Whether used in the processes or given off as by-products, industrial gases are found in a variety of refinery applications, as Rob Cockerill finds out.
The subject of refining lends itself to a diverse range of industries, from oil refinery or metallurgy refinery, to natural gas processing plants and even coal-to-liquids projects.
As with most industrial gas applications, there exists a plethora of gas usages within the far-reaching refinery umbrella. An abundance of usages therefore opens up the application to a whole host of different and, at times, specialty gases.
Perhaps one of the first thoughts to spring to mind when thinking of gases in refining, is the utilisation for inerting and purging purposes.
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