Russian engineering company TopTech has announced the launch of autothermal reforming technology (ATR) for the production of ammonia, methanol, and hydrogen, according to a June 3 Interfax report. ATR technology can be used in large-scale installations to produce ammonia, hydrogen, and methanol for fertilizer producers, oil refining, and chemicals.
“The advantages of ATR technology include high hydrocarbon conversion rate and productivity, low per-unit natural gas consumption, no need to supply or remove heat and compact size, which reduces capital expenditures,” said TopTech’s CEO, Alexey Polyakov.
TopTech plans to launch a 3,500 mt/d ATR-based ammonia production unit in Tatarstan by 2030, and cited plants for two other units near Ust-Luga in the Baltic Sea.
“The maximum capacity of such projects is limited by the availability of rotating equipment that can be purchased on the market,” Polyakov said. “Static large-scale equipment in Russia is at a very good level, while dynamic equipment, such as compressors, ventilation units, pumps, electric motors, and turbines, still needs to be developed.”
Headquartered in Moscow, TopTech was founded in 2022 and focuses on designing and developing process projects, basic technologies for synthesis of gas, ammonia, methanol, hydro processes in oil refining, hydrogen sulfide recovery, and sulfuric acid regeneration.