if so, what capacity?
I’m aware of this analysis by Uhde back in 2005, https://ucpcdn.thyssenkrupp.com/_legacy/UCPthyssenkruppBAIS/assets.files/products___services/fertilizer_plants/ammonium_sulphate_plants/4000_mtpd_ammonia_plant_paper.pdf studying the practical challenges (in terms of equipment and layout) of expanding single train capacity up to 4250 mtpd but it appears (as far as I can tell) that the industry hasn’t taken up the challenge yet.
What else is out there?
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