Carbon dioxide (CO2) applied in the food and beverage industries is among the major consuming sectors of the merchant industry. In the developed markets, such as the US, Europe, and Japan, the application in food processing and preservation often holds a prominent place among merchant usage in many regions and markets.
In the US for example, food and beverage applications, on average account for around 70% of the total demand in the merchant markets. Such processors purchase product as a liquid, for applications in cryogenic freezers, atmospheric modification in packaging operations, snow generation, and dry ice extrusion on site.
In many developing world markets, beverage carbonation is the predominant demand for the product. In some cases in developing markets, CO2 is generated from a combustion plant, which uses fuels such as diesel or natural gas for generation of the product, recovered via a small MEA (momoethanolamine) plant, and purified downstream for use in carbonation of the beverages in a captive operation.
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