Chemicals
Air Liquide has extensive experience with world-class chemical companies across the world. To meet the diverse needs of the chemical industry, we provide industrial gases in varying volumes and supply modes, as well as a range of specialty gas calibration standards and carrier gases to aid regulatory compliance, quality and process control. Our range of products, technologies and services will help you operate safely, efficiently and in a sustainable way.
Turn-key solutions for large-scale chemical producers
Air Liquide’s integrated value proposition for large-scale chemical manufacturers includes the stable long-term supply of industrial gases, specialty gas calibration standards for analysis, process control and environmental compliance, and a range of proprietary production and processing technologies. Air Liquide Global Engineering & Construction (E&C) Solutions – a technology partner of choice for the design, engineering and construction of leading-edge processing facilities and related infrastructures worldwide – offers a full suite of customisable solutions for the chemicals industry to help you optimise and integrate processes with smarter and efficient technologies.
Turn-key solutions for large-scale chemical producers
Air Liquide’s integrated value proposition for large-scale chemical manufacturers includes the stable long-term supply of industrial gases, specialty gas calibration standards for analysis, process control and environmental compliance, and a range of proprietary production and processing technologies. Air Liquide Global Engineering & Construction (E&C) Solutions – a technology partner of choice for the design, engineering and construction of leading-edge processing facilities and related infrastructures worldwide – offers a full suite of customisable solutions for the chemicals industry to help you optimise and integrate processes with smarter and efficient technologies.
Chemicals Value Chain Steps
BASIC CHEMICALS
Our gases are used in various stages of converting basic chemicals and intermediates to make ethylene oxide, ethylene, chlorine, sodium hydroxide, vinyl chloride monomer and ethylene dichloride. We supply oxygen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide for use as chemical feedstocks.
Additionally, we supply many calibration standards to help you identify impurities in materials before production begins and to aid in environmental compliance, including hydrocarbon gas and liquid standards, oxygenates and alcohol, liquid olefins and moisture, ammonia and sulfur. To ensure safety and purity, nitrogen is used throughout the entire process for inerting and blanketing.
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions – a technology partner of choice for the design, engineering and construction of leading-edge processing facilities and related infrastructures worldwide – offers a range of industry-leading gasification technologies as well as proprietary Lurgi methanol process technologies.
Inerting, blanketing, drying, purging and stirring
Oxygen enrichment for debottlenecking
Oxygen enrichment in air-fed chemical reactors is designed to minimize mixing distance and prevent high oxygen concentrations near air inlet pipe walls.
Gases
Equipment
The Oxynator, Air Liquide’s gas mixing device using cross-flow radial injection, works to minimise mixing distance and prevent high oxygen concentrations near pipe walls.
Services
We offer a range of on-site services including process analysis and optimisation, installation and start-up support, and inspection and maintenance.
Process cooling
Air Liquide uses liquide nitrogen for temperature control of chemical reactors.
Gases
Services
We offer a range of on-site services including process analysis and optimisation, installation and start-up support, and inspection and maintenance.
Process gas feedstocks
We supply a range of industrial and specialty gases and related equipment and services. Our Global E&C Solutions is a technology partner of choice for the design, engineering and construction of leading-edge facilities, including steam methane reforming (SMR) units and HyOS syngas production units.
Gases
We supply industrial gases as well as gas mixtures, including feedstock purity standards such as sulfurs, ammonia and moisture or water. In addition, a comprehensive inventory of hydrocarbon standards is available.
Equipment
We supply a wide range of gas handling equipment designed to deliver specialty gases safely to your instruments.
Brands
Process equipment cleaning
Gases
Equipment
In addition to our gas offers, we supply equipment for high-pressure nitrogen blasting and dry ice pellet blasting.
Regulatory compliance, quality and process control
Air Liquide supplies industrial gases, custom gas calibration standards and carrier gases including hydrogen, helium and nitrogen. Air Liquide also supplies various gas mixtures to offer innovative solutions.
Gases
Services
Equipment
We supply a wide range gas of handling equipment designed to safely deliver specialty gases to your instruments.
Solvent recovery
Air Liquide's solution provides Nitrogen for cryocondensation of chemicals.
Gases
Services
We offer a range of on-site services including process analysis and optimisation, installation and start-up support and inspection and maintenance.
Wastewater treatment
Air Liquide supplies a range of products, equipment and services for water and waste water treatment for processes like oxygen enrichment and pH control. To explore all of our water treatment offers, visit our environment page.
Gases
Equipment
Services
We offer a range of on-site services including process analysis and optimisation, installation and start-up support, and inspection and maintenance.
FINE CHEMICALS
During this final stage of the value chain, our gas solutions are employed to turn intermediates such as styrene, polyols and bisphenol A into polystyrene, polyurethane and polycarbonate. Calibration standards are available to measure impurities in ethylene oxide production and we also supply specialised liquid blending for custom applications.
We supply oxygen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide for use as chemical feedstocks and other applications. To ensure safety and purity, nitrogen is used throughout entire process for inerting and blanketing.
Inerting / blanketing / drying / purging / stirring
Nitrogen is used to reduce interactions between chemicals and atmospheric gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and water vapor during blanketing, drying, purging and stirring operations. Nitrogen can also be used to pressurize pipes for transfering products.
Gases
Services
Air Liquide’s Industrial Gas Services (IGS) division offers temporary, on-demand bulk nitrogen supply and mobile nitrogen pumping/vaporisation units. We provide a full range of on-site support production to customers requiring a long-term supply of industrial gases.
Brands
Air Liquide’s VESTAL™ system is a customised nitrogen inerting and blanketing solution developed to support product quality and safety. We can produce nitrogen on-site with our state-of-the-art FLOXAL™ supply systems.
Oxygen enrichment for debottlenecking
Oxygen enrichment in air-fed chemical reactors is desgined to minimize mixing distance and prevent high oxygen concentrations near air inlet pipe walls.
Gases
Equipment
The Oxynator, Air Liquide’s gas-gas mixing device using cross-flow radial injection, works to minimise mixing distance and prevent high oxygen concentrations near pipe walls.
Services
We offer a range of on-site services including process analysis and optimisation, installation and start-up support, and inspection and maintenance.
Process cooling
Air Liquide uses liquide nitrogen for temperature control of chemical reactors.
Gases
Services
We offer a range of on-site services including process analysis and optimisation, installation and start-up support, and inspection and maintenance.
Process equipment cleaning
Gases
Equipment
In addition to our gas offers, we supply equipment for high-pressure nitrogen blasting and dry ice pellet blasting.
Process gas feedstocks
We supply a range of industrial and specialty gases and related equipment and services. Our Global E&C Solutions is a technology partner of choice for the design, engineering and construction of leading-edge facilities, including steam methane reforming (SMR) units and HyOS syngas production units.
Gases
We supply industrial gases as well as gas mixtures, including feedstock purity standards such as sulfurs, ammonia and moisture or water. In addition, a comprehensive inventory of hydrocarbon standards is available.
Equipment
We supply a wide range of gas handling equipment designed to deliver specialty gases safely to your instruments.
Brands
Regulatory compliance, quality and process control
Air Liquide supplies industrial gases, custom gas calibration standards and carrier gases including hydrogen, helium and nitrogen. Air Liquide also supplies various gas mixtures to offer innovative solutions.
Gases
Services
Equipment
We supply a wide range gas of handling equipment designed to safely deliver specialty gases to your instruments.
Solvent recovery
Air Liquide's solution provides Nitrogen for cryocondensation of chemicals.
Gases
Services
We offer a range of on-site services including process analysis and optimisation, installation and start-up support and inspection and maintenance.
Wastewater treatment
Air Liquide supplies a range of products, equipment and services for water and waste water treatment for processes like oxygen enrichment and pH control. To explore all of our water treatment offers, visit our environment page.
Gases
Equipment
Services
We offer a range of on-site services including process analysis and optimisation, installation and start-up support, and inspection and maintenance.
Why choose us?
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World Leader
We are a leading global producer and supplier of industrial and specialty gases, production technologies and storage solutions. -
Innovative technologies
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions supplies industry-leading industrial gas production and purification technologies and services tailored to meet the unique needs of each customer. -
Extensive pipeline systems
Air Liquide owns and operates extensive pipeline networks that supply large quantities of mainly oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and syngas, as well as demineralised water and steam. -
Safety and environment
We are experts in industrial safety and environmental compliance. -
Efficiency and quality
We are highly proficient in targeting efficiency and quality improvements.