Agriculture is a business that employs many skilled & unskilled individuals all over the world. Many countries depend only on agricultural activities. People nowadays are interested in investing in agricultural business. Fertilizer production has become a popular industry with a lot of room for expansion. The expansion of this industry is due to the rise in population, which raises food consumption. We are the number one Fertilizer Plant Manufacturers in India
Type of fertilizers:
- Organic fertilizers: Which do not include any chemicals & are widely used are the most common. These are safe & globally available. Worm casting, slurry, and guano are some of the most common organic fertilizers used in agriculture.
- Inorganic fertilizers: Chemical substances such as ammonium phosphate, potassium chloride & ammonium nitrate are used to make them.
Raw material, Process, and workflow in fertilizer manufacturing plants:
- Nitrogen-based fertilizers, the largest product group, the process starts by mixing nitrogen from the air with hydrogen from natural gas at high temperatures and pressure to create ammonia. Approximately 60% of the natural gas is used as raw material, with the remainder employed to power the synthesis process.
- The ammonia is used to make nitric acid, with which it is then mixed to produce nitrate fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate (AN). Ammonia may also be mixed with liquid carbon dioxide to create urea. Both these products can be further mixed with water to form a UAN (urea ammonium nitrate) solution.
- Potassium-based fertilizers, Potassium is the third major plant and crop nutrient. Potassium-based fertilizers are also produced from mined ores. Several chemical processes can be used to convert the potash rock into plant food, including potassium chloride, sulfate, and nitrate.
- Phosphorus-based fertilizers are produced from mined ores. Phosphate rock is primarily treated with sulphuric acid to produce phosphoric acid, which is either concentrated or mixed with ammonia to make a range of phosphate (P2O5) fertilizers.
In the most usable form, each of the different compounds, ammonium nitrate, potassium chloride, ammonium phosphate, and triple superphosphate are granulated and blended. One method of granulation involves putting the solid materials into a rotating drum that has an inclined axis. As the drum rotates, pieces of the solid fertilizer take on small spherical shapes. They are passed through a screen that separates adequately sized particles. A coating of inert dust is then applied to the particles, keeping each one discrete and inhibiting moisture retention. Finally, the particles are dried, completing the granulation process.
The different types of particles are blended in appropriate proportions to produce a composite fertilizer. The blending is done in a large mixing drum that rotates a specific number of turns to produce the best mixture possible. After mixing, the fertilizer is emptied onto a conveyor belt, which transports it to the bagging machine.
This is how the manufacturing plant works and manufactures tons of fertilizer in a day & completes the daily demand of farmers & agriculture sector.
