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Mikropor
Mikropor began its journey in 1987 with a passion to create ‘tomorrow’s technology’ and has gone on to become one of the leading manufacturers of atmospheric air filtration solutions, compressed air treatment systems and gas generation systems for a variety of industries since then.
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Understanding Lean Six Sigma
Understanding Lean Six Sigma, how it came to be, and how it’s driving efficiencies in the gases industry, with Art Anderson.
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In focus…Why dry ice is in focus like never before
Such is its versatility and increasing range of applications, one could be forgiven for thinking they’ve heard this statement many times before over the last decade: dry ice is in vogue like never before, explains Rob Cockerill.
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Toasting a greener future
I’ll drink to that, writes Rob Cockerill, as the stories of a new dawn in low-carbon distillery operations continue to grow.
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Risks to food safety during a CO2 shortage
As shortages of carbon dioxide (CO2) hit the headlines in the UK again, quality can be overlooked in the trade-off over availability. Gary Robson, of Sure Purity, explains the risks associated with supply chain disruption and the need for greater awareness about quality and food safety, when disruptions occur.
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How to manage CO2 supply chains in a changing world
In an ever-changing world we find less and less anchors and certainties. Here in an exclusive featue for gasworld, Hans Kok of Den Hartogh Gas Logistics observes whether we really learned from previous CO2 crises and, in the face of more, how we might better manage supply chains.
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Short and long-term solutions to the gas crunch
Slava Kiryushin, Global Head of Energy at DWF, shares his views on the gas crunch that threatens industry in UK, Europe and other parts of the world.
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The Southwest Report
The industrial gas market in the US Southwest generated revenues of approximately $3,423.7m in 2020. This comes from $2,812.3m in 2010, indicating a compound annual growth rate of 1.99% p.a. for the decade. The Southwest’s gas market dropped from 3.27% growth in 2019 to -7% in 2020, due to the ...
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Proprietary LNG technology
Late this summer, Air Products announced that its liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology had been selected for Nigeria’s LNG Train 7 Project, which once on-stream, will produce eight million tons of LNG annually in Nigeria, resulting in a major LNG production expansion at Nigeria LNG’s facility on Bonny Island.
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How full is full?
Imagine that you are filling a cryogenic tank sitting on weight scales. You fill it to the proper fill density from a tank supplying very cold zero psi liquid and record the weight. You then use your Superman X-ray vision and make a mark on the outside of the tank ...
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New US LNG export projects face stiff headwinds
Like many businesses, the US liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry spent most of 2020 in a state of financial quarantine. As Covid-19 spread through gas-importing nations in Europe and Asia, global LNG demand fell, prices plummeted – and major US liquefaction facilities stood mostly idle for the summer, their capacity ...
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Key to many cryogenic processes
Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers (BAHX) play an important role in cryogenics and are the most compact and energy efficient heat exchangers available for handling a wide range of services. They are particularly valued for their relatively high thermal efficiency, compactness, low weight and low maintenance. BAHX provide low capital, installation, ...
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Cryogenic solutions
Cryogenic solutions are used throughout the entire clean fuels value chain – from production to distribution – and are pivotal to the use of storage tanks and transportation infrastructure for fuels like liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquid hydrogen. Acme Cryogenics is a leading supplier of products and services in ...
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Computers Unlimited Users Group recap
Computers Unlimited (CU), developers of TIMS Software, recently hosted their annual Users Group Conference delivering both live and virtual experiences. The hybrid conferences created the opportunity for TIMS users to discuss the newest capabilities to the current software, new product development, and user led forums for planning of future developments.
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Company profile: Chromatotec
Since its founding in 1986, Chromatotec has been designing instruments for gas quality control. Family-owned Chromatotec started its journey in France, but has since launched a North American subsidiary based in Houston, which has been active since 2001, and opened an office in Beijing, China.
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Interview: Chart Industries CEO Jill Evanko on LNG landscape
If you take a look at some of the new LNG (liquefied natural gas) export projects in the US over the next year, chances are Chart Industries played a significant part in what you see. Chart has positioned itself firmly in the clean energy and fuels space with hydrogen and ...
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Making the biogas and energy transition with membrane technology
Renewable natural gas, also called RNG or biomethane, is an important building block in the renewable energy mix, alongside solar and wind technology. RNG enables the repurposing of organic waste, which contributes to a circular economy and provides a solution to becoming carbon neutral. For years, Europe has played a ...
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Get to know biogas
Atlas Copco breaks down biogas and its potential for gasworld readers in this article, explaining how its compressors, oxygen generators, blowers, vacuum pumps and industrial chillers are utilized in turning waste into green energy. Atlas Copco has a RNG compressor rebuild shop in Dallas and packages systems in Houston.
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GAWDA Annual Convention recap
The contagious atmosphere of the Spring Management Conference (SMC) continued among distributors and suppliers where friendships and relationships were renewed in person at the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) Annual Convention (AC) at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Biogas sources present CO2 opportunities
In some global markets, biogas is the common source of methane, otherwise called natural gas, which is used to heat our homes, supply industry with a combustible fuel, and a feedstock agent.