Can a chemical filtering technology really help feed a nation of 252,000,000 people?
Fertilizer is crucial to ensuring reliable food supplies for more than a quarter billion people in Indonesia. So when the country’s state fertilizer approached us with their goal of making the nation self-sufficient in fertilizer production, we responded.
Burdened by outdated technology and struggling to meet the production demands of a large and growing population, our customer required a superior technology. With the help of two ANDRITZ tilting pan filters, the plant made dramatic improvements in yield, energy efficiency, and total cost of ownership.
How can you feed a nation of 252,000,000 people?
Thanks to dramatic improvements in output and energy consumption, the plant is now on target to reach an output of 200,000 tons of phosphoric acid, a crucial contribution to making Indonesia self-sufficient in agricultural fertilizer.
