Du Pont - James River

Acid Plant Database March 25, 2009

Owner	E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Inc.
Background	-
Location	1201 Bellwood Road Richmond, Virgina USA 23237
Website	www.dupont.com
Plant	James River Plant
Coordinates	37° 25' 1" N, 77° 24' 32" W
Type of Plant	Sulphur Burning
Gas Source	Elemental Sulphur
Plant Capacity	1947: 250 STPD 2003: 300 STPD
SA/DA	-
Emissions	SO₂: 123 ton (12 month rolling average) 1.5 lb/ton (3 h rolling average) The above emission limits are the subject of a Consent Decree which must be met by March 1, 2010
Status	Operating
Year Built	1947
Technology	Monsanto (MECS)
Contractor	Leonard Construction
Remarks	-
Permits	Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality www.deq.state.va.us Facility ID:
	Permit No.	Issue Date	Expiry Date	-
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General	In March of 1946 the DuPont Company bought 8 different tracts of land at the end of Bellwood Road. This purchase comprised a total purchase of ~460 acres. Later, near the end of 1970, DuPont and the Southern Material Company swapped parcels of land. DuPont traded 75 acres of property along the railroad tracks for an area of 99 acres along the James River. Southern Material wanted the 75 acres of land for mining gravel. DuPont, which already owned all the land surrounding the 99 acres, wanted the riverfront property for possible future expansion demands. This exchange of land brought the total amount of land owned by DuPont to a level of 485 acres. In 2001, 75 acres of land were sold for warehouse development. Construction of the James River Plant began in November 1946 and was completed in August 1947. The construction of this 250-ton-per-day Leonard - Monsanto contact sulfuric acid plant took just under 10 months to complete. The primary purpose of this plant was to supply sulfuric acid to two different areas at the DuPont Spruance Plant. In 2003, a new converter was built which enabled the production to increase to 300 tons per day. The DuPont Rayon Company, which started production in 1929, and the Cellophane Plant, built in 1930, both needed sulfuric acid for their operations. This material was initially barged up the James River, but within a few years the James River Plant had railcars of sulfuric acid on its way to the Spruance Plant.
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MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

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