POTASSIUM SULPHATE (Cap: 200 TPD)
[CODE NO.3110]
Potassium sulfate (K2SO4) mineral name arcanite forms colorless, no hygroscopic crystal. It occasionally occurs in nature in the pure state in salt
deposit, but is more widely found in the form of mineral double salts in combination with sulfates of calcium, magnesium, and sodium.
Potassium sulfate is after potassium chloride the most important potassium containing fertilizer being used mainly for special crops. Potassium
sulfate constitutes 5% of the world demand for potash fertilizer.
Prior to 1939, the German potash industry was the chief source of potassium sulfate for American chemical and fertilizer industries, although
considerable tonnages were being produced in this country by the interaction of potassium chloride and sulfuric acid as a side product of
salt-cake manufacture. With the termination of European imports, the production of the salt was undertaken on a larger scale by the American Potash
and Chemical Corp. through the interaction of burkeite (Na2CO3 2Na2SO4) with potassium chloride followed in turn by the successful recovery of
this salt from langbeinite by the International Minerals and Chemical Corp. In agricultural use potassium sulfate is preferred for the tobacco crop of the Southeast and the citrus crop of Southern California.
Relatively small amounts of other potassium salts are used as fertiliser, generally for special purposes. Tobacco and some vegetables are
adversely affected by high chloride concentration, and K2SO4 or KNO3 are preferred. K2SO4 is made in substantial quantities in Europe by the
Mannheim process from potash and H2SO4 and in the united states and other countries by various exchange reacting between K, Na, and Mg salts.
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity : 200.00 MT./day
Land & Building (10 Acres) : US$. 30.35 Lacs
Plant & Machinery : US$ 45.00 Lacs
Working Capital for 3 Months : US$ 66.20 Lacs
Total Capital Investment : US$ 1.42 Cr
Rate of Return : 68%
Break Even Point : 29%
INTRODUCTION
PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURE OF POTASSIUM SULPHATE
B.I.S. SPECIFICATION
USES AND APPLICATION
MARKET SURVEY
IMPORT AND EXPORT DATA OF POTASSIUM SULPHATE
DETAILED EXPORT DATA OF POTASSIUM SULPHATE
DEMAND PROJECTION OF SOP (SULPHATE OF POTASH)
GLOBAL SOP DEMAND FORCAST
GLOBAL MARKET POSITION OF POTASSIUM SULPHATE
PRESENT MANUFACTURERS OF POTASSIUM SULPHATE
RAW MATERIALS
MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF POTASSIUM SULPHATE
PROCESS FLOW SHEET FOR POTASSIUM SULPHATE AND HYDROCHLORIC
ACID MANUFACTURING
DIFFERENT PROCESSES TO MANUFACTURE SULPHATE OF POTASH
MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF POTASSIUM SULPHATE FROM SODIUM SULPHATE
RECOVERY OF POTASSIUM SULFATE FROM NATURAL COMPLEX SALTE
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY (IMPORTED)
PLANT LAYOUT
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT
PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES
APPENDIX – A:
1. COST OF PLANT ECONOMICS
2. LAND & BUILDING
3. PLANT AND MACHINERY
4. FIXED CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5. RAW MATERIAL
6. SALARY AND WAGES
7. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
8. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
9. COST OF PRODUCTION
10. PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
11. BREAK EVEN POINT
12. RESOURCES OF FINANCE
13. INTEREST CHART
14. DEPRECIATION CHART
15. CASH FLOW STATEMENT
16. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET
