Sustainability at Air Products
At Air Products, people thrive on
solving tough challenges. Customers in more than 30 industries are more
productive, energy efficient and sustainable with our gases, materials,
technology solutions and the deep understanding and expertise we bring
to them.
Today, Air Products:
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Is a leading supplier of oxygen for combustion,
significantly improving efficiency and decreasing fuel consumption in
metals, glass and cement manufacturing;
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Is the world’s leading producer of hydrogen,
enabling refiners to convert sour crude into low-sulfur, cleaner-burning
fuel;
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Has unequaled experience supplying massive-scale
oxygen systems for solid fuel combustion and oil/coal
gasification;
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Is a leading provider of liquefied natural gas
technology and equipment, enabling stranded natural gas to be
transported to countries where it provides cleaner burning
energy;
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Is a global provider of specialty gases and
materials for electronics devices and solar energy
production;
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Is a leader in Performance materials for
environmentally friendly coatings and adhesives.
We continue to invest in both internal and external
R&D. Chief among the sustainable products and services Air Products
is active in developing are:
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Combustion applications in aluminum production that
reduce the energy requirements in industrial furnaces, better control
heating patterns, and yield higher furnace efficiencies;
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Improved designs for large oxygen plants vital in
gasification facilities that maximize efficiency and lower plant
cost;
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Technology to reduce by up to 30% the power required
to produce oxygen in applications such as gasification; and
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A suite of specialized CO2 capture technologies to
enable cost-effective and environmentally sound CO2 capture,
purification, and compression that will be suitable for various forms of
geological storage.
Likewise, we are committed to continually improving
our own efficiencies and acting on additional emission reduction
opportunities. Our environmental goal include:
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Reduce greenhouse gases by 7% indexed against
production by 2015 as compared with 2007;
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Reduce energy consumption 7% indexed against
production by 2015 for ASUs and HyCO over a 2007 baseline;
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Reduce controllable water consumption 10% globally
by 2015 over 2009; and
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Reduce the company fleet’s NOx/particulate
matter by 10%—and CO2 by 2%—by 2015 over 2009.
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