Carbon Dioxide

Since our last report on food safety (“The FDA Revises Proposed Rules for Food Safety,” CryoGas International, December 2014, pp. 48-49), activities related to food safety have continued their rapid evolution.

Energized fluids containing carbon dioxide (CO2) are used successfully in hydraulic fracturing to boost hydrocarbon recovery.

Quality standards for carbonated beverage fountain drinks continue to increase with greater focus on beverage grade carbon dioxide (CO2) and its related storage system equipment.

Kunshan Carbon Dioxide Co. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzhou Jinhong Gas Co. Ltd, has started up a carbon dioxide (CO2) production plant in Kunshan, a city in southeast Jiangsu province and adjacent to Shanghai.

Yara International ASA, has officially signed the transaction documents for the sale of its carbon dioxide (CO2) business to Tier One player, Praxair.

Dansensor, an individual business unit of MOCON Inc., has developed a new leak testing system aimed at food processors to erase potential micro leaks in individual modified atmosphere packages (MAP).

Danish business, Haldor Topsoe, has signed an agreement with Icelandic geothermal power company, HS Orka hf, to deliver a plant to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from geothermal heat sources.

Praxair, Inc. has further fortified its position in the Eastern US carbon dioxide (CO2) market after signing a long-term contract to purchase by-product CO2 from leading industrial blasting products and services provider, US Nitrogen LLC.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been awarded a contract to supply Nippon Ekitan Corporation, a group company of Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC), with a carbon dioxide (CO2) capture unit for its liquid CO2...

A carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery and liquefaction plant has officially started commercial operations at Neste’s renewable products refinery in Singapore.