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Carbon Dioxide - CO2 - Recovery & Liquefaction


UIG supplies complete carbon dioxide recovery, purification and liquefaction plants on an equipment sale or turnkey basis.  In addition to core process equipment, UIG supplies carbon dioxide storage tanks, installation, startup, operations, maintenance and product marketing/ sales services. 

Capturing and producing carbon dioxide as a commercial product requires that it be recovered and purified from a relatively high-volume, CO2-rich gas stream; typically streams contains a high percentage of carbon dioxide created as an unavoidable byproduct. The most common sources of carbon dioxide feedstock to commercially viable liquid carbon dioxide plants are hydrogen plants, ammonia plants, corn-to-ethanol plants, and breweries. 

Stack gases from simple combustion sources (process heaters, boilers or power plants) are not good candidates for commercial recovery due to the low concentration of CO2 and the presence of undesirable compounds which may create taste, odor, or even health issues if not completely removed.    
 
 

UIG Custom-designed plants recover, purify and liquefy CO2

 
This corn-to-ethanol plant, located in Wisconsin, includes a UIG-supplied and installed liquid CO2 plant designed for recovery of up to 250 tons per day of CO2.
UIG supplies carbon dioxide plants to recover CO2 from high-purity or low-purity feed streams generated by sources such as ammonia, ethanol or hydrogen plants. Feed gas clean-up technologies include amine, PSA and membrane systems.   UIG-supplied 250 tpd liquid CO2 plant installed alongside a corn-to-ethanol plant in Wisconsin.
 
The UIG-supplied liquid CO2 production equipment installed in Poland

UIG supplied this 100 metric ton per day UIG liquid CO2 plant to a company in Poland which produces food grade liquid carbon dioxide from a CO2-rich feed stream generated by an adjacent ammonia plant.  UIG-supplied process equipment purifies the gas stream, then liquefies it for sale.  A portion of the product is used to carbonate soft drinks.  

In addition to supplying the equipment and utility systems, UIG provided  commissioning services and startup assistance to plant operations personnel. 

 
UIG will provide a complete carbon dioxide production plant tailored to your needs.  UIG can supply a wide range of equipment to complement the feed purification and CO2 liquefaction equipment; including CO2 storage tanks, dry ice presses, CO2 vapor recovery systems, loading pumps, vaporizers and cylinder filling systems.
 

UIG Commercial arrangements and partnerships

 
Plants may be supplied as equipment sales, such as the 100 mtpd liquid CO2 plant supplied to a customer in Poland, or as fully installed (turnkey) plants, such as the 250 TPD liquid carbon dioxide plant built near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. 
 

Contact UIG for more information
 
Call UIG at the telephone number shown below, fax us, or click on the "Contact Us" button to send us information about your needs via the internet. 

Universal Industrial Gases, Inc.
2200 Northwood Ave. Suite 3
Easton, Pennsylvania 18045-2239 USA

Phone (610) 559-7967 Fax (610) 515-0945

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