With the advent of the New Year, only twelve months remain until the expected start-up of Air Water Carbonic’s new liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) and dry ice production facility in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
The facility is located on the grounds of the Seibu Oil refinery and is expected to start-up in January 2013. Air Water Carbonic is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Water.
The liquefaction capacity of the new plant will be around 90,000 tons per year for CO2, while the production capacity for dry ice will amount to around 30,000 tons per year. The facility will recover the by-product gas as the source material from the hydrogen generator used for desulpherisation at the refinery, liquefying and purifying this to create LCO2 and dry ice.
With investment in the plant totalling up to ¥2.5bn, Air Water Carbonic reportedly plans to market the entire amount produced.
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