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    Oxygen is an odorless, colorless, and reactive gas. Oxygen is critical to life itself. It also plays a fundamental role in combustion and oxidation reactions. It is instrumental in a wide variety of applications ranging from metal production and fabrication, drinking and wastewater treatment, to healthcare.

    What are safety hazards associated when working with liquid or gaseous oxygen?

    Working in an environment with too much or too little oxygen is hazardous. An oxygen enriched atmosphere significantly increases the risk of fire or explosion. An oxygen deficient atmosphere increases the risk of asphyxiation. One critical safeguard when working with oxygen is the use of monitors to detect an oxygen enriched or deficient atmosphere.  

    Safety is a core value and embedded in everything we do at Messer. We are committed to the safe use of our products and set working standards that protect the safety and health of our customers, our people, and our communities. Here are some resources to find out more information on oxygen safety:

    Why Use Messer for Your Oxygen Applications?

    We support our customers with oxygen equipment solutions backed by a robust, nationwide distribution network available via bulk truck delivery, pipeline, or on-site production. 

    • Over 125 years of proven experience in the safe, dependable production and delivery of oxygen and other industrial gases.
    • Innovative, turnkey equipment solutions that help improve safety, efficiency, and throughput while reducing labor and carbon footprint.
    • Deep understanding of industry-specific standards earned from working on hundreds of technical industrial gas projects freeing you to focus on other priorities.
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    The OXIPYR LEAF burners have resulted in significant improvements in our operations. Messer’s team was extremely helpful in training our operators on how to best use the new technology, allowing us to achieve our production targets.
    Joseph Wetzel, Plant Manager, Custom Alloy
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    "To meet the increasing demand for our copper products, we needed to improve refractory life on our Melting Furnace. Working with Messer was a collaborative process. From Messer’s assistance with burner repositioning, equipment tuning, melting know-how, and process optimization, we’ve seen a significant improvement in refractory life and daily operations."
    Ray Ribar, Senior Process Engineer, Hussey Copper
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    “I’ve never seen approvals that quickly – ever. The whole project was approved within a week... [Installing a new bulk medical oxygen station] would’ve taken months to a year in a normal situation. [Messer was] provided the opportunity to help a lot of people and they were thrilled about it. It was a huge win all around.”
    Virtair owner, Will Wasserman
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    Liquid Oxygen Specifications

    Liquid Oxygen SpecificationsDo you need additional specifications? No problem. Simply contact us. 

    Technologies and Applications Using Oxygen

    Oxygen is used for many industries by enhancing process efficiency, supporting critical chemical reactions, and enabling cleaner operations. Its use helps improve product quality while reducing environmental impact and energy consumption.

    Air, Water & Environmental

    Oxygen can be used in OXIPYR® oxy fuel systems or with oxygen enrichment to increase throughput in the metals, cement, chemical, and other manufacturing industries.

    Up to 95% reduction in NOx emissions: Messer’s eNOx™ abatement technology coupled with OXYCYCLE is a low-temperature, ammonia-free, end-of-pipe retrofit alternative.

    Messer’s BIOX™ family of injectors and flow skids can help remove biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) to meet relevant environmental regulations. This also includes for the pulp and paper industry.

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    Ozone-based applications for water treatment, mineral and pulp bleaching, and NOx removal continue to proliferate, but traditional oxygen-ozone conversion processes are inefficient, converting only a small percentage of the oxygen input. Messer’s OXYCYLE™ solution can help, recovering up to 60% of the oxygen used in ozone generation. Watch this video for more information.

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    Aquaculture

    FARMOX™ oxygenation systems give aquaculture production facilities the ability to control and supplement oxygen levels in the water for higher stocking densities, lower fish mortality, and faster growth rates.

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    Chemicals & Energy

    Messer boosts the efficiency of oxidization-based processes while lowering carbon footprint. We help increase production with oxygen enrichment for fluid catalytic crackers (FCC), sulfur and sulfuric acid recovery and even agricultural fertilizer. For up to 95% reduction in NOx emissions, eNOx is a low-temperature, ammonia-free, end-of-pipe retrofit alternative for NOx emission abatement.
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    Electronics & Specialty Gases

    A critical material in the semiconductor manufacturing process, ultra-high purity oxygen is used as an oxidizing agent for silicon oxide layer growth. In addition, it is used as a co-reactant in deposition and etch processes. Industrial grade oxygen is also used as an oxidizer in the hazardous waste abatement process.

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    Food

    Oxygen is used in Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) to extend the shelf life of poultry, red meat, seafood, and bakery products.

    Healthcare

    Messer is a trusted medical bulk oxygen supplier to over 1,000 hospitals nationwide supported by more than 30 production facilities backed by timely service and technical know-how. Messer successfully maintained bulk supply during peak demands of 3-8 times baseline demand during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the Messer healthcare team is committed to helping healthcare facilities prepare for future supply challenges during demand surges or natural disasters so they can improve the security of their medical gas supply. For example, during the initial Spring 2020 COVID-19 surge, Messer installed a permanent medical bulk oxygen system in three weeks in Brooklyn, NY. Messer’s comprehensive “Design, Build, Provide” platform features design, turnkey installation and project management for NFPA-compliant bulk medical gas installations from our plant to your patients.
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    Metals

    Messer’s OXIPYR® oxy fuel systems harness oxygen to boost throughput and reduce carbon footprint in metal production (including aluminum, iron & steel, and other non-ferrous metals). 

    For example:

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    Manufacturing & Industrial

    Oxygen use in glass production to increase throughput, achieve and maintain high furnace temperatures and reduce CO2 and NOx emission is well established. 
    The common oxygen uses include metal cutting and welding. 
    Oxygen is used in cement manufacturing where higher temperatures achieved using oxygen in combustion can allow use of a variety of alternate and bio-fuels – such as almond or pistachio shells, or shredded rubber tires – to substitute for more expensive and polluting hydrocarbons. 
    The aerospace industry uses large quantities of liquid oxygen to achieve rocket combustion using hydrogen and other fuels.
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    Oxygen Safety with Messer

    This video shows you how to safely work with Oxygen.

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    Industrial Oxygen Supply Options

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    A Leading Aluminum Recycler Increases Throughput Over 15%

    Achieving higher throughput while lowering emissions for aluminum producers is a serious challenge. This case study details how Custom Alloy Sales Inc. leveraged Messer’s new OXIPYR® LEAF air-oxy fuel technology to further boost output while reducing emissions.

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