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US 6,855,846 · App. 10/415,829 · Granted Feb 15, 2005

Process for the preparation of urea

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Patent No.
US 6,855,846
App. No.
10/415,829
Granted
Feb 15, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Process for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide in which all or part of the liquid ammonia needed for the process is supplied to the high-pressure scrubber in such a way that it is in direct contact with the other streams supplied to this scrubber. In particular in such a way that there is direct contact between the liquid ammonia and the off-gases transferred to the high-pressure scrubber from the urea synthesis reactor. More in particular in such a way that there is direct contact between the liquid ammonia and the off-gases transferred to the high-pressure scrubber from the urea reactor and with the carbamate stream, which is transferred from the low-pressure urea recovery section.

Claims (6)

1. Process for the preparation of urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide, characterized in that all or part of the liquid ammonia needed for the process is supplied to the high-pressure scrubber in such a way that it is in direct contact with the other streams supplied to this scrubber.

2. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that there is direct contact between the liquid ammonia and the off-gases transferred to the high-pressure scrubber from the urea reactor.

3. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that there is direct contact between the liquid ammonia and the off-gases transferred to the high-pressure scrubber from the urea reactor and with the carbamate stream transferred from the low-pressure urea recovery section.

4. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that the amount of ammonia supplied to the high-pressure scrubber is at least 40 wt. % of the total amount of NH 3 needed for the process.

5. Process according to claim 1 , characterized in that all liquid ammonia needed for the process is supplied via the high-pressure scrubber before being transferred to the urea synthesis.

6. Process according to claim 4 , characterized in that the remainder of the ammonia needed for the process is passed to the urea synthesis reactor via the high-pressure carbamate condenser.