Patent ID: 6926869

Claim:
Apparatus ( 1 ) for carbamate decomposition and ammonia and carbon dioxide stripping from urea solutions, of the type comprising: a stripper ( 2 ) including a substantially cylindrical shell ( 3 ) closed at opposed ends by respective bottoms (A, B) and equipped in the proximity thereof with inlet and outlet openings (N 1 , N 2 , N 3 , N 4 , N 5 , N 6 ) of stripping fluids, and a heat exchanger ( 4 ); a structure ( 6 ) for supporting said shell ( 3 ) in a vertical position; characterized in that the shell ( 3 ) of the stripper ( 2 ) is further externally equipped with support elements ( 7 ) so that the stripper ( 2 ) can be fitted onto said structure ( 6 ) in two distinct vertical positions rotated by 180° with respect to a horizontal axis of symmetry (x-x) of said stripper.