Coal processing: coalbased ammonia plant operation
Near the end of 1974, a 1,100 short ton/day coalbased ammonia plant based on the KoppersTotzek low pressure, high temperature, coal gasification process was brought on stream at the AE and CI Modderfontein plant near Johannesburg, South Africa. The plant feedstock is a semibituminous coal containing about 14% ash, 36% volatiles, and 1% sulfur.