December 2024
This issue begins with a regional report looking at the challenges that the fertilizer industry is currently facing in MENA countries in a global landscape that is constantly changing. The environment, decarbonisation and digitalisation are key themes throughout this issue, reflecting the heightened effort to modernise and become a sustainable industry. Other topics include plant maintenance and reliability, and water treatment and management, and more.
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Contents
Opportunities Amid Challenges
Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, discusses the future of the fertilizer industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and its challenges in an ever-changing global landscape.
Reducing the Footprint of Fertilizer
Deepak Shetty, Rolf Postma, Mahal Patel and Nikolay Ketov, Stamicarbon, the Netherlands, explore how green ammonia, urea, and nitrate technologies can play a crucial role in supporting global decarbonisation efforts when integrated within an efficient fertilizer complex.
Navigating Green Ammonia Production
Abubakar Sohail, Josie Armstrong and Mitchum Bates, AFRY, navigate the interlinked technical and commercial complexities of green ammonia production and the challenges and opportunities for fertilizer producers entering Power-to-X markets.
Peak Season Readiness
Craig Peppin, FEECO International, USA, shares critical tips for the maintenance and success of a fertilizer granulation plant.
Building a Centralised Inspection Team
Branden Stucky, CorrSolutions, and Grant Howard, The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. (E2G), USA, explore the key roles that make up an effective centralised inspection team and how their collaboration drives plant reliability.
Reshaping the Fertilizer Industry
Pratibha Pillalamarri, AspenTech, USA, explains how technology-driven growth and digital innovations are reshaping the fertilizer industry.
Emissions Monitoring: a Moving Target
David Inward, SICK, Germany, describes how a continuous emissions monitoring system can best meet regulatory reporting requirements for nitric acid production.
Seeing in Colour
James Cross, AMETEK Land, UK, and Tim Tallon, AMETEK Process Instruments, USA, explore the different ways that the production of blue ammonia can be safely optimised.
Driving Water Sustainability
Alessio Liati, Cannon Artes S.p.A, Italy, discusses enhancing water sustainability in the fertilizer industry through water treatment solutions and addresses the growing water and energy demands of ammonia production.
Material Matters: Damage Identification and Inspection
Matthew Bell and Ana Benz, IRISNDT, Canada, discuss temperature equipment service, damage identification and inspection within the fertilizer industry.
Closing the Precious Metals Loop
Christoph Röhlich and Jens Hesse, Heraeus Precious Metals, Germany, outlines how the precious metals loop can be closed through sludge refining.
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