Detailed Project Report on potassium sulphate (cap:200 tpd)

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