Where Industrial Oxygen Comes From
In short: How industry separates oxygen from ordinary air, from Carl von Linde's liquid air to modern air separation units, with adsorption and water electrolysis as other routes.
A 2:03 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: World Health Organization (WHO), “Medical use of Oxygen”; IIGAS (thegases.com), “What Is Industrial Oxygen? Grades, Uses & How It’s Made | IIGAS”; Springer Nature (Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry), “Performance improvement of air separation unit for an iron-steel industry using enhanced exergy analysis - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry”; Science History Institute, “Carl von Linde”; U.S. Department of Energy, “Hydrogen Production: Electrolysis”; MIT Climate Portal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), “Hydrogen”.
Sources used in this film
- World Health Organization (WHO) — Medical use of Oxygen · View →
- IIGAS (thegases.com) — What Is Industrial Oxygen? Grades, Uses & How It’s Made | IIGAS · View →
- Springer Nature (Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry) — Performance improvement of air separation unit for an iron-steel industry using enhanced exergy analysis - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry · View →
- Science History Institute — Carl von Linde · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy — Hydrogen Production: Electrolysis · View →
- MIT Climate Portal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) — Hydrogen · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: World Health Organization (WHO): Medical use of Oxygen
- Also: IIGAS (thegases.com): What Is Industrial Oxygen? Grades, Uses & How It’s Made | IIGAS
- Also: Springer Nature (Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry): Performance improvement of air separation unit for an iron-steel industry using enhanced exergy analysis - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
- Also: Science History Institute: Carl von Linde
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy: Hydrogen Production: Electrolysis
- Also: MIT Climate Portal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Hydrogen
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