The haber process at merseburg (saxony)

✍ Scribed by Partington, J. R.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1921
• Weight: 139 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000400805

✦ Synopsis

of tho various hrniichcs of tho ninnufncturc of clicmicnl plant, tho object for irliicli is irns formed will bc ncliicvcd, ~i:iincly, to cnsuro that British chcinicnls slinll bc nindc with British plant.

THE HABER PROCESS AT MERSE-

BURG (SAXONY

). -J. It.. P A I ~T I K C ~T O S . Tho Hnbcr proccss cnrricd ont a t Jlcrseliurg differs from tlrnt nt Ojipnir (cf. J., 1921, 99 11) in two rcspccts :-(i) Tlic inistiire of nitrogen niicl Irydroge~r is inntic dircctly 1iy trc:itiiig n inistiire of producer (air) gas :ind water gns, aith tho ndtlitioii of ste:irn. by tlic Iloscii proccss (V.P. l.i,fOS of 19?0); (ii) tlic puri.ficd inistiire pf nitrogen nnd liyclrogcn, Iwforc lixsing to tl~c I I I ~I I I cntnlyst furiinccs, is passccl through :I series vf siiin!l cntnlyst furnnccs (" Vorofeii ") to rcniorc I I I I ~I I ~Itics (B.P. fS4.5 of 1911). Thcrc are 31 gas gciicrntors, f for nir gns niitl tlic rest for water pis, nll tho :iiy,licing proviclctl by two IiIo~vcr(i, cncli of :GO Ii.-p. 1 hc gnscs nrc p:isscd throiigli tlirce g:~sliolclcrs, cncli of 1 ,7(iS,OOO cli. ft. cnpncity, proriding :i reserve for fiftccn ~niiiiitc~. Froin tliesc tho giises :irc tnkcn rind rnisecl 1iy hlowers. Tlic inixcd gns thcii takes up tlic rcqiiisitc niaoiiiit of crntcr vnlioiir in two r o w of sis towrs, c:icli E2 ft.. high, t h r o i i ~h ~~liic11 hot wntcr is ~i u r ~~p c t l hy scrcii piinips, cncli of 70 II.:~. Tlic wntcr is ~vririnetl i i i :I tower hy tlic gnscs Irnving the licnt-csclinngcr o f the rontnct furn:iccs for tho Iiytlrogcii prwluction. l'licrc :ire -19 1.1cnt-csclinngcr towcrs.