Process Engineering Design for Manufacture of Guanidine Nitrate. Volume II
Abstract
The report completes the technical, operating and economic studies for a 3-year pilot plant demonstration of the urea/ammonium nitrate (U/AN) route to guanidine nitrate (GN) as an intermediate for manufacture of nitroguanidine (NQ). It summarizes the 1973 effort, including plant modifications, production of 10 tons of specification GN, economic comparison of the U/AN and British Aqueous Fusion (BAF) processes for GN, and layaway of the GN pilot plant. An economic catalyst (Houdry CP-532 silica bead) lifetime was shown in the reactors which are basically production prototypes in design and size. The concept of the U/AN process for manufacturing GN via a melt reactor plus a single aqueous crystallization step was demonstrated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0772074
Entities
People
- J. A. Doyle
- J. A. Gorton
- M. G. Whippen
- N. W. Steele