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The '''Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann process''' is a process for the industrial production of [[hydrazine]] through the oxidation of [[ammonia]] with [[hydrogen peroxide]]. It was developed in the early 1970s by [[Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann]], the chemicals division of [[Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann]], and is now operated by [[Arkema]] at its Lannemezan plant in southern France.
 
The '''Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann process''' is a process for the industrial production of [[hydrazine]] through the oxidation of [[ammonia]] with [[hydrogen peroxide]]. It was developed in the early 1970s by [[Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann]], the chemicals division of [[Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann]], and is now operated by [[Arkema]] at its Lannemezan plant in southern France.
  
==Lannemazan plant==
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==Lannemezan plant==
The Lannemazan plant, on the outskirts of the town of Lannemazan in the Hautes-Pyrénées ''départment'' of southern France, is the world's largest [[hydrazine hydrate]] plant,<ref>{{citation | title = Arkema consolidates its Hydrazine Hydrate and Derivatives activity at its Lannemezan industrial facility | url = http://www.arkema.com/sites/group/en/press/pr_detail.page?p_filepath=/templatedata/Content/Press_Release/data/en/2008/080930_arkema_consolidates_its_hydrazine_hydrate_and_derivatives_activity_at_its_lannemezan_indus.xml | date = 2008-09-30 | publisher = Arkema}}.</ref> producing 17,000&nbsp;tonnes of hydrazine products per year.<ref name="brochure">{{citation | url = http://www.arkema.com/pdf/FR/corporate/SITE_LANNEMEZAN.pdf | title = Site industriel de Lannemazan | publisher = Arkema | accessdate = 2010-07-02}}.</ref> It was founded in 1917 by the [[Poudrerie Nationale]] to produce [[calcium cyanamide]], and was privatized in 1921 as the [[Société des Produits Azotés]] (SPA). The first hydrazine hydrate plant, based on the [[Raschig process]], was installed by the SPA in 1962. The plant was overhauled in 1980 to install the new Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann process.<ref name="brochure"/>
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The Lannemezan plant, on the outskirts of the town of Lannemezan in the Hautes-Pyrénées ''départment'' of southern France, is the world's largest [[hydrazine hydrate]] plant,<ref>{{citation | title = Arkema consolidates its Hydrazine Hydrate and Derivatives activity at its Lannemezan industrial facility | url = http://www.arkema.com/sites/group/en/press/pr_detail.page?p_filepath=/templatedata/Content/Press_Release/data/en/2008/080930_arkema_consolidates_its_hydrazine_hydrate_and_derivatives_activity_at_its_lannemezan_indus.xml | date = 2008-09-30 | publisher = Arkema}}.</ref> producing 17,000&nbsp;tonnes of hydrazine products per year.<ref name="brochure">{{citation | url = http://www.arkema.com/pdf/FR/corporate/SITE_LANNEMEZAN.pdf | title = Site industriel de Lannemezan | publisher = Arkema | accessdate = 2010-07-02}}.</ref> It was founded in 1917 by the [[Poudrerie Nationale]] to produce [[calcium cyanamide]], and was privatized in 1921 as the [[Société des Produits Azotés]] (SPA). The first hydrazine hydrate plant, based on the [[Raschig process]], was installed by the SPA in 1962. The plant was overhauled in 1980 to install the new Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann process.<ref name="brochure"/>
  
 
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Revision as of 11:24, 2 July 2010

The Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann process is a process for the industrial production of hydrazine through the oxidation of ammonia with hydrogen peroxide. It was developed in the early 1970s by Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann, the chemicals division of Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann, and is now operated by Arkema at its Lannemezan plant in southern France.

Lannemezan plant

The Lannemezan plant, on the outskirts of the town of Lannemezan in the Hautes-Pyrénées départment of southern France, is the world's largest hydrazine hydrate plant,[1] producing 17,000 tonnes of hydrazine products per year.[2] It was founded in 1917 by the Poudrerie Nationale to produce calcium cyanamide, and was privatized in 1921 as the Société des Produits Azotés (SPA). The first hydrazine hydrate plant, based on the Raschig process, was installed by the SPA in 1962. The plant was overhauled in 1980 to install the new Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann process.[2]

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