Air Separation Plants

There is good news for companies manufacturing and supplying Air Separation Plants (ASP) as the global market is expected to reach USD 5.9 billion by 2026 from 4.5 billion in 2021. The projected growth as per market research Company will be at a CAGR of 4.9% between 2021 and 2026.

According to New Delhi- Sahibabad based Bhartiya Cryogas, India’s leading industrial and medical gas plants manufacturer and supplier, the global market for air separation plants is driven by strong growth in demand, especially from the iron & steel, oil & gas, chemical, healthcare, and other end use industries.

The increasing demand from the healthcare end-use industry has also driven the major market growth. The medical oxygen demand for uses such as anaesthesia and critical care has increased as complications arise following COVID-19 pandemic that causes lung damage to a large number of patients across the world.

Air separation plants are used for the production of fine medical oxygen and CO2, which are critical for medical procedures in hospitals. Installation of air separation plants on a site basis is gaining importance with COVID-19 pandemic leading to an urgent need for oxygen in low and middle income countries.

The report analysed that the global air separation plant market is on rise due to abundance in use of utility gases in the manufacturing industries. It is used as chemical building blocks and in other processes such as metallurgy, ceramics production, and coatings.

Governments across the world has been undertaking political reforms that have fueled middle class growth with increased disposable income. Rapid urbanisation has led to growth in demand for consumer goods which requires more manufacturing units. Even vehicles and transportation equipment need nitrogen for tires, brakes, and engine coolant. Aircrafts use oxygen for combustion in jet engines. And, steel plants require argon for electric arc furnaces to remove impurities from molten steel as well as nitrogen during treatment of ladle metal prior to pouring into moulds.

The market is also driven by the development of new technologies and increasing industrialization in developing economies such as Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the US, and Germany. Moreover, high market penetration of air separation plants in developed economies such as the U.S., Canada, and Germany is expected to bolster the air separation plants market.

Air Separation Plant Market, By Process

Cryogenic

Non-cryogenic

Pressure Swing Adsorption

Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption

Membrane Separation

Air Separation Plant Market, By Gas

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Argon

Others

Air Separation Plants Market, By End-use Industry

Iron & Steel

Oil & Gas

Chemical

Healthcare

Others

Air Separation Plant Market, By Region

Asia Pacific

North America

Europe

Middle East

Africa

South America

Pressurised air is the most abundant source of industrial gases, which is made up of several gases like oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. It utilises an air compressor to provide compressed atmospheric air. The compressed air that is obtained from the desiccants is then conveyed to the regeneration column for further treatment with a dryer or a reboiler along with water to provide high purity oxygen and nitrogen.

Air separation plants are tuned based on their production capacity and can be categorised into small (10,000 Nm3/h).

We produce highly pure gases from atmospheric air. Air is compressed, chilled and then liquefied by the pressure of a centrifuge. The lower pressure gas is allowed to expand so that the lighter gas phases (oxygen, nitrogen and argon) evaporate first their vapours condensing on cold surfaces of pipes. The liquid phase is then drained off as it becomes less and less enriched in oxygen, nitrogen and/or argon, while the remaining gaseous phase is pumped to the next stage or to an intermediate tank in which further evaporation takes place. This process continues until purity requirements are reached.

It ranges in size from small plants that can produce 250,000 cubic feet per day (cf/d) of high purity oxygen to large multistage plants producing more than 11,000,000 cf/d of oxygen. Regardless of size, all plants use the same separation method that utilises chilled ammonia as a process fluid.

Air separation plants include Nitrogen Plant, Oxygen Plant, Compressor, Water Cooler and etc.It was designed and supplied a complete range of Air Separation Plants for our domestic clients in the Indian market and are exporting Air Separation Plants to Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia and Africa.

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