Chapter 5.

Equipment List and Specification

5.1 Equipment List

Reactors
Code Name Type MOC MED Size
T P
(°C) (bar)

R1101 Reactor Equicurrent 188 150 Ammonia, CO2, Volume:

External 25-
bubbling carbamate, urea 22.5 m3
22-2 Cr-Ni-
column and water
Mo
Lining
zirconium

R1501 Hydrolyzer Bubbling plug 203 20 Stainless Water 5.59 m3

flow reactor steel NH3
Urea
Carbamate
CO2

Columns
Code Name MOC MED Size
T P
(°C) (bar)

C1101 Carbamate 155 150 Monel Ammonia, CO2,

Height:
separator carbamate,
4.1 m
water Diameter:
1m
C1201 MP 155- 18 Duplex SS Urea solution Top:
decomposer 201 (carbamate, urea, Diameter:
NH3) 0.75m
CH4, N2, O2 Height:
3.1m

Middle:
Surface area
(heat
exchanger
section):
41.3m2

Bottom:
Diameter:
0.75m
Height:
3.8m

C1202 Ammoniacarbamate 45- 18 Sandvik2RE69 water, NH3,

Diameter:
separation column 75 (00Cr25Ni22Mo2 Carbamate 0.6m
- UNS31050) solution, CH4
N2, O2
Height:
12.5m

C1203 MP scrubber 25 - 18 Sandvik2RE69 Water, NH3, Diameter:

65 (00Cr25Ni22Mo2 CH4, N2, O2 0.3m
- UNS31050)
Height:
4.2m

Surface
area (of
cooled
section):
1m2
C1301 Low pressure 138 4.5 AISI 316L Urea solution, Top
decomposer ammonia, separator:
and rectifier ammonium D= 0.39m
carbamate H=1.3 m
(same as
medium
pressure
decomposer)

Heat
exchanging
area: 54 m2
C1302 Vacuum 135 0.34 Top part (trays): Shell side: Same
Pre-heater/ AISI 316L; water, geometry and
preconcentrator Bottom part (heat ammonia and same type of
exchanger): ammonium heat
Safurex carbamate; exchanger
tube side: (falling film
urea solution type) as
in water C1301;

Upper part
has no trays,
but an
expansion
section with
the same
size as the
top part of
the low
pressure
decomposer
(as well as
the medium
pressure
decomposer)

Heat
exchanging
area: 282m2*

C1501 Wastewater 127- 4.5 Stainless steel Water Height:

stripping column 148 NH3 23.18 m
Urea
CO2
Diameter
0.58 m
Vessels
Code Name MOC MED Size
T P
(°C) (bar)

V1201 Ammonia 20- 18 Sandvik2RE69 NH3

Horizontal
receiver 40 (00Cr25Ni22Mo2 - CH4 vessel:
UNS31050) N2
O2 Volume:
51.8m3
Diameter:
2.9m
Height:
8m

Tower:

Diameter:
0.4m
Length:
4.8m

V1301 Low pressure 40 4.5 Safurex Water, ammonia,

Ratio D/L
carbamate ammonium
chosen at
receiver carbamate 0.4;
D= 2.93m
L=7.31m

V1401 Vacuum 130 0.3 Stainless steel 25 Urea Diameter:

evaporator solution(86%) 1.46 m
Height:
5.85 m

V1402 Vacuum 134 0.03 Stainless steel 25 Urea melt(96%) Diameter:

evaporator 2 3.06 m
Height:
12.2 m

Heat exchangers

Code Name T T P MOC MED Q Utility SA

cold hot (bar) (kW) flow (m )
2

stre stream (kg/h)

am (°C)
(°C)
E1101 High 135- 148 150 External Ammonia, 812 LP 60
press 155 25-22-2 CO2, conde
ure Cr-Ni-Mo carbamate nsate:
carba Lining and water 1316
-mate zirconium
conde
-nser

E1102 Stripp 188- 225 150 1763 MP 65.3

Ammonia,
-er 201 Duplex steam:
CO2,
steel shell 3357
carbamat
Omegabo
e, urea and
nd® tubes
water

E1201 MP 25- 87-75 18 Duplex SS Carbamat 955 CW: 22.1

carba 35 e solution 8.23*1
-mate 04
conde
-nser

E1202 Amm 25- 45-40 18 Sandvik2R NH3 2141 CW: 223

onia 35 CH4 1.84*1
E69
conde N2 05
(00Cr25Ni
nser 22Mo2 - O2
UNS31050
)

E1301 84 20 4.5 2 RE Gaseous 1105 CW: 49

Low
69/25/22/2 ammonia, 2.20*1
press
ure water and 04
carba carbon
mate dioxide
conde
nser

E1401 105- 148 0.3 Stainless Urea 920 LP 11.1

Heat
excha 130 steel solution steam:
nger 1539
befor
e
evapo
rator

E1402 130- 148 0.03 Stainless Urea 490 10.9

Heat LP
134 steel solution
excha steam:
nger 839
 befor
e
vacuu
m
evapo
rator 2

E1403 Cond 25- 103-40 0.3 Stainless 3743 CW: 142

enser 35 steel Contamin 3.22*1
ated water 05
vapour

E1404 Cond 25- 134-40 0.03 Stainless 677 CW: 20.3

enser 35 steel Contamin 5.83*1
ated water 04
vapour

E1501 29- 90-148 4.5 Stainless 554 n/a 13.6

Heat
106 steel Water
excha
Urea NH3
nger

E1502 143- 150- 20 Stainless 539 n/a 114

Heat
198 203 steel Water
excha
Urea NH3
nger

E1503 Cond 25- 30 - 4.5 Stainless Water 1899 62.7

CW
enser 35 129 steel NH3 1.63*1
CO2 05

E1504 25- 40-90 1 Stainless water 471 19.1

Heat CW
35 steel
excha 4.05*1
nger 04

Pumps

Co Name Ty P Pmax T MOC MED Volum U I(A)

Power
de pe (bar (bar) (°C) e flow (V)
requir
) (m /hr)
3

ement
(kW)
P1 High Plu 182 200 55 Duplex Amm 18.5 184 690 267
101 pressu nge bar steel onia
re r
ammo pu
nia mp
pump

P1 MP Var 4 22 65 Duplex Aque 0.36 0.97 400 2.43

202 ammo iabl SS ous
niawater e
amm
pump flo
onia
w
(20
wt%

amm
onia)

P1 MP 4 22 40 Duplex amm 25.9 5.19 400 13

203 ammo Var SS onia
nia iabl
pump e flo
w

P1 HP Ce 32 50 70- Duplex 13 104 690 203

201 carba ntrif 80 SS Carb
mate uga amat
pump l e
mul soluti
tist on (43
age wt%
carba
mate,
water
,
amm
onia)
P1 Ammo Var 13. 20 40 AISI 3.69 4.67 400 11.7
Water
301 nium iabl 5 316L
,
carba e flo
amm
mate w onia
pump and
amm
oniu
m
carba
mate

P1 Pump 0.1 1 105 AISI Urea 12.3 0.04 400 0.1

302 Var 316L soluti
iabl on in
e flo water
w

P1 0.7 1 Stainle Conta 107.8 2.9 400 7.25

Var
401 ss steel minat
iabl
ed
e
flo water
w

P1 0.9 1 Stainle Conta 1.04 0.095 400 0.24

402 Var 7 ss steel minat
iabl ed
e flo water
w

P1 3.5 4.5 40 6.39 1.77 400 4.43

Waste Var Water
501 Stainle
water iabl Urea
ss steel
pump e NH3

flo
w

P1 Pump 15, 20 143 Stainle Water 9.23 9.72 400 24.3

502 to Var 5 ss steel Urea
hydrol iabl NH3
yzer e flo
w

Compressor
Code Nam Type P Pmax T MOC MED Volum V I
Powe
e (bar) (bar) (°C) e flow (V) (A)
r
(m /hr)
3

requi
reme
nt
(kW)

K1101 CO2 Electri 148 148 160 Dupl In: 978 1.0* 97.
CO2
com cal ex 2657 kW 104 8
and
pres centrif steel
0.25
sor ugal Out:
vol%
compr 42.17
passi
essor
vatio
n air

Steam ejector system

Code Stages P motive MOC MED Volum LP steam

P
medium e flow requiremen
suctio
n side (bar) (m /hr)
3
t
(bar)

EJ Ejector 145 200 bar 25-22-2 38.4 -

Ammonia
1101 CrNi-Mo
,
Lining
carbamat
zirconium
e and
water

EJ 2 0.03 4.5 Stainless 9820 580 kg/hr

Contamin
1401 steel
ated
water
vapour

5.1.1 Materials of construction

The equipment in the urea plant is subject to critical conditions of high pressure, high
temperature and corrosive medium. To achieve the most reliable equipment performance,
various stainless steel grades have been developed by urea technology licensors and material
vendors (Table 5). The MOC of the units listed above was either found in literature or
determined using the tables listed below.

Table 5: MOC used by different licensors 33

 Figure 30: Important properties of MOC 33

Temperature(OC) Pressure(bar) MOC size

Reactor
B18 Carbamate
reactor
Ur101 Urea reactor
DCOMP Carbamate
decomposition
reactor
H2O treat Water treatment
reactor
Separator
Ur102 Separator
LPD202 Low pressure
separator
ST102 Stripper
C402 separator

LPD201 Low pressure

decomposer

EV301 evaporator