Sodium Asphalt Sulfonate Plant
Stock #RG1083
Used plant for production of Sodium Asphalt Sulphonate commissioned in 2009 with capacity of 14 million pounds/year (approximately 6350 tonnes/year). The product is a chemical used for shale stabilisation in oilfield drilling. Brief Plant Description: 1 - Plant for manufacture of oleum from elemental sulphur. This section was made in 2009 by Chemithon India (Technithon) and could reportedly be used in other industries including surfactant manufacture. Main equipment includes melt tank, combustion vessel with air dryer/blower, catalyst tower (vanadium pentoxide), SO2 scrubber, absorption/concentration unit & product tanks along with associated pumps, heat exchangers/economiser, PLC controls etc. 2 - Plant for sulphonation of a specific form of asphalt. Main equipment includes gas-fired asphalt melting vessel, (2) 30MT asphalt stock tanks, various solvent stock tanks & recovery/recycle system, cutback tank (37m3 MS), Charlotte colloidal mill for preparation of asphalt/solvent mixture, sulphonation reactor (12m3 SS316), neutralisation reactor (12m3 SS316), concentric tube heat exchanger & slurry holding tank (37m3 MS) along with various load cells, mass flow meters, transfer pumps etc. Uses the same PLC system as Oleum plant. 3 - Drying / packing section. Main equipment includes (2) Bepex Solidaire SS agitated paddle dryers (36” x 20’ & 24” x 12’) heated by oil, blower/vacuum system, off-gas scrubber, Schutte-Buffalo hammer mill, pneumatic powder transfer system, storage silo with bag filtration system, semi-automatic Choice valved sack filling unit with bag filter.Location : Middle East