MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517070526 A) filed by Yara International ASA, Oslo, Norway, on July 24, for 'system for integrated nitric acid and ammonia production and method of production thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Gilles, David; and De Smet, Andre.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to the field of integrated nitric acid and ammonia production. The nitric acid tail gas is, following depletion in NOx to 100 ppm or less, combined with hydrogen at least partly produced from a water electrolyzer. The tail gas being combined with hydrogen or the combined tail gas and hydrogen gas is further treated for removal of NOx, CO, CO2 and O2 and compressed for synthesizing ammonia. At least part of the compression is performed prior to the further treatment of the nitric acid tail gas being combined with hydrogen, or prior to the treatment of the combined tail gas and hydrogen gas."

The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 27, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/054989.

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