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F
ertilizer companies
are making the switch to
integrally-geared compressors.
The reasons are clear: they can
offer excellent efficiency and help cut energy costs.
A growing number of applications are taking advantage of the
unique characteristics of high-pressure, supercritical CO
2
. From new
types of polymers and more efficient biofuels to boosting oil and gas
yields from underperforming reservoirs, the industrial uses of supercritical
CO
2
are expanding rapidly.
The interest in pioneering and
more established CO
2
applications is
good news for fertilizer producers,
who use the gas as part of their
feedstock for synthesising urea.
Demand for technologies to
efficiently and conveniently
produce larger amounts
of high-pressure CO
2
have
Frank Wiebe, Atlas
Copco Gas and Process,
Germany,
takes a closer
look at integral gear
technology and explains
the benefits it offers.
