Published Articles
Greenhouse gases are on the rise, and likely will worsen significantly under the new administration
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | May 9, 2025. Rising carbon emissions are one of humanity’s greatest threats—as well as to the ecosystems, and our fellow creatures on earth. As of late, the world has reached an atmospheric CO2 content of around...
Medical Applications for Carbon Dioxide Today
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | October 2018 (gasworld US Edition). As the most prevalent greenhouse gas found on earth, carbon dioxide (CO2) has many applications from medical uses, to food processing, to beverage carbonation, and to a wide range...
New CO2 Applications
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | September 2019 (gasworld). The carbon dioxide (CO2) industry expands organically, at around 3% annually in some markets. The best way to grow more rapidly in the industry is via the development and implementation of...
Carbon Dioxide — Sourcing Supply and Opportunities from Ethanol Projects
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | November 2016 (gasworld Supplement). Ethanol is the single-largest by-product source of carbon dioxide (CO2) supplying the merchant CO2 industry in the US. The technology for purification, liquefaction, and supplying...
Helium and Carbon Dioxide — What and Where is the Potential?
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | June 2016 (gasworld Supplement). While this gasworld supplement is primarily dedicated to the subject of helium, I am describing opportunities in the carbon dioxide (CO2) industry, with insight into the Air Products...
Renewed Interest in Power Plant CO2 Emissions
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | June 6, 2024. As a leading CO2 consultant, with over 35 years of experience as a consultant; further backed by years in the merchant CO2 industry, and my background as a chemist, I am uniquely qualified to provide...
Carbon Dioxide and Modified Gas Packaging Applications in the Food Industry
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | April 8, 2024 (Jim Lane, The Digest). Of the most interesting applications in the carbon dioxide industry, and perhaps the most versatile, is also the food industry, from dry ice applications, to various liquid...
4 Minutes With… Sam A. Rushing, President of Advanced Cryogenics
by Jim Lane, The Digest | February 24, 2015. Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. The company has supported the development and/or reevaluation of subjects for many or today’s CO2 plants from biofuels; with work supporting one of...
A Merchant Take on the Carbon Dioxide Industry
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | June 16, 2023 (Ethanol Producer Magazine). The global merchant CO2 industry supports about 22 million metric tons of consumption annually. The U.S. is responsible for 40 percent of that volume, with the ethanol...
Advanced Cryogenics: All About Carbon Dioxide
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | February 2016 (gasworld). Advanced Cryogenics Ltd. has celebrated 26+ years as a major carbon dioxide (CO2) and cryogenic gas consulting practice. The company caters to all types of allied industries from industrial...