Imc-agrico Co.

Imc Global Operations Inc.

Wyoming Mineral Corporation

Kenneth J Jardine

Vaughn Astley

Dennis H Michalski

Robert A Holleman

Vaughn V Astley

A process for the partial purification of contaminated phosphoric acid plant pond water is described, in which the pond water is treated sequentially, with two basic compounds, clarified, aged, clarified again and re-acidified. The thus treated pond water, still containing the majority of the phosphate originally present, can then be concentrated via the removal of essentially pure water, using any conventional means of concentration, without the formation of solid precipitates.

Purification of phosphoric acid plant pond water

A simplified process for the partial purification of contaminated phosphoric acid plant pond water having a molar calcium plus magnesium to fluorine ratio greater than or equal to about 0.60, is described, in which the pond water is treated with a basic compound, clarified, aged, clarified again and re-acidified. The thus treated pond water, still containing the majority of the phosphate originally present, can then be concentrated via the removal of essentially pure water, using any conventional means of concentration, without the formation of solid precipitates.

Simplified purification of phosphoric acid plant pond water

A process of forming a mixture of diammonium phosphate and triammonium phosphate by the reaction of phosphoric acid with gaseous ammonia in a spray column. In the process, the reaction occurs under pressure. With the appropriate selection of the ammonia pressure and the phosphoric acid feed rate sprayed into the spray column, the amount of each of the diammonium phosphate and triammonium phosphate formed can be controlled.

Method for producing fertilizer grade DAP having an increased nitrogen concentration in a spray column

A process for the preparation of granular fertilizer grade DAP (a product composed of ammonium phosphates, principally diammonium phosphate, resulting from the ammoniation of phosphoric acid, as defined in Official Publication No. 52 of the Association of American Plant Food Officials, dated 1999) comprising partially preneutralizing orthophosphoric acid with ammonia, completing the ammoniation of the orthophosphoric acid with ammonia in a rotary ammoniator-granulator to provide granular DAP, sizing the granular DAP to provide the granular DAP product, reducing the particle size of the oversized granular DAP, and recycling the undersized granular DAP and the sized-reduced oversized granular DAP to the ammoniator-granulator. The ammoniacal nitrogen concentration of the granular DAP recycle, hence the granular DAP product, is enhanced by subjecting the finely-divided recycled granular DAP to anhydrous gaseous ammonia which is at a super atmospheric pressure and which is at a temperature sufficient to maintain said anhydrous ammonia in the gaseous state. The increase in the ammoniacal nitrogen concentration is a function of the absolute ammonia pressure, the initial moisture content of the granular DAP recycle, and the contact time of the ammonium with the granular DAP recycle.

Method for producing fertilizer grade DAP having an increased nitrogen concentration from recycle

Increasing the strip coefficient of a strip solution stream in a reductive stripping uranium recovery process involving wet process phosphoric acid feed is accomplished by adding effective amounts of H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 to the strip solution stream before it exits the reductive stripping means.

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Lakeland, FL, United States of America

Kenneth J Jardine