How much will rising electricity prices affect the urea costs of various companies?
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This post was last edited by Xieshui on 2009-11-21 at 13:40. Sea friends: Electricity prices have recently increased by 2.5 to 3.1 cents per kilowatt-hour. What are your calculations, and what impact does this have on the cost of urea? However, due to differences in production scale, technical approaches, and management levels among urea manufacturing companies, the impact varies from one company to another. Please share how much this affects the costs for your companies
Our factory consumes 1,200 kWh of electricity per ton of urea; it is initially estimated that the cost per ton of urea will increase by around 40 yuan.
With rising electricity prices, my preliminary estimate is that the cost per ton of urea at our plant will increase by 48–59 yuan (the increase due to rising costs of ammonia synthesis plus the increase in urea costs). Specifically, ammonia synthesis requires about 1750 kWh of electricity per ton of ammonia produced (this figure is lower when production volume is high), which translates to a cost of 44–54 yuan. For urea production, assuming a capacity of 9 tons per hour per unit, the electricity consumption per ton of urea is about 160 kWh (again, this figure is lower when production volume is high), resulting in a cost of 4–5 yuan.
We are in Hubei, and the price of small-scale ammonia synthesis has increased. The cost per ton of ammonia at my factory has risen by 85 yuan, and this does not even take into account the increase in basic electricity costs
Yesterday, in the car on the way to the subsidiary, a few of us discussed that with the adjustment in electricity prices, our cost per ton of urea will increase by more than 50 yuan. If you think about it, farmers these days already lack much enthusiasm for farming; since urea prices can’t be increased, they have to bear the cost themselves, which is truly a further blow to urea manufacturers. Or it could trigger a new wave of inflation; anyway, the prices of essential goods have already risen significantly.
An increase in electricity prices is an inevitable trend; in the future, **the preferential electricity pricing policies for urea producers might be abolished in order to move toward a market-based system. It could be a disaster; some companies might go bankrupt. Many companies are currently engaged in cogeneration, and the benefits so far are average – it’s unclear what will happen in the future
The comprehensive electricity consumption per ton of urea is 185 KWH, resulting in an increase in cost of 6 yuan per ton of urea.
Discussed with a friend upstairs: “The comprehensive electricity consumption per ton of urea is 185 KWH, resulting in an increase in costs of 6 yuan per ton of urea.” ”Have you only listed the power consumption of the urea plant? Of course, if steam turbines are used more frequently, their power consumption is estimated to be roughly the same. If steam turbines are used less frequently, the electricity consumption is estimated to be around 600–700 kwh per ton of urea, which results in a significant increase in the cost per ton of urea.
As mentioned on the sixth floor, the cogeneration project implemented at the fertilizer plant is now beginning to show its benefits. Previously, during peak electricity prices, the advantage of generating power locally was not significant; the only benefit was obtaining steam. Now, with the price increase of 3 cents, it is possible to generate power at full capacity during peak times. So cogeneration is still beneficial. If the subsidy on electricity prices is removed, cogeneration projects almost become essential for fertilizer plants. The electricity we purchase now accounts for only half of our total electricity consumption.
This post was last edited by lxq700918 on 2009-12-13 at 15:13. Our factory’s power consumption per ton of urea is only 20–30 kW/h; ammonia stripping has a negligible impact! ! ! Why is the power consumption of the brothers so high?
I’m not sure how the electricity consumption is calculated upstairs; even the electricity usage of a single urea production unit can’t be that low.