Last year, I estimated total 2012 world production of Kr would be 97 million liters, production of Xe at 10.5 million liters, and Ne production at about 625 million liters. In my follow up plant-by-plant analysis, I found that the...
Each January, we look at macroeconomic trends that influence industrial gas markets. These trends—like rising or falling worldwide GDP, geopolitical movements, shifting energy supply and sourcing, and even natural disasters and climate change—influence what products and technologies will...
From September 26–28, 845 registered attendees representing high horsepower industry sectors including rail, marine, mining, drilling, earthmoving, and power generation gathered at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston, Texas, to examine the potential of natural gas for fueling high horsepower...
The large quantities of atmospheric gases (oxygen and nitrogen) required in many industrial applications are effectively produced by cryogenic air separation units (ASU). The inputs to an ASU are atmospheric air, electrical power, and water for cooling. The outputs are oxygen...
At the Norco, Inc. (norco-inc.com) gas filling plant located in Boise, ID gas filling has taken on a whole new meaning. This 53,000 sq. ft. automated facility employing nearly 50 people has been in operation now for about threeand- one-half...
On June 19, 2012, Jeff Serfass, Managing Director at California Hydrogen Business Council and President of the Hydrogen Education Foundation, welcomed top hydrogen and fuel cell industry executives, including Cryo- Gas publisher, J. R. “Buzz” Campbell, to The Washington Fuel Cell Summit...
There is a buzz in the transportation sector and it’s all about natural gas (NG). The industrial gas business, and its related production, distribution, and applications businesses, develop, design, and build equipment directly applicable to compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied...
Cryogenic hauler GenOx Transportation Inc. (genoxtransportation.com) operates in one of the smallest niches within the tank truck industry. However, that doesn’t mean the management team has small dreams and goals. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Launched 10 years ago,...
Customers, distributors, and gas manufacturers all want it. So do regulatory authorities and local emergency responders. “It” is a reliable and simple tool for keeping track of cylinders (and other gas containers). Every reader here already knows about many of...
A wide variety of liquid applications ranging from food freezing to cryo-biological storage repositories to government lab test facilities can consume large volumes of liquid nitrogen (LN2) at low pressure. Historically these applications have been few in number when compared to...
