Method And System For Operating A Gas Compressor In An Ammonia And Urea Plant - EP4158160

The patent EP4158160 was granted to Yara ASA on Aug 14, 2024. The application was originally filed on May 26, 2021 under application number EP21726028A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP4158160

YARA ASA
Application Number
EP21726028A
Filing Date
May 26, 2021
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Jul 12, 2024
Grant Date
Aug 14, 2024
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Patent Citations (7) New

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OPPOSITION- Berry, Jim, "A Dual Drive", World Pipelines, (20080801), vol. 2008, no. 08, ISSN 1472-7390, pages 20 - 26, XP009561582-
OPPOSITION- Dooyeweerd E, Meessen J, Bv Stamicarbon, "HOW THE COST RELATION OF POWER AND STEAM CAN AFFECT UREA PLANT DESIGN", AIChE 1983 Summer National Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA; August 28 - 31, 1983, AIChE, (19830828), pages 451 - 457, XP093287711-
OPPOSITION- Milo D. Meixell Jr., Boyd Gochenour and Chau-Chyun Chen, "Chapter 3: Industrial Applications of Plant-Wide Equation-Oriented Process Modeling - 2010 - 20. Modeling site-wide chemical complex", Multiscale Simulation and Design, Elsevier, (20110101), vol. 40, pages 119 - 152, ISBN 978-0-12-380985-8, XP009561584-
OPPOSITION- Sandberg Mark R., "TUTORIAL 1 Centrifugal Compressor Configuration, Selection and Arrangement: A User’s Perspective", 45th Turbomachinery & 32nd Pump Symposia : Houston, Texas, September 12-15, 2016, George R. Brown Convention Center : TPS : symposia proceedings, Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, (20160912), pages 1 - 44, XP093287708-
OPPOSITION- Jozef H. Meessen, "Urea", Jozef H. Meessen, Thieme Christian, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Weinheim , Wiley-VCH Verlag , doi:10.1002/14356007.a27_333.pub2, ISBN 9783527306732, XP055017973
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