Storage of ammonia 24.5% at MIROM Roeselare

At very short notice, Liqson installed a double-walled stainless steel tank with gas scrubber, stainless steel diaphragm pump and DN50 UPE suction-pressure hoses at Mirom Roeselare. The rental tank served for the temporary storage of ammonia 24.5% during the inspection to Mirom’s own ammonia tank. The tank was fitted with the necessary quick couplings and flexible hoses for a quick commissioning.

MIROM Roeselare

MIROM Roeselare is a waste intermunicipal organisation responsible for the prevention, collection and final processing of household waste produced in 12 cities and municipalities.

MIROM has its own incinerator in which 185,000 kg of residual waste is incinerated in an environmentally responsible manner every working day. The heat released from incinerating the waste is put to good use via a 19-km-long heat network. The waste heat from this grid is converted into electricity via an ORC.

Ammonia

Ammonia is an inorganic compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the chemical formula NH₃. Ammonia at room temperature is a colourless, toxic gas with a distinctive, very pungent smell. The gas is not only soluble in water in very large quantities (up to as much as 33 mass%), but also reacts with water.

Project

Downtime had to be as short as possible. It was therefore opted to temporarily store the ammonia water in a double-walled stainless steel (316) Liqson storage tank with the following features:

Fully double-walled construction
Vlarem compliant
Equipped with digital instrumentation (leak detection, overfill protection and level measurement)
Multiple connection points available

Equipped with stairs, handrails and easy access for cleaning.