Oxygen has been at the heart of industrial gases since 1895, when Carl von Linde first liquefied air and separated it into its primary oxygen and nitrogen components. Oxygen will remain vital and play a pivotal role in the energy transition.
Releasing heat from fuel gases requires a reaction with oxygen. This combustion is essential to yield high temperature heat for power generation and industrial processes. In hydrogen production and the chemicals sector, oxygen-fed partial oxidation, autothermal reforming and gas heated reforming are mainstream processes to convert hydrocarbons to syngas.
A new paradigm is emerging
A fundamental question in thermal power generation, industrial heat and syngas production is whether the process performs best using air to supply oxygen blended with other gases, or whether air separation is required to introduce pure oxygen to the process.
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