Within the US carbon dioxide market, changes to patterns in CO2 sourcing and changes in demand regionally continued to reshape the business in 2008 as they did in 2007. (See “The Carbon Dioxide Market Update — Bubbling with Energy Again This Year,”...
In the United States, the standard shielding gas used in gas metal arc welding (GMAW) is generally a 75/25 percent argon (Ar)/carbon dioxide (CO2) gas mixture.
Although carbon dioxide (CO2) has played a role in the industrial preparation of food and beverages for decades, the provision of CO2 to today’s food and beverage manufacturers and processors is a highly advanced and exact science.
The rise in awareness of global warming has created heightened consumer, regulatory, and industry interest in clean forms of energy generation. Specifically, the impact on the natural environment from the burning of fossil fuels has brought increased attention to technologies that...
Praxair Distribution, Inc. (PDI) revenues have almost doubled since 2001, the result of both organic growth and acquisitions. A subsidiary of North America’s largest industrial gas supplier, Praxair, Inc., PDI is a major packaged-gases player in the US and Canada, with...
This article examines Activity Based Accounting (ABA) for industrial gas distributors. In its broadest terms, ABA involves identifying profitability drivers, including those for revenues and costs, and assigning them to specific physical and business activities.
The idea of nitrogen refrigeration systems in trucks is not new. The Polarstream refrigerated truck was put on the market in 1961 by the Linde Division of Union Carbide and was also used by the British Oxygen Company.
OXYFUEL COMBUSTION IN THE STEEL AND METALS INDUSTRY The most frequent use of oxyfuel combustion in the steel and metals industries is to enhance the melting process in electric arc and rotary furnace processes. Here, conventional oxyfuel provides substantially raised...
In this report, we describe the very large and dynamic oxygen and nitrogen business in the US on a macro level from both an historical and a current perspective. This represents a departure from past CryoGas International reports that have focused more on...
In this feature, we examine the US Argon Market in 2008 from both a supply and demand perspective, with careful attention paid to activity in the fourth quarter.
