Article | REF: SE1677 V1

CWA-RBIM risk- and reliability-based maintenance method

Author: Gilles ZWINGELSTEIN

Publication date: February 10, 2017

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

4. Example of application to a tank in an ammonia production plant

The equipment used as an example concerns a tank in an ammonia production plant, the schematic diagram of which is shown on figure 13 . Following the Haber process, ammonia is obtained by hydrogenating nitrogen with hydrogen in the presence of an iron-based catalyst contained in the reactor operating at high temperature (400°C) and also at high pressure (200 bar). The ammonia gas is then cooled by a condenser to liquefy it for storage prior to its final use. The toxicity of gaseous ammonia depends on its concentration and the length of time people are exposed to it, and is likely to lead to lethal or irreversible effects. In France, these industrial facilities are classified as SEVESO due to the risks to health and the environment in the event of ammonia gas release following loss of containment....

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Maintenance

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Example of application to a tank in an ammonia production plant