UIG is a designer, manufacturer and supplier of air separation plants, oxygen plants and nitrogen plants. Universal Industrial Gases plants are sold to industrial manufacturers and to distributors of bulk liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen and liquid argon. Manufacturer and supplier of air separation plants, including oxygen and nitrogen plants and liquefiers, provider of engineering, installation and other field services

Cryogenic Air Separation Plants and Liquid Plants
Producing Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon

Universal Industrial Gases is a designer, manufacturer, supplier and installer of cryogenic air separation plants producing high purity nitrogen, oxygen and argon. In addition to multi-product air separation units, single-product cryogenic oxygen plants and cryogenic nitrogen plants are also available.

UIG air separation plants, nitrogen production plants and oxygen production plants can be linked with stand-alone or fully integrated liquefiers to produce liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen for distribution as bulk merchant liquids or for in-house use. 

UIG merchant liquid products plants and "piggyback" gas and liquid product plants can be designed and built to produce nitrogen and oxygen at virtually any specified combination of gas and liquid production rates through integration of an appropriately sized air separation unit and one or more liquefier units.

  UIG designs and constructs oxygen plants, nitrogen plants, air separation plants and liquefiers
 

Typical Production Capacity Ranges - UIG Cryo Plants

 

Product /

Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity

Plant Type

STPD

MTPD

SCFH

MMSCF/ Mo

Nm3/hr

Nm3/ Month

             
Oxygen 100 - 900 90 - 820

 100,000–900,000

75 - 660

2650 – 24,000

 2,000,000 - 17,500,000
from ASU            
Nitrogen 100 - 2400 90 - 2200

 115,000–2,800,000

84 - 2020

3000 – 72,600

 2,200,000 - 53,000,000
from ASU            
Argon 3 - 45 3 - 41 2400 - 36,300 1.8 - 26.5 65 - 950 46,000 - 700,000
from ASU            
 LOX / LIN Bulk Liquid 100 - 950 90 - 890

110,000 - 1,100,000

83 - 800

3000 - 28,500

2,200,000 - 20,500,000
             

Nitrogen Plt
(Cryogenic)

33 - 170 30 - 160

38,000 – 200,000

28 - 150

1000 - 1,000

730,000 - 3,800,000
             

Oxygen Plt
(Cryogenic)

50 - 140 45 - 125

 50,000 – 140,000

38 - 770

1300 – 3700

1,000,000 - 2,800,000
 

UIG Cryogenic Air Separation Plants and Liquefiers - Standards and Options:

  • UIG plants are designed for minimal operator supervision.  Plants include automated process optimization, remote monitoring and control capabilities, provisions for automatic call-out of support personnel when out of range conditions are encountered, automatic shutdown if potentially unsafe conditions are detected, and automatic activation of backup liquid vaporization systems to maintain continuity of pipeline product deliveries.

  • UIG air separation plants and cryogenic oxygen plants utilize energy efficient dual column technology. 

  • UIG cryogenic nitrogen plants may employ single-column technology to produce nitrogen gas at common distribution pressures without a product compressor.

  • LOX-boil and pumped-LOX cycles are available for oxygen gas production at elevated pressures without an oxygen compressor.

  • UIG air separation plants and cryogenic oxygen plants can be supplied with all-cryogenic argon recovery and purification systems. 

  • Air separation units, cryogenic nitrogen plants and cryogenic oxygen plants can produce a small portion of total product as liquid to maintain the inventory of backup liquid. 

  • When large volumes of liquid nitrogen or oxygen are required, a liquefier unit can be supplied to provide the necessary refrigeration.  

  • "Stand-alone" ASU and liquefier combinations provide operators with the greatest amount of operational flexibility.  This can be a particularly useful option for "piggyback" plants which will produce significant volumes of gas for on-site use. 

  • Fully-integrated liquefier and air separation systems can also be supplied.  This configuration can be the most cost effective choice when most, if not all, of the plant production will be in liquid form. 

All gas and liquid supply systems are optimized to meet customer-specific site requirements in a cost-effective and reliable manner. Variables which impact design of the total supply system include:

  • The number of products required (nitrogen, or oxygen, or nitrogen plus oxygen and  argon)

  • Required product purities

  • Required product delivery pressures

  • Desired range of production rates

  • Daily and long term variations in demand

  • Cost of electric power

UIG Field Services: Installation, Commissioning, and Customer Support

 

The UIG air separation equipment and services supply scope is determined by customer needs and preferences.

New plants can be purchased FOB manufacturing sites, or with UIG installation, commissioning and other services; up to full turkey installation with commissioning, operator training and ongoing support services. 

 
Links to related information:
 
 UIG New Plant Supply Overview Engineering Services Reconditioned Plants Air Separation Technology Overview UCG Onsite Gas Supply
 

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

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

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