Terra Industries Inc., Yazoo City AOP # 9, Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project
Located in Yazoo City, Mississippi, the Terra Yazoo Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project focuses on the removal of nitrous oxide (N2O), an undesired by-product gas from the manufacture of nitric acid, formed specifically during the catalytic oxidation of ammonia. The project activity involves the installation of an additional catalyst to abate N2O inside the ammonia oxidation reactor after its formation.
How this helps
Nitrogen fertilizers are essential to food and crop production in the U.S. The increasing concentration of N2O in the air from fertilizer plants, coupled with its potency, makes nitrous oxide an important target for strategies to abate greenhouse gas emissions.