Nitrous Oxide Plant

Nitrous oxide plant as the name suggests, is a plant used for producing nitrous oxide gas. Also called the laughing gas, nitrous oxide (N2O) is used for multiple industrial applications. Nitrous oxide is a chemical compound of nitrogen and oxygen. It is also used in surgery and dentistry, due to its non allergic nature. The major advantage of this gas is that it is totally non-inflammable.

Nitrous oxide is produced in the nitrous oxide plant by heating the ammonium nitrate gas up to a temperature of 250°C approx. Some impurities are also produced in this process which are cleaned and filtered by use of cleaning agents like water, caustic soda, and sulphuric acid. The pure nitrous oxide gas obtained out of the process is finally stored in a separate chamber.

The nitrous oxide plants are economical, unsophisticated, and safe in operation. The primary requirements of a nitrous oxide plant are ammonium nitrate, electric supply up to 100 HP, pure water, water cooling facility, and proper ventilation. The common characteristics of modern nitrous oxide plants include provision of regeneration facility, laboratory and quality control facility, purification system, and safety systems among others.

Nitrous Oxide Gas Plant Process
The process of manufacturing Nitrous Oxide consists of :

• Melting Ammonium nitrate in a melter to a temperature of 250°C
  
  
• This molten ammonium nitrate flows into a combustion pot where ammonium nitrate is decomposed to give a mixture of Nitrous Oxide & super heated steam, according to the following reaction:
  NH4NO3 ------------ N2O + 2H2O
  
  
• This process generates N2O, however, with some impurities including Ammonium Nitrate fumes, Nitrogen & other oxides of Nitrogen..
  
  
• The steam in the hot gas is condensed by scrubbing with water, caustic soda and sulphuric acid and the entrained moisture and traces of ammonium nitrate get separated in the mist separator.
  
  
• The residual traces of ammonium nitrate, carbon dioxide and other oxides of nitrogen are removed in the caustic scrubbery and the gas is allowed to collect in a mild steel waterseal type gasholder.
  
  
• The gas from the gasholder is sucked by a compressors.The new-gen Nitrous Oxide Gas Plants are safe and economical, these nitrous oxide plant come with an efficient Generation system which reduces power consumption and adds on to safety. The most common way of distributing Nitrous oxide is as a compressed liquid in Cylinders of the same kind, as used for oxygen, Nitrogen etc.
• The compressed gas passes through water separator before being dried in alumna drier battery.
  
  
• The gas is compressed with a compressor, dried in a drier and then refrigerate when it becomes liquid.
  
  
• Liquid nitrous oxide is stored in high-pressure storage vessel into cylinders and the gas is filled by weight.
  
  
• The liquid nitrous oxide from the above storage vessels is sucked by a liquid nitrous oxide plant and liquid nitrous oxide pump for compressing in service/bulk cylinders.

The new-gen Nitrous Oxide Gas Plants are safe and economical, these nitrous oxide plant come with an efficient Generation system which reduces power consumption and adds on to safety. The most common way of distributing Nitrous oxide is as a compressed liquid in Cylinders of the same kind, as used for oxygen, Nitrogen etc.