Gas Plants produce Carbon dioxide in mainly two
forms - Liquid and Solid. Solid CO
2 is also known as "dry
ice" and is used as refrigerants in food industry and for small
shipments. CO
2 is widely utilized during the storage and
shipping of ice cream and other frozen foods. Some of the CO
2
applications are are listed below :-
- Fire Extinguishers: CO2 extinguishes fires.
- Beverage: This gas is used to make carbonated soft
drinks and soda water.
- Solvent: Liquid CO2 is considered as a good
dissolving agent for many organic compounds. Here it can be used to
remove caffeine from coffee.
- Plants: Plants require CO2 to execute
photosynthesis, and greenhouses can promote plant growth with
additional CO2.
- Pressured Gas: It is used as the cheapest noncombustible
pressurized gas. Pressured CO2 are inside tins in life
jackets. Compressed CO2 gas is used in paintball
markers, airguns, for ballooning bicycle tires.
- Medicine: In medicine, up to 5% CO2 is added
to pure oxygen. This helps in provoking breathing and to stabilize
the O2/CO2 balance in blood.
- CO2 Laser: The CO2 laser, a
common type of industrial gas laser uses CO2 as a
medium. Welding: It also find its use as an atmosphere for welding.
- Oil Wells: Carbon dioxide is commonly injected into or
next to producing oil wells.
- Chemical Industry: It is used as a raw material in the
chemical process industry, especially for urea and methanol
production.
- Metals Industry: It is used in the manufacture of
casting influences so as to enhance their hardness.
