This issue begins with an insightful cover story from Boldrocchi, which explores ways fertilizer plant performance can be improved with advanced fans and the addition of centrifugal compressors. This issue also includes articles discussing plant safety and inspection, catalyst recovery technology, high temperature hydrogen attack, digitalisation, and much more.
This month's front cover is brought to you by Boldrocchi.
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Fertilizer’s hidden workhorse
Sergio Di Vincenzo, Boldrocchi, Italy, explores how to boost fertilizer plant performance with advanced fans and centrifugal compressors.
Cracking under pressure
Tim Armitt, David Miller, and Kane Wingrove, Lavender International, UK, provide a guide to understanding and managing high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA).
A practical response to HTHA
Daniel Drabble, Brian Olson, Mark Carte, Zach Cater-Cyker, and David Keen, Becht, USA, explore how the ammonia industry can respond to and mitigate high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA).
Catalyst recovery technology
Juregen Neumann and Brad Cook, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, provide a comprehensive overview of the critical role of platinum-rhodium catalyst gauzes in enabling the industrial synthesis of nitric acid in fertilizer production.
Sustainability of PGM use
Margery Ryan and Iain Hepplewhite, Johnson Matthey, UK, examine how the recyclability of PGMs supports industrial use, and why the reliance on significant quantities of platinum group metals (PGMs) in nitric acid production is not a bottleneck to fertilizer production.
Enhancing safety and operational continuity
Kjeld Boersma, Istec, the Netherlands, highlights the positive impacts of safety and operational continuity in fertilizer plants with speed and vibration monitoring.
Helping you grow: fertilizing the future
Dr Jan Lampke, Haver & Boecker Niagara, Germany, takes a detailed look at each stage of the fertilizer production process from mine to market – from screening, pelletising, and packing to loading.
Driving performance through digitalisation
Dr Johannes Franz, Vinushanan Srimurugan, and Dr Sascha Wenzel, thyssenkrupp Uhde, Germany, discuss the improvement of fertilizer plants through the digitalisation of technology.