In defense of the old generation: the strategic options to sustain a vintage urea plant production

Diana Mutia Pratiwi,Sudarna Sudarna,H Herdiansyah

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/20187405004

Abstract

The Need for Urea Fertilizer supply is one of the essential factors for the development of the agricultural sector. However, due to the high energy usage and the increasing price of natural gas as the raw material, some of the old urea fertilizer industry was forced to shut down due to the inability to cover the high production cost. The purpose of this study is to analyze the alternative strategy for the urea industry to be more efficient and also produce good quality urea to remain sustainable. This paper will use descriptive analysis based on the Case Study compared to the literature and related references to find the appropriate and well-implemented alternative. Based on the study, several options can be purposed such as retrofitting in ammonia and urea plant mainly in syn-loop and high-pressure section, and by optimizing the feed ratio and process condition.

Highlights

Nowadays, the development in science and technology in the industrial sector competes for each other to fulfill the population necessity, and the fertilizer industry is one of them [1]
In the development of industries that utilize natural resources, technology advancement is essential with the aim of reducing production costs without reducing company revenues
In the case of the vintage factory, several alternatives must be maintained so the plant would be able to keep manufacturing while competing with the new plant concerning product price and energy consumption

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Introduction

The development in science and technology in the industrial sector competes for each other to fulfill the population necessity, and the fertilizer industry is one of them [1]. The sustainable development concept for fulfilling human necessity that involves a harmonization between social, ecological, and economic aspects, requires to sustain the resource exploitation integrity, the direction and orientation of the development including investment, technology, and institutional [30]. This is in line with the article 36 paragraph 2 of Indonesian Constitution Number 3 year 2014 about Industry states that development, escalation, and technology optimization in industry carried out to improve efficiency, productivity, added value, competitiveness and independence of the sector [6]

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