Air Separation Plants (ASPs) are vital for supplying oxygen in the medical industry

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Dec

Air Separation Plants (ASPs) are vital for supplying oxygen in the medical industry

Imran Khan

Air Separation Plants (ASPs) are vital for supplying the medical industry with its' most important product – oxygen. Oxygen is produced by passing compressed air through a membrane or filter, and removing most of the nitrogen to generate pure oxygen. The Oxygen purity is usually >= 99.8%, and can be further refined to medical grade oxygen (99.999%) for use in hospitals and other medical facilities. This critical production step supplies two thirds of all oxygen used in the United States every year.

Air Separation Plants produce the highest purity oxygen and nitrogen that the medical industry requires. Nitrogen is vital for various medical functions and is also used in numerous products. Both components are produced by air separation through the process of fractional distillation, which can be used to separate other gasses including argon, CO2 and rare gasses when needed.

The COVID19 pandemic has resulted in a strong demand for medical oxygen for the treatment of critically ill patients. The COVID19 induced logistic disruptions resulted in a shortage of medical oxygen across low and middle income countries of the world.

This vacuum created profitable opportunities to install air separation plants on site, to overcome shortfalls. As a result, the air separation plant market is witnessing increased demand from the healthcare end-use industry.

Air separation plants serve as an alternative to costly medical Oxygen plant exporter, and are installed at the point of use. Historically, control rooms have been equipped with pressure-compensated air separation plants and liquid oxygen generators, used in concert with oxygen analyzers to monitor pressure and flow rate. As a result, the market is currently experiencing steady growth.

The air separation plant is also used to supply ambient air, oxygen-enriched air and nitrogen enriched air. It separates air into its constituent gasses by use of molecular sieves and membranes under moderate vacuum and temperature.

The air separation plant market is growing due to installation of on-site medical oxygen plants and generators. Installing separate oxygen plants over a huge area may be a costly approach. This is why the oxygen separation has been introduced in a single unit, which is operated at pharmaceutical and healthcare company plants.

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High purity air is essential in a wide range of applications such as power generation, the production of steel and the manufacture of chemicals. As a leader in industrial gas equipment, #BhartiyaCryogas offers vast experience in supplying complete air separation equipment solutions, including compressors and gas purification units to achieve better performance and reduced operating costs.

There is growing demand for air separation plants due to the rising requirement for industrial gasses across various industries such as oil & gas, chemical, and healthcare. The global market for air separation plants is projected to reach USD 5.9 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 4.9% between 2021 and 2026.

The increasing industrialization worldwide is projected to drive demand for air separation plants. Rising petrochemical & chemical industries, growing healthcare, and increasing production of iron & steel and oil & gas are driving the global market. Air separation plants have been used in various industries across the globe, including the chemical industry, oil & gas industry, medical manufacturing, agriculture, and process industry.