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Ammonia production from coal by utilization of Texaco coal gasification process
Jeannette Watson, T.S. McClanhan, R.W. Weatherington

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A plant retrofitted with a coal gasification unit and ammonia production facilities using Texaco's method processes 200 tons of coal daily to make 135 tons of ammonia. They use systems by Haldor-Topsoe, Selexol, and Holmes-Stretford for gas purification and sulfur recovery.

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