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Oxygen
An essential gas for metals production operations
Oxygen is required for any combustion process. By supplementing or replacing combustion air with oxygen, overall combustion can be improved through increased heat transfer, higher flame temperatures, and reduced volume of flue gases. As a result, you can achieve greater fuel efficiencies and increase production rates by implementing oxygen injection, enrichment or full oxy-fuel combustion.
Overview
Oxygen can be used in a wide range of applications in all phases of metals production, including:
- Roasting and smelting
- Preheating
- Melting and refining
- Decarburization
- Post combustion
- Leaching
to provide numerous benefits such as:
- Promoting beneficial refining reactions
- Reducing impurities
- Increasing productivity and yield
- Reducing electricity consumption
- Easing baghouse loading
- Reducing fuel/raw materials costs
Oxygen Supply Options
Cylinders & Hard Goods
The traditional solution for low-volume gas supply. Cylinders can be supplied in a full range of sizes, pressures and gas purities for a range of gases and gas mixtures. Search our extensive network of distributors in the U.S. and parts of Canada for your cylinder and hard goods supply needs.
CryoEase® Microbulk Solutions
A convenient and cost-effective solution for larger operations. CryoEase® tanks are available in a range of sizes. The CryoEase® service simplifies your gas supply by eliminating the need to handle cylinders, stock taking and ordering.
Bulk Supply
Delivered by truck and stored on your site either as a liquid in cryogenic tanks or as a gas in high-pressure tubes based on your volume, desired pressure, purity level, flow rate, and operating pattern.
APEX Temporary Emergency Gas Services
Short-term or emergency industrial gas supply for start-ups, peak demand periods, planned or unplanned maintenance activities, and plant or pipeline turnarounds.
On-site Oxygen Gas Generation
On-site gas generation helps sustainability-minded customers lower their carbon footprint, boost energy efficiency, increase throughput, enhance end product quality, and improve environmental performance.
Pipeline Supply
Located in major industrial locations around the world, pipelines offer customers with large product demands a range of benefits, including reliable, safe and flexible supply in a cost-effective way.
Cryogenic Air Separation Plants
Air Products currently owns and operates over 300 air separation plants in over 40 countries worldwide, in all types of applications. In addition to our own plants, we have sold, designed and built over 1000 air separation plants globally.
SDS Library
Our Safety Data Sheet (SDS) library allows you to search and find the SDS you need--in the language you select.
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Convert weight and volume measures for nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen, helium, and carbon dioxide as well as liquefied natural gas (LNG).