Published Articles
Changing CO2 Demands in the Food Business
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | March 5, 2014 (gasworld). The US carbon dioxide (CO2) industry maintains a heavy and probably predominant use over most other applications for the product in the food industry at large, particularly in large...
The Changing Face and Perception of CO2
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | April 2, 2014 (gasworld). Carbon dioxide is ever more a green-natured agent when applied in a growing number of industries. It is often difficult to think of carbon dioxide as a green chemical or gas, when at first...
Carbon Dioxide: Sourcing Trends in the US
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | April 30, 2014 (gasworld). By various accounts, today the US has up to 112 sources for carbon dioxide (CO2), generally speaking of the merchant market, however some of these sources are argued to be dormant, or...
The Global Carbon Dioxide Market in 2014
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | July 30, 2014 (gasworld). The global merchant market has been defined to be ‘around 20 million metric tons per year’ in capacity over the last few years. However, I would estimate this market to exceed 20 million...
Regional Markets Extra: Brazil Taking a Lead in CO2 From Fermentation
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | July 30, 2014 (gasworld). Since the global recession, many world markets with significant ethanol resources, such as the Americas, have consolidated and numerous dormant plants have been sold – in some cases for...
LNG and the CO2 Business – What Impact?
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | April 29, 2015 (gasworld). The carbon dioxide (CO2) industry continues to evolve in the US and internationally. Specific to the US, the acquisition of EPCO Carbon Dioxide by Air Products and the further purchase of...
The CO2 Business – Challenges and Requirements Through to 2020
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | July 1, 2015 (gasworld). In many ways, 2020 sounds like a long way off, but we all know how rapidly five years passes – this represents almost no time at all in some ways. As things go in the carbon dioxide (CO2) and...
Carbon Dioxide – The Market in 2015
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | July 1, 2015 (gasworld). In the US, some estimates indicate a carbon dioxide (CO2) demand of about 9.2 million short tons for the merchant market, where the largest sector of demand is food processing, estimated to...
CO2 Applications in Food and Beverages – An Update
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | August 5, 2015 (gasworld). Carbon dioxide (CO2) usage in the food and beverage sector is a major component of the merchant CO2 industry, and has been for many decades. The applications in the food sector, of course,...
Trends in Carbon Dioxide Liquefaction and Purification
by Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. | October 28, 2015 (gasworld). With few exceptions, carbon dioxide (CO2) delivered to most markets is in a liquid form, and when producing most product for most of the markets, purification is also an essential...