What is the scale of synthetic ammonia production in our country?

In my opinion, an annual production of over 300,000 tons is necessary to survive

This post was last edited by meifengzy on 2010-5-1 08:06. It seems that currently only projects with a capacity of over 300,000 tons are eligible for approval, except for smaller scale technical improvement projects. In an era of low-carbon economy, as long as energy conservation and environmental protection are ensured, there will be no problems.

I also believe that only synthetic ammonia manufacturers with an annual production cost of over 300,000 tons can survive in the long term; the costs for small and medium-sized enterprises are too high. Take natural gas as an example! Many small ammonia fertilizer manufacturers consume around 1,000 NM3 of natural gas per ton of ammonia produced, while larger companies generally use around 800 NM3. Moreover, the heat recovery from nitrogen fertilizers is very low, and even technical upgrades find it difficult to change this situation; in general, the ammonia consumption per ton of nitrogen fertilizer is simply too high.

I believe the most important factor affecting a company’s survival is cost (considered from a technical perspective only). For synthetic ammonia, raw materials are the biggest factor, followed by the process route, especially gasification technology. Thirdly, there is the overall energy consumption, and fourthly, the level of technical management. The scale of synthetic ammonia plants that are currently under construction or planned for construction is increasing. According to the latest reports, Sinochem Group intends to build a plant in Ningxia capable of producing 2 million tons of synthetic ammonia and 3.2 million tons of urea; it’s not clear what the capacity of each individual plant will be. I am the only one who knows that there are four ammonia synthesis plants in Ningxia that are planned to be built or already under construction, with a total production capacity of 3.15 million tons and 5.7 million tons of ammonia respectively. Currently, China has an excess urea production capacity of 10 million tons. Personally, I expect that in another 5 years, once these enterprises come online, those that produce synthetic ammonia through bituminous coal fixed-bed gasification will almost all cease operating.

No matter what the scale of production is, under the conditions of a real market economy, as long as your product costs are low, you can succeed in business.

The annual production capacity must be over 300,000 tons; otherwise, **approval will not be given. Our feasibility study was completed not long ago

It’s still possible to carry out technical upgrades for the previously low output

Over 300,000 tons; **at present, small-scale production is being reduced through large-scale manufacturing.

That’s right; scale is just one factor that affects costs