“Russia — one of few countries, which has its own cryogenic engineering”
28.12.2022
20th of December, “Kommersant” published the interview of Dmitriy Kuznetsov, General Director of PJSC “Cryogenmash”, concerning the situation in domestic cryogenic engineering, import phase out, basic projects of the company in 2022 and near-term development plans: “Russia — one of few countries, having its own cryogenic engineering”.
— With which equipment the major difficulties have arisen in oil, gas and chemical industries against sanctions and which is the company ready to supply?
- As “Cryogenmash” is the developer and manufacturer of cryogenic equipment, so, firstly, this is the cryogenic air separation plants – the equipment, which allows producing from air the following gases: oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases: krypton, xenon, neon. Oxygen is required in metallurgy for steel manufacturing; nitrogen is the base for providing of fire and explosion safe operation of industrial companies, important component of providing with processes of petrochemical industries, argon at first is required to steel workers for production of high quality steel; to mechanic engineers – for welding. Rare gases are important for space science, for production of microelectronic equipment, chips, fundamental scientific researches; besides, these gases are required in innovative medical industry.
Russia — one of few countries in the world, which has its own cryogenic engineering supported by its own scientific and technical base; therefore, the situation, concerning the air separation products production in the country is quite prosperous. Almost 90% of oxygen, nitrogen and argon in our country are manufactured on cryogenic air separation plants of middle and large capacity. From 235 of such plants used in RF 54% — produced by us.
Our products are used in foreign countries as well. Nowadays, the commissioning of two extremely large scale air separation plants are performed in Uzbekistan; these plants have capacity of 120 thous. cubic meters of oxygen per hour each; they are developed and supplied for Uzbekistan GTL Project and are the most powerful in the post-Soviet space. There are not more than 15 plants in the whole world.
— With which equipment the major difficulties have arisen in oil, gas and chemical industries against sanctions and which is the company ready to supply?
- As “Cryogenmash” is the developer and manufacturer of cryogenic equipment, so, firstly, this is the cryogenic air separation plants – the equipment, which allows producing from air the following gases: oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases: krypton, xenon, neon. Oxygen is required in metallurgy for steel manufacturing; nitrogen is the base for providing of fire and explosion safe operation of industrial companies, important component of providing with processes of petrochemical industries, argon at first is required to steel workers for production of high quality steel; to mechanic engineers – for welding. Rare gases are important for space science, for production of microelectronic equipment, chips, fundamental scientific researches; besides, these gases are required in innovative medical industry.
Russia — one of few countries in the world, which has its own cryogenic engineering supported by its own scientific and technical base; therefore, the situation, concerning the air separation products production in the country is quite prosperous. Almost 90% of oxygen, nitrogen and argon in our country are manufactured on cryogenic air separation plants of middle and large capacity. From 235 of such plants used in RF 54% — produced by us.
Our products are used in foreign countries as well. Nowadays, the commissioning of two extremely large scale air separation plants are performed in Uzbekistan; these plants have capacity of 120 thous. cubic meters of oxygen per hour each; they are developed and supplied for Uzbekistan GTL Project and are the most powerful in the post-Soviet space. There are not more than 15 plants in the whole world.