沙特阿拉伯: start-up of the world’s largest carbon monoxide unit

全球一氧化碳需求估计每年均增长约+ 4％。在石油化工业中，一氧化碳主要用于生产乙酸和聚氨酯中间体。

液化空气刚刚委托the world’s largest carbon monoxide unit，把它交给客户，Saudi International Petrochemicals Company(Sipchem). This new carbon monoxide unit is located on the industrial complex of Jubail City, in eastern沙特阿拉伯，靠近阿拉伯海湾。该项目于2006年颁发给空气液化和拉尔吉。

The carbon monoxide unit由液化空气和建筑队伍设计和建造, will have a production capacity of每年335,000吨。生产一氧化碳呼叫的组合very high temperature technologies (+ 1200°C)也低低温温度（-190°C）。Those two processes are mastered by the Group and will be integrated in this very large unit.

The carbon monoxide produced in the unit will primarily serve as feedstock for the production of醋酸used for the production of Polyvinyl Acetate, which has applications in water-based paints, adhesives and in the processing of paper and textiles.

Françoisdarchis., Senior Vice-President Air Liquide Group, in charge of R&D, Advanced Technologies and Engineering & Construction, commented:“建立世界上最大的一氧化碳单位是我们很高兴接受的挑战，我们感谢Sipchem的信任。液化空气团队不断改进技术解决方案，以提高我们单位的效率和可靠性，以满足客户的需求。
我们特别为这座主要的工业综合体纪念碑在吉宾馆的成功感到骄傲。该项目强化了我们在沙特阿拉伯的存在，并再次展示了新兴经济体的潜力，是集团的增长司机之一。“