| Lectures: 4 periods/week | Sessional Marks: 30 |
| University Exam: 3 Hours | University Examination Marks: 70 |
UNIT-I
Details about indigenous fertilizer production, raw materials, details of the various nutrients with their importance. Source of nitrogen and hydrogen, steam reforming of hydrocarbons. Partial oxidation of Fuel oils,
with gas purification which includes high and low temperature shift conversion, CO2 removal processes and methanation.
UNIT-II
Coal gasification, ammonia synthesis, thermodynamic principles associated with ammonia synthesis, ammonia reactors. Nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
Urea, total recycle and stripping processes, process details, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate.
UNIT-III
Phosphate rock availability and benefaction methods, upgradation, bone-meal, basic slag single super phosphate, triple super phosphate, phosphoric acid by wet process and furnace process.
AMI process with HCL. Complex fertilizer like Mono and Di-ammonium phosphates, urea- ammonium phosphates.
UNIT-IV
Nitrophosphates, Ores for the potassic fertilizers, potassium chlorides, potassium sulfate, potassium nitrite liquid fertilizers, pollution abatement methods, controlled release fertilizers.
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