The construction of the polyaluminum chloride (PAC) unit of the Urmia Petrochemical Company in West Azarbaijan Province has started and is expected to be completed by 2024, managing director of the company said.
“Considering the country's need for PAC, which is used in water treatment and urban and industrial wastewater industry, it is hoped that the unit will come on stream next fall,” the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana also quoted Pejman Asadi as saying.
PAC is a water chemical made up of the elements aluminum, oxygen, hydrogen and chlorine. It is a yellow colored, water soluble solid. The chemical has many industrial uses but is primarily used in the processes of flocculation in water treatment industries.
It is one of the most efficient water treatment chemicals widely used in both potable water and wastewater treatment because it provides high coagulation efficiency and has the widest pH and temperature application ranges compared to other water treatment chemicals.
Asadi noted that UPC increased its net profit by 63.35% during this spring compared with the same period of last year.
“The new unit will reach 100% production capacity by the end of the next Iranian year [March 2024], which will help increase the profitability of the company,” he said.
The company annually produces 190,000 tons of various chemical products, most of which are used inside the country and the surplus is exported to countries, such as India, Turkey, Pakistan and Iraq.”
It produces 4,000 tons per year of melamine crystal, 46,000 tons of ammonium sulfate, 50,000 tons of sulfuric acid, 40,000 tons of potassium and 50,000 tons of hydrochloric acid.
The company is the second largest producer of potassium sulfate in western Iran and the largest producer of melamine crystals in the country with a 25% market share.
Urmia Petrochemical Company is located 30 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital Urmia City.
A subsidiary of the National Petrochemical Company, the complex has been built on 220 hectares, of which 50 hectares are designated for the industrial division and 170 hectares for wastewater ponds and green space.
Urea, ammonia and sulfuric acid are feedstock delivered to the complex and water is supplied from two wells.
