Ultra Low Energy Technology
How to significantly reduce the energy consumption of an Urea plant.
Topic
Ultra-Low Energy technology, which was also presented at the Stamicarbon symposium 2012 and Symposium 2022 is successfully implemented in two grass-root plants in China in 2017 and 2018 for a similar 2334 MTPD urea plant capacity. The start-ups of these plants were done in Nov. 2020 and March 2021 respectively. This presentation highlights the experiences related to the design of the Ultra-Low Energy plant along with an emphasis on the special pool reactor design with dual bundle (steam and carbamate). The Ultra-Low Energy technology for a melt plant with prilled product results in the steam consumption (23 bara, 330 ºC) ≤ 558 kgsteam/tonproduct compare to traditional Urea 2000plus® process ≤ 868 kgsteam/tonproduct.
About Alex Scheerder
Mr. Alex Scheerder holds a Master’s in Science degree in Applied Physics from the Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
He started his professional career in 1986 as a Research Associate at the NDT (Non Destructive Testing) Department of DSM Research in the Netherlands, involved in research and development of NDT- inspection techniques for (petro)-chemical installations (static equipment) at DSM.
From 1992 Mr. Scheerder headed the NDT Department of DSM Engineering-Stamicarbon, responsible for non-destructive inspections in all chemical process installations of DSM and Stamicarbon Urea Plants worldwide.
In 2001 he joined Stamicarbon as a Mechanical Lead Engineer within the Services Department and later on within the Urea Technology Department, responsible for the mechanical expertise field of the Stamicarbon Urea process. He worked on the development and successful introduction of the Safurex® duplex stainless steel in Stamicarbon urea plants. In 2007 he became head of the Mechanical Engineering & Inspection Department, delivering services with respect to design and engineering of urea equipment (PDP packages), in-service corrosion inspections and QA/QC during manufacturing of critical HP urea equipment. In 2014 Mr. Scheerder became the Inspections & Materials Engineering Head of Department within Stamicarbon and worked on further developments on the Safurex® material such as Safurex STAR and DEGREE. Since mid of 2019 Mr. Scheerder holds the position of Principal Engineer within Stamicarbon.
About Mauricio Medici
Mr. Medici has a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Cordoba, Argentina.
After graduation Mr. Medici started working as Operations Engineer in Industrial facilities, achieving Operations Managing positions in Petrochemical/Fertilizer Plants, leading Production and Inspection departments in Petrobras Argentina. In 2014 Mr. Medici joined Stamicarbon holding the role of Area Sales Manager for Latin America and since 2018 was appointed as Licensing Manager.
Within this position Mr. Medici is responsible for the acquisition, management and development of Stamicarbon’s urea and nitric acid technologies as well as Services and Solutions in the Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa regions.
In addition to his regular activities, Mr. Medici has an active participation at Met-Dev supporting the Project Development activities of the group, pursing the development of Fertilizer Project opportunities in LATAM and Sub-Saharan regions.
