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| Market segment |
Application | Impact on environmental protection | ||
| Food | ||||
| Food | Atmospheres | |||
| Food | Modified atmospheres | low | ||
| Food | Inerting/Sparging | medium | ||
| Food | Other atmosphere processes | medium | ||
| Food | Freezing & cooling | |||
| Food | Freezing of food | low | ||
| Food | Cooling of food | low | ||
| Food | Transport cooling | medium | ||
| Food | Other freezing/cooling processes | medium | ||
| Food | Dry ice | |||
| Food | Dry ice-related courier systems | medium | ||
| Food | Dry ice-related catering systems | low | ||
| Food | Other dry ice applications | low | ||
| Food | Fish farming | high | ||
| Food | Others | |||
| Food | Hydrogenation | low | ||
| Food | Carbonation | medium | ||
| Food | Fertilizing | medium | ||
| Food | Dispensing beverages | low | ||
| Food | Dissolving of gases in water | low | ||
| Food | Stunning | low | ||
| Food | Ozone applications Food | medium | ||
| P&P1/Special Projects | ||||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Textile cleaning | high | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Parts cleaning | high | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Chemical pulp production and bleaching | high | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Pulp wash | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Recycled fibers | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Oxygen in recovery boiler/capacity increase | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Oxygen in lime kiln/causticizing | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Soap acidulation | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Mechanical pulp production and bleaching | low | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | ADALKA process stabilizer | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | CODIP process improver | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | GRAFICO calcium carbonate saver | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Improved dewatering in paper machine | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | pH control in paper machine short circulation | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Others: Pulp & paper | medium | ||
| P&P/SpecialProjects | Hard coating/Lacquering of plastics (CC300, CC1200) | low | ||
| Chemistry | ||||
| Chemistry | Refineries & petrochemistry | |||
| Chemistry | Homogeneous oxidation | low | ||
| Chemistry | Heterogeneous oxidation | low | ||
| Chemistry | Hydrogenation | high | ||
| Chemistry | Gasification | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Claus process | high | ||
| Chemistry | Industrial service | |||
| Chemistry | Pigging and displacement | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Cleaning of furnaces/pipes/pipelines with nitrogen-abrasive mixtures |
medium | ||
| Chemistry | Drying of industrial plants | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Leak detection/Pressure testing | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Pipe freezing | low | ||
| Chemistry | Catalyst cooling | low | ||
| Chemistry | Dry ice blasting | high | ||
| Chemistry | Plastic processing | |||
| Chemistry | Gas injection molding | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Plastic injection molding | low | ||
| Chemistry | Foaming of plastic material | high | ||
| Chemistry | Microcellular foaming of plastic material | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Extrusion of plastics | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Blow molding | low | ||
| Chemistry | Cryogenic polishing | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Cryogenic grinding and crushing | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Rubber industry | |||
| Chemistry | Vulcanizing of rubber | high | ||
| Chemistry | Deflashing of rubber | low | ||
| Chemistry | Cryogenic grinding of scrap tires | high | ||
| Chemistry | Cooling of hoses | low | ||
| Chemistry | Debonding | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Tire inflation/filling | low | ||
| Chemistry | Construction industry | |||
| Chemistry | Ground freezing | high | ||
| Chemistry | Concrete cooling | low | ||
| Chemistry | Cooling of asphalt | low | ||
| Chemistry | Prestressed steel conservation | low | ||
| Chemistry | Water treatment an environment applications | |||
| Chemistry | Condensation of volatile substances | high | ||
| Chemistry | Neutralization of waste water | high | ||
| Chemistry | Waste water treatment with Lindox® process | high | ||
| Chemistry | Capacity increase of waste water treatment plants | high | ||
| Chemistry | Aerobic sealing | high | ||
| Chemistry | Wet oxidation/Super critical water oxidation | high | ||
| Chemistry | Corrosion and odor control in sewers | high | ||
| Chemistry | Odor control in waste water treatment plants | high | ||
| Chemistry | Treatment of soil and solid waste | high | ||
| Chemistry | Removal of water contents by biological filtration | high | ||
| Chemistry | Hardening of drinking water | high | ||
| Chemistry | Adjustment of the lime/CO2 balance | high | ||
| Chemistry | Adjustment of pH in drinking water treatment process | high | ||
| Chemistry | Autotrophic denitrification of drinking water | high | ||
| Chemistry | Conditioning of process water with O2 | high | ||
| Chemistry | Oxygen removal from process water | high | ||
| Chemistry | pH control of swimming pool water | high | ||
| Chemistry | Oxygen-enrichment in lakes and rivers | high | ||
| Chemistry | Well regeneration with Fresh Flow® | high | ||
| Chemistry | Deliming & dehairing of leather | high | ||
| Chemistry | Bleaching of textiles | high | ||
| Chemistry | Recycling (cryogenic) | high | ||
| Chemistry | Ozonation | high | ||
| Chemistry | Fine chemistry and pharmaceutical industry | |||
| Chemistry | Inerting, purging and blanketing | low | ||
| Chemistry | Acetylene for specialty & fine chemical production | low | ||
| Chemistry | Reactor & process cooling | low | ||
| Chemistry | Production of solid particles from melts | low | ||
| Chemistry | Other applications | |||
| Chemistry | Fire protection | high | ||
| Chemistry | Pyrolysis | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Pest control/Fumigation | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Shrink fitting | low | ||
| Chemistry | Cooling during machining | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Cool smoke production | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Paint removal (cryogenic) | high | ||
| Chemistry | Cold2Move/Lab2Lab | low | ||
| Chemistry | UV/EB-curing | medium | ||
| Chemistry | Deburring of metal workpieces (thermally) | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | ||||
| Manufacturing Industry | MIG & MAG Welding (GMAW) | |||
| Manufacturing Industry | MIG & MAG Welding: Mild steel | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | MIG & MAG Welding: Stainless steel, nickel base | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | MIG & MAG Welding: Aluminum | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | MIG & MAG Welding: Other | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | TIG Welding (GTAW) | |||
| Manufacturing Industry | TIG Welding: Mild steel | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | TIG Welding: Stainless steel, nickel base | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | TIG Welding: Aluminum | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | TIG Welding: Other | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Plasma Arc Welding (PAW) | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Other welding processes | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Backshielding and purging | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Autogenous technique/Cutting | |||
| Manufacturing Industry | Gas welding | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Flame cutting | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Plasma arc cutting | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Flame heating, flame straightening | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Other autogen, plasma | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Flame/Arc brazing | |||
| Manufacturing Industry | Flame brazing | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Arc brazing (MAG, MIG, plasma) | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Thermal spraying | |||
| Manufacturing Industry | Flame spraying | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Plasma spraying | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Others | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | HVOF spraying | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Cold spraying | low | ||
| Manufacturing Industry | Laser beam treatment | |||
| Metal Processing | Laser cutting | low | ||
| Metal Processing | Laser welding | low | ||
| Metal Processing | Other laser beam treatment | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | ||||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Electronics | |||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Wafer fabrication | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Storage & clean room | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Thermal cycling | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Plasma-soldering and -cleaning | medium | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Others: electronic | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Soldering | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Heat treatment | |||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Annealing | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Hardening | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Carburizing | medium | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Decarburization | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Nitriding, nitrocarburizing | medium | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Sintering | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Brazing | medium | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Vacuum & gas quenching | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Sub-zero treatment | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Others: heat treatment | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Nonferrous metals | |||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Ladle preheating | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Oxy lancing and enrichment | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Air/Oxy melting | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Oxy melting in rotary furnaces | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Oxy melting in reverb furnaces | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Oxy melting in other furnaces | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Extrusion | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Refining, purging | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Hydrometallurgy | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Dross cooling | medium | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Flash smelting, roasting | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Melt protection | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Glass melting | |||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Oxygen enrichment & lancing | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Oxygen boosting/Oxy fuel boosting | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | All oxy fuel | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Special melting | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Glass forming and processing | |||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Inerting | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Surface coating | high | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Flame treatment/Fire polishing | medium | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Reheating | low | ||
| Metallurgy & Glass | Filling etc. | low | ||
| Metallurgy | ||||
| Metallurgy | Iron & steel | |||
| Metallurgy | Reduction | low | ||
| Metallurgy | Melting | medium | ||
| Metallurgy | Primary refining | high | ||
| Metallurgy | Reheating | low | ||
| Metallurgy | Secondary metallurgy & casting | high | ||
| Metallurgy | Preheating | low | ||
| Metallurgy | Recycling | high |
| A significant number of gas applications have a positive impact on the environment. This list enumerates all the applications with an environmental dimension, together with a rating of their contribution to environmental protection (low, medium, high). | |
| 1 | “P&P” stands for “Pulp and Paper.” |