Josef Meissner - Model TNT -Trinitrotoluene Plants
2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene, produced either from Toluene or ortho-Mononitrotoluene with mixed acids, mainly serves for military purposes and to a minor degree is also used in dynamite production.
Along with the equipment for nitration, sulphitation, drying and granulation, MEISSNER offers complete TNT plants also including an acid reconcentration plant and a waste water regeneration plant. The MEISSNER TNT process is characterized by the application of the countercurrent principle from one nitration step to the other, each nitration step constituting a separate unit, though. As a consequence, the qualities of the intermediate products Mononitrotoluene and Dinitrotoluene as well as of the product 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene meet the high demands of military uses.