Partnerships for purer air [ Return towards  An innovative company  ]

In 2008, as one of the leaders of the ULCOS (Ultra Low CO₂ Steelmaking) project, along with the foremost European steelmaker, Air Liquide continued a largescale experiment in Sweden that began in 2007. The project involves testing a pilot plant for the separation of CO₂ from smokestack gases, a process that avoids their atmospheric dispersal (for example, by stocking them underground).

The Group is also continuing its work on the oxycombustion process that aims to replace the air in industrial furnaces with oxygen. The goals: obtaining more effective combustion and generating less polluting emissions, while facilitating the separation of CO₂. Air Liquide is testing this process in partnership with Callide Oxyfuel Services (Australia) and Total (France).

Moreover, the Group has teamed with the American SME Nitrocision to develop the Nitrojet^TM solution: a cleaning system that uses high-pressure liquid nitrogen, cleaning any surface without producing effluents. This innovative process notably allows for the “clean” dismantling of nuclear power plants.