PROCEEDINGS OF THE 28th ANNUAL MEETING FERTILIZER INDUSTRY ROUND TABLE 1978 October 31, November 1 and 2, 1978 Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel Atlanta, Georgia Table of Contents / Tuesday, October 31st Tuesday, October 31 Morning Session Afternoon Session Moderators Continued Rodger C. Smith Harold D. Blenkhorn Page Panel Discussion Recent Pine Cross Experiences Remarks: Chairman Smith ........................ 1 Panel Leader Hubert L Balay Panelists Introduction: The Hon. Thomas T. Irvin Harold Green Donald J. Bruner Joe S. Drewry ................................... 1 R. O. Britt Albert P. Super Welcome to Georgia The Hon. Thomas T. Irvin. .. ........... 2 Page Gold Kist Pipe Cross Reactor Keynote Speaker Panelist Harold Green. .. ........... 47 Frank L Wooten ................................ 3 MFA Pipe Cross Reactor Moderator Blenkhorn ............................ 5 Panelist Donald J. Brunner ....................... 48 Nitrogen Outlook Swift Pipe Cross Reactor E. B. Graves .................................... 5 Panelist R. C. Britt. ............................ 49 The Medium Term Outlook for Phosphate Smith Douglas Pipe Cross Reactor P. L Louis - K. F. Isherwood Panelist Albert P. Super ......................... 50 Presented by P. L Louis ......................... 13 Questions and Answers Potash Supply I Demand Outlook Panel Leader E. H. Holzkaemper ............................. 20 Hubert L Balay ................................ 51 N.P.K. Utilization Toxic Substances - Hazardous Wastes Dr. R. E. Wagner .............................. 26 Karl T. Johnson ............................... 54 Wednesday, November 1st Tuesday, October 31st Morning Session Afternoon Session David W. Leyshon, Moderator Moderator Douglas Caine Moderator Leyshon ............................. 58 Moderator Caine ............................... 32 Oxy Hemihydrate Process Crystallization Kinetics Safety in Plants and Slurry Filterability Glen A. Feagin ................................. 32 Dr. F. Ore ..................................... 58 Rotary Electric Vibrators Design of A Phosphoric Acid Plant and Screening Based on Low Grade Phosphate Rock Kenneth L Herron ............................. 40 Egbert Hoffman ................................ 65 Hazardous Materials Marketing The Development of Fisons Hemihydrate Process Nurse Tanks - Anhydrous Ammonia E. W. Schwehr - B. T. Crozier Rick Rose ..................................... 45 Presented by E. W. Schwahr ..................... 69 Wednesday, November 1st Thursday, November 2nd Morning Session Final Session Continued Moderators Rodger C. Smith - Glen Wesenberg Horizontal Belt Feeders in Wet Page Page Process Phosphoric Acid Plants Prepared and Presented by R. J. B. McNally D. R. Robertson ............... 88 Chairman Smith .............................. 168 New Technique I Old Technology Secretary - Treasurer Report Nissan "C' Hemihydrate Process Paul J. Prosser, Jr .............................. 168 Walter E. Goers ................................ 99 Nominating Committee Report Wayne W. King, Chairman ..................... 168 Wednesday, November 1st Afternoon Session Presentation of Plaque Moderators To Rodger C. Smith David W. Leyshon Edwin Cox III Walter J. Sackett, Jr ............................ 170 Moderator Leyshon ............................ 108 Meeting Place & Dates committee Tom Athey, Chairman ......................... 170 Experience with TVA Cone and Rubber Belt in Mfg. single Superphosphate Entertainment Committee Report with Fluorine Recovery. Two Parts. Tom Athey, Chairman ......................... 170 Part 1 B. S. Avant. .. .......... 108 Part 2 - John L. Medbery ...................... 109 Public Relations Committee Walter J. Sackett, Jr. ........................... 171 Fluid Fertilizers - 1978 Frank P. Achorn David C. Salladay Moderator Glen H. Wesenberg .................. 171 Presented by Frank P. Achorn ................... 114 Spouted Beds in Fertilizer Industry Moderator Cox ............................... 124 General Considerations Y. F. Berquin ................................. 172 Addition of Sulphur in all Types of Fertilizer, including Fluids Innovations Commercial D. W. Bixby ................................ 125 TSP, DAP, and NPK Granulation R. J. Danos and D. W. Leyshon Granular Limestone for Presented by D. W. Leyshon .................... 176 The Fertilizer Industry Harold I. Jones ................................ 132 Production of Micronutrients Dr. Z. L. Taylor. .. .... 182 Selection, Application and Desirable Features of Bag Type Dust Collectors Basis for Selection of Granulators Glen H. Wesenberg ............................ 135 at TVA G. C. Hicks, I. W. McCamy, B. R. Parker, Practical Design of Cross Flow Scrubbers M. M. Norton in The Phosphate Industry Presented by B. R. Parker ....................... 185 Craig A. Pflaum .............................. 144 Cost of Environmental Control in the Sampling and Meeting State Guarantees Fertilizer Industry Dr. H. Grey Verner ............................ 150 Carey Stark .................................. 193 Status of Particle Size of Closing Remarks Fertilizer Materials Chairman Elect Wayne A. LeCureux ........................... 158 Frank T. Nielson .............................. 194 INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS IN PROGRAM Frank P. Achorn. Joe S. Drewry, Jr. V.P. Wayne W. King, Assl. V.P. DR. Robertson Senior Scientist Kiernan-Gregory Corp. W. S. Tyler, Inc. Fertilizer Div Proc. & Prod. Improvement Section, 173 W. Wieuca Road, NE. 803 Kingston Road Western Coop. Tennessee Valley Authority Atlanta, Georgia 30342 Baltimore, Md. 21212 Fertilizer Limited Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35660 Box #110. Medicine Hat Glen A. Feagin, Mgr. Wayne A. Le Cureux Alberta, Canada Thomas Athey Fertilizer Technology Mgr. Technical Services 3403 Rodman Street. N.W. Rainbow Division. IM&C The Andersons Rick Rose, Manager Washington. D.C. 10018 2201 Perimeter Center P.O. Box 119 Hazardous Materials E. N.E. Atlanta, Ga. 30346 Maumee, Ohio 43537 1M &C Corporation B. S. Avant 421 E. Hawley Plant Manager Walter E. Goers David W. Leyshon, Manager Munderlein, III. 44060 Rainbow Division License Prof. Engineer Fertilizer PrOjects IM&C. The Heyward-Robinson Co. Jacobsl Dorrco Division Walter J. Sackett. Jr. P.O. Box 607 1 World Trade Center P.O. Box 2008 President Americus. Ga. 31709 New York, N.Y. 10048 Lakeland. Florida 33803 A. J. Sackett & Sons Co. 1701 S. Highland Avenue Hubert L. Balay E. B. Graves. V.P. P. L. Louis, Sec'y Baltimore, Maryland 21224 Chemical Engineer Planning and Economics Raw Materials and Ext. Relations Process Engin. Branch Agrico Chemical Co. Intn. Phosphate Ind. David O. Salladay Nat'l. Fer!. Devel. Center One William Center Association. Isma Ltd. Chemical Engineer TVA Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101 Paris, France 75015 Process and Product Muscle Shoals, Ala. 35660 Improvement Section Harold Green I. W. McCamy, Chemical Eng. NaIl. Fer!. Deve!. Center Y. F. Berquin Plant Operations Mgr. Process Engin. Branch T.V.A. Le Directeur Gold Kist, Inc. NaU. Fer!. Devel. Center Muscle Shoals. Ala 3~660 des Developments PO. Box 2210 TVA P.E.C. Engineering Atlanta. Ga. 30301 Muscle Shoals. Ala. 35660 E W. Schwehr. B.S.C. Paris, France 75646 Commercial Manager Kenneth L. Herron R J. B. McNally Fisons License and D. W. Bixby, Dir. Senior Application Engineer Fertilizer Div. Con suiting Service Fer!. Tech & Research W. S. Tyler Inc. Western Coop. Fisons Limited The Sulphur Institute 8200 Tyler Blvd. Fertilizer Limited Fertilizer Division 1725 K. S!. N.W. Mentor. Ohio 44060 Box #110, Medicone Hat F-elixstone. Suffolk Washington. D.C. 20006 Alberta. Canada England., IP 11 7LP G C. Hicks Rodger C. Smith. Director Harold D. Blenkhorn Chemical Engineer John L Medbery, Dir. Technical Services Mgr. Process Engin. Branch Operations, Production Market Development Amax Chemical Corp. Genstar Chemical National Fertilizer Development Center Rambow Div. IM&C 1255 University SI. 2201 Perimeter Center A Subsidiary of Amax, Inc. TVA 35 Mason SI. Suite 1420 Muscle Shoals. Ala. 35660 East - Northeast, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Atlanta. Ga. 30346 Greenwich, Conn. 06830 H3B 3Xl Travis P. Hignett Special Consultant to Frank 1. Nielsson Carey Stark. Project Mgr. R. O. Britt the Managing Director I.M.C. Chemical Corp. MississippI Chem. Corp. Operations Manager Inl. Ferl. Development Center New Wales Plant Wauchula, Florida Swift Agri. Chem. Co. P.O. Box 2040 State Rd. 640 & Country Line 2501 N. Kings Highway Muscle Shoals, Ala. 35660 P.O. Box 1035 Albert P. Super E. SI. Louis, III. 62202 Mulberry, Fla. 33860 Process Engineer & Formulation Egbert Hoffman Smith Douglas Div. Donald J. Brunner M. M. Norton, Chemical Eng. Borden. Inc. Process Engineer Box 419 Production Manager UHDE - GMBH Process Engin. Branch P.O. Missouri Farmers Assoc. Degging - Str Natl. Fer!. Devel. Center Norfol k. Va 23501 Route NO.3 Dortmund. Germany TVA Palmyra, Missouri 63461 Muscle Shoals, Ala. 35660 Dr. Z. L Taylor, V P E. H. Holzkaemper Fritz Industries. Inc. Douglas Caine, Director V. P. Marketing Dr. F. Ore PO Box 850 Ozark, Ala 36360 Quality Control Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Phosphates Research Swift Agricultural Saskatoon. Saskatchewan OCCidental Research Corp. Chemicals Corp. 57 K 4H7 PO. Box 1960 Dr. H. Grey Verner 111 W. Jackson Blvd. La Verne. Calif. 92713 Marketing Res. & Planning Occidental Chemical Co. Chicago, III. 60604 Thomas T. Irvin Commissioner Of Agriculture B. R. Parker. Chemical Eng. PO Box 1035 Mulberry, Fla 33860 Edwin Cox III. Partner State of Georgia Process Engin. Branch Edwin Cox Associates Atlanta.