Minister for Economic Affairs, Climate Action & Energy visits Atlas Copco Energas for C02 reduction talk.
March 1, 2024
Atlas Copco Energas in Cologne - Part of Gas and Process Division - hosted Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry Climate Action and Energy in Germany's most populated state.
Turboexpander solution delivers cutting-edge solar energy storage
December 12, 2023
Located in Carwarp, Victoria, southeast Australia, and covering an area of 30 hectares, a cutting-edge energy storage system that employs both solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy to drive an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) has started to deliver renewable energy to the local grid. Atlas Copco provided the turboexpander solution for a pilot project delivered by solar-power experts RayGen.
Atlas Copco Gas and Process at the Turbomachinery and Pump Symposium 2023
August 25, 2023
An opportunity to network and exchange ideas is presented at the Turbomachinery and Pump Symposium, Houston, TX. This event is nearing half a century in existence, and it has a particular focus on several industrial areas, including oil and gas, pumps, petrochemical, aerospace, chemical, and water. Key people from all these industries have devised the event’s technical program, which includes appearances from leaders in their respective fields. As usual, the Symposia will be accompanied by its professional education program of short courses (September 25), case studies, lectures, and tutorials, for example.
One of the most important shows of the year, Gastech has been a mainstay of the energy industry now for more than half a decade. This is where exhibitors and visitors gather to discuss natural gas, LNG, hydrogen, and innovations and new developments in low-carbon technology and processes. Net zero will once again be a central theme of this year’s Gastech. The event will be attended by around 40,000 people, 750 exhibitors and 900 speakers (including government ministers, CEOs, business leaders and industry experts) from more than 100 countries.
In Q2 2019, the grand total of recycling for Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench amounted to just 20.7 percent of all waste produced at the factory. By Q2 2021 it had leapt to a high of 93.38 percent. And the improvements have kept on coming year after year, hitting 82.1 percent for 2020, 91.2 percent in 2021, and 92.5 for 2022.
Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) Integrally-geared compressor key to efficient steam energy upgrade
July 11, 2023
In an ongoing pilot project, a chemical process plant in the Netherlands plant uses mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) to upgrade low-pressure steam and reuse it to supply energy. The result has been a significant reduction in natural gas usage and a net reduction in CO2 emissions.
Central to the plant’s MVR solution is a two-stage Atlas Copco centrifugal compressor, which compresses superheated steam from 3 barg to 12.5 barg in two steps. The overhung arrangement of the machine’s impellers on the pinion shaft ends means separate compressor bearings are not necessary. Reliable, proven floating carbon ring seals provide sealing and ensure moderate leakage. Its integral setup makes it possible to have an intercooling by a desuperheater after each compression stage, further increasing efficiency.