14.05.2003 - In 2001 MAN Turbo secured an order from Snamprogetti for the supply of complete machinery sets for two ammonia plants in Venezuela. Each machinery set consists of a steam-turbine-driven, double-casing centrifugal air compressor, a single-casing centrifugal ammonia compressor driven by steam turbine and a motor-driven single-casing centrifugal compressor for natural gas.

Fertilizers containing nitrogen can be produced with the aid of ammonia synthesis. Ammonia is also an important basic material in a number of chemical processes, such as nitric acid production, as a refrigerant in refrigeration cycles and to provide nitrogen for nitride treatment of stainless steels. Nitrogen and hydrogen are combined at high temperatures and high pressure to form ammonia. The turbomachinery train forms the heart of the ammonia plants.

The project demonstrates MAN Turbo’s long-standing experience of the production of complete machinery trains and the successful operation of these plants.

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