A new facility increases the cryogenic pump production capacity for Las Vegas-based Nikkiso Cryo Inc. The company, a member of Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group, a part of Nikkiso Co. Ltd. in Japan, says the larger facility was needed due to growing demand for the cryogenic pump products and services they provide to the global liquefied natural gas market.

Linde and Bluefors teamed up to create cooling solutions for large-scale quantum computers. Linde is contributing its experience in large cryogenic installations while Bluefors adds its ultra low temperature interface needed for quantum computing.

A liquid nitrogen leak from a cryogenic freezing system at Foundation Food Group’s Gainesville Plant 4 killed six people, required 12 to be hospitalized, and led to the evacuation of 130 others in Gainesville, Ga. The plant is owned by Foundation Food Group, recently formed by the merger of Prime-Pack Foods and Victory Processing. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is on site and investigating.

Industrial process cooling systems can operate at very cold and even cryogenic temperatures. Creating liquefied natural gas (LNG), for example, requires refrigeration systems to operate at temperatures of -265°F (-165°C) or less. 

Lake Shore Cryotronics acquired Janis Research’s laboratory cryogenics business. The deal unites two providers of cryogenic and material characterization solutions for low temperature research.

CPC-Cryolab Series 5000 is suited for use in in ultra-cold cryogenic storage tanks, transportation trailers, and vacuum jacketed and non-jacketed piping systems. 

Industrial hemp and its cannabidiol (CBD) derivatives have pushed to double-digit growth rates in the last few years, bringing with it substantial growing pains.

Some farms grow food,” says the soothing yet authoritative voiceover in the commercial. “This one grows fuel.” So begins a recent television commercial from ExxonMobil that brings again to the consumer consciousness the idea of growing algae for biofuel production. 

With our Process Cooling 2019 index, you can revisit articles from this past year at a glance as we head into 2020.