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C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

07

C

260/548.1

C07C 273/04 (2006.01) B01J 3/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1049556

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention provides in a process for making urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide wherein gaseous ammonia is introduced into a stripping zone for upward flow therein into a reaction zone maintained at substantially the same pressure as the stripping zone, wherein carbon dioxide is introduced into the lower portion of the reaction zone for admixture with ammonia from the stripping zone, wherein the carbon dioxide and ammonia are flowed upwardly in the reaction zone and countercurrently to an aqueous stream containing ammonium carbamate and urea, wherein the carbon dioxide and ammonia are reacted in the reaction zone to form ammonium carbamate, urea and water, wherein the amount of ammonia introduced into the reaction zone is in excess of that stoichiometrically required to react with the carbon dioxide introduced into the reaction zone in producing urea, wherein said aqueous stream containing ammonium carbamate and urea is passed downwardly through the stripping zone countercurrently to the gaseous ammonia introduced thereinto to decompose the carbamate to carbon dioxide and ammonia for passage with the carbon dioxide fed into the reaction zone, and wherein said reaction zone is cooled by means of indirect heat exchange, the improvement which comprises passing liquid ammonia into indirect heat exchange with the reactants in said reaction zone whereby liquid ammonia is made gaseous and introducing gaseous ammonia thus formed into said stripping zone.

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