Stamicarbon, Sittard, The Netherlands, a unit of Maire Tecnimont Group, reported that it has signed a contract with Abu Qir Fertilizers Co., Alexandria, Egypt, for the revamp of one of their urea melt plants (known as Abu Qir 3).
Stamicarbon will deliver the license and the Process Design Package for the revamped plant, which is expected to be operational in 2025.
The urea plant was designed in 1996 with a name plate capacity of 1,750 mt/d and a design capacity of 1,925 mt/d, according to Stamicarbon’s CO2 stripping process.
The scope of the revamp includes a capacity increase from the current production of 1,940 mt/d to 2,370 mt/d and a reduction in emissions from the melt plant absorbers to meet the local norm. The revamp will use Stamicarbon’s Evolve Capacity™ Mega Design with Medium Pressure Add-on technology.
The company said the revamp technology allows capacity expansion of a plant without having to invest in high-pressure equipment or a high-pressure CO2 compressor, while simultaneously reducing the energy consumption. The technology also allows for large scale capacity revamping while reducing energy consumption per ton of final urea product.