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ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE INC | 5409 Highway Ave. | Jacksonville, FL 32254 | T +1 904 278-6503 |
Version 3.3 (02/18)
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Low pressure liquid CO2 (sometimes referred to as “bulk”) is transported to one place from another in insulated
road tankers or trailers (or, in some countries, by rail tank wagons), the liquid being simply transferred from mobile
to static tank by pumping or gravity feed.
Unlike water, carbon dioxide cannot exist in the open air in liquid form. Itmust be held under pressure or refrigeration
(or a combination of both) to remain in the liquid state.
SOLID CO2 (customarily known as “DRY ICE”)
Dry ice is the product of processing liquid CO2. If the pressure of liquid CO2 is suddenly released, a proportion of that
liquid will change to the solid state (becoming dry ice “snow”) and the remainder will revert to gas (revert gas). When
the snow is compressed under hydraulic or mechanical action, blocks or pellets of dry ice are formed. The revert
gas (gaseous CO2) can be readily reclaimed and converted back to liquid by recompression and reliquefaction,
thence returned to the dry ice block machine or pelletizer for further processing.
The temperature of dry ice is -79 °C and in the atmoshere it will pass directly from the solid to the gaseous stage,
leaving no moisture or trace of its presence except the cold.
General Information about CO2
Many generations - and individual lifetimes! - of experience have perfected ASCO‘s ability to provide the most
complete and best matched CO2 system available.
From the or to to dry ice blasting, , and even
it‘s all ASCO. This ability to provide matched components benefits ASCO clients as they can
comfortably develop and grow their business without changing suppliers.
Having the largest range of CO2 and dry ice components also enables ASCO customers to make full use of the
versatile nature of CO2 and its vast number of uses, thus gaining maximum value from the product. For example a
soft drink bottler could easily develop an extra cash flow business from surplus CO2 (or excess plant capacity) by
adding ASCO dry ice equipment and / or cylinder filling gear to supply CO2 to other users.
ASCO‘s website provides details of their most up to date CO2 and dry ice plants. All ASCO equipment is space
efficient, designed for easy operation, maintenance and engineered for maximum reliability and life. Component
materials are selected to balance capital cost and plant longevity and from the flue gas oxygen sensor on the plant
to the level indicator on the CO2 storage tank all controls are effective, logical, clear, and linked to a PLC.
ASCO‘s technology, combined with a wide range of CO2 equipment, makes it easy for their clients to mix and match
components and thus tailor their CO2 / dry ice system from the one shop.
Significant new ASCO CO2 plant sales to Africa, South America and the Middle East indicates that many bottlers,
brewers and merchant CO2 companies prefer working with a single supplier and that supplier is ASCO. Let our life
add life to your business.
CO2 is our Life