Stamicarbon’s CO2 stripping process, with

Pool Condenser and Pool Reactor design,

that simplifies the plant’s overall design.

It greatly improves operability and reliability,

plus guarantees maximum production output
over the full lifetime of the plant.

Stamicarbon B.V.
Mercator 3 - 6135 KW Sittard,
The Netherlands.
P.O. Box 53 - 6160 AB Geleen,
The Netherlands.

Tel. +31 46 4237000

Fax. +31 46 4237001

communication@stamicarbon.com
www.stamicarbon.com

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 heated with steam. The off-gas of the high-pressure
uitable stripper, containing the carbon dioxide, together
) with the dissociated carbamate, is then fed into
the pool condenser, where ammonia and carbon
dioxide are condensed to form carbamate. The heat
released by condensation and subsequent formation
of carbamate is used to produce re-usable low-
pressure steam.
not require a medium-pressure recirculation stage adding the ammonia to the synthesis via this scrubber. This ensures that no
downstream from the high-pressure stripper. separate heat exchanging section in this scrubbing operation is required.
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Gases leaving the reactor are fed into the high- section flows together with the absorbed gases and the ammonia into the
pressure scrubber. Here, the gases are washed with Gaspool reactor. As the static liquid height ensures gravity flow, no high-
Liquid Gas
the carbamate solution from the low-pressure pressure ejector is needed.
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