‘BIG’ operates a high-tech air separation plant from LNG The first in ASEAN
Mr. Piyabutr Jarupen, Managing Director of Bangkok Industrial Gas Company Limited (BIG), as Thailand’s leader in integrated industrial gas innovation, revealed that BIG is ready to continue producing industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon to feed the region. Thai industry In October last year, BIG began commercial operation of a new air separation plant jointly invested in joint innovation between PTT Public Company Limited and BIG under the name Map Ta Phut Air Products. Co., Ltd.: MAP (Map Ta Phut Air Products Co., Ltd.: MAP) with industrial gas production capacity of more than 450,000 tons per year, enabling BIG to have a total industrial gas production capacity of more than 2,500,000 tons per year.
The industrial sector is expected to grow after facing the COVID crisis in the past year. and can support the growth of the automotive industry electronic industry Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry steel and metal industry Glass and glass industry food production industry In addition, the MAP Air Separation Plant (MAP) contributes to the reduction of Carbon Emissions into the atmosphere due to the introduction of air separation technology using cooling energy derived from Liquefied natural gas (LNG) transition reduces dependence on electricity consumption in air separation processes. which is environmentally friendly It is ready to meet the government’s policy on Climage Change, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions up to 28,000 tons per year and reduce the release of cold water into the sea by 2,500 tons per hour.
In addition to the MAP Air Separation Plant (MAP), which uses innovative cooling energy from LNG to meet the environmental requirements, BIG is also ready to continue to bring in various limitless innovations of BIG to push Thai industry towards the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero or Net Zero Emissions such as:
• The use of oxygen innovations in the glass and glass industry. to cause complete combustion can reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion process It also helps to get complete products, increase productivity, save energy. and reduce fuel consumption
• Bringing innovations from nitrogen in the food preservation industry to replace the use of carbon dioxide. which helps the industry to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
• The introduction of innovations from hydrogen in a variety of industries. Because hydrogen is a clean energy. It does not cause pollution because what remains from use is water, which helps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
Industrial gas demand in 2022 is expected to grow 5-6% compared to 2021 with sales of 4,200 tons per day, a growth rate of 11% due to lower sales. Of the year 2020, with the epidemic of Covid 19, is the use of industrial gas that has increased both in the manufacturing sector and the health sector. Overall, in 2021, the demand for industrial gas has increased from the production sector of the automotive industry. And the electronics industry continues to the present, starting to recover the world economy. The covid epidemic began to unfold in a better direction. Therefore, the production sector will have a higher capacity utilization rate. It is expected to continue until 2023.
Therefore, the use of industrial gas to feed production capacity in two major industries especially electronic and vehicles will be higher in the long run In addition, with the changing conditions of the international community agreement on reducing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to zero This will accelerate the industrial sector to be more careful in production. Innovation and technology in the use of industrial gases will play an important role in the manufacturing sector. can reduce greenhouse gas emissions with BIG technology Which is currently in the process of discussing and laying out guidelines on how to apply technology to many manufacturing sectors in order to develop into an innovative platform for industrial gases for production that combines technology by using the Internet of Things. (IoT) and industrial gas innovation that BIG brings from Air Products and Chemicals Co., Ltd., USA (BIG’s parent company) that can increase production efficiency. environmentally friendly and effectively reduce energy consumption It is expected that in the future countries around the world may adopt tax measures for industries that create environmental impacts, especially greenhouse gas emissions.
BIG has therefore pushed forward and jointly drive the country forward. To promote the industrial sector towards a low-carbon society along with taking care of society and the environment in a sustainable way In addition to innovations from the aforementioned industrial gases BIG also leverages the results of corporate digital transformation by utilizing Industry 4.0 technologies such as IoT/AI and Big Data to analyze data to help make accurate decisions in Increasing productivity and energy efficiency This adds value and sustainability to the industry as well.
