Nitrate Plant No. 1

Nitrate Plant No. 1. . Production Difficulties , Several complications impeded this plant's full operation including its inability to operate at the required pressure of 200 atmospheres at 500-600° C. Most importantly, ammonia synthesis could not be sustained due to the lack of a sufficient catalyst., An Engineering Landmark , Despite the difficulties, as the first operational Haber process outside Germany, this plant was a building-block for the U.S.'s world leadership in this dual food and munitions technology. The Haber process is still used today to produce fertilizer that supports half the world's food supplies. Its current implementation owes much to the once-unrealized potential and lessons learned from this first plant., (captions) , Ammonium Nitrate Production 1918 , Neutralizer-Oxidizer-Nitric Acid- Steam Units