Carbon Dioxide from Ammonia Plants — An Excellent Revenue Source Serving an Interesting and Diversified Market
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | .
As of today, without the deployment of new merchant CO2 plants, there are about 23 standing CO2 plants, which are fed by ammonia by-product raw gas. This represents about 21% of the total number of ammonia plants serving the merchant sector. The total number of merchant CO2 plants is around 111 in the United States. Further, numerous additional CO2 plants are under consideration,
or are possible, as facilities to be built alongside future ammonia ventures. Globally, the merchant CO2 market is over 20 million tons annually, and North America is over 10 million tons in merchant demand…
