Share
IIR document
Is helium from air a future source for helium production?
Author(s) : CAI Z., CLARKE R. H., NUTTALL W. J., et al.
Summary
In air, helium occurs at 5.2 ppmv. Large air separation units (ASU) recover rare gases such as neon (18 ppmv), krypton and xenon. Neon technologies can be extended to recover helium from air e.g. if natural gas sources of helium become depleted. Would this be worthwhile given the alternatives? Compared to neon (240 tonnes/year or TPY) the estimated production of helium from air from large ASUs would be just 15 TPY (only 0.05% of today's global helium supply). This could increase to about 9% if ASUs were to be used for clean coal on a large scale. Low calorific-value natural gas may be another option.
Available documents
Format PDF
Pages: 2006-3
Available
Public price
20 €
Member price*
Free
* Best rate depending on membership category (see the detailed benefits of individual and corporate memberships).
Details
- Original title: Is helium from air a future source for helium production?
- Record ID : 2007-1838
- Languages: English
- Source: Multiconference CryoPrague 2006 (9th Cryogenics 2006, ICEC 21, ICMC'06)
- Publication date: 2006/07/17
Links
See other articles from the proceedings (142)
See the conference proceedings
Indexing
- Themes: Gas liquefaction and separation
- Keywords: Helium 3; Extraction; Air; Separation; Cryogenics
-
A three party global helium resource study.
- Author(s) : CLARKE R. H., WARD N., CAI Z., et al.
- Date : 2006/07/17
- Languages : English
- Source: Multiconference CryoPrague 2006 (9th Cryogenics 2006, ICEC 21, ICMC'06)
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
Oscillatory and vortex devices and their use in...
- Author(s) : ARKHAROV A. M., BONDARENKO V. L., LOSYAKOV N. P., et al.
- Date : 2010/04/26
- Languages : English
- Source: Cryogenics 2010. Proceedings of the 11th IIR International Conference: Bratislava, Slovakia, April 26-29, 2010
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
Rare gases extraction from waste flows of ammon...
- Author(s) : BONDARENKO V. L., SIMONENKO O. Y.
- Date : 2008/04/05
- Languages : English
- Source: Cryogenics and refrigeration. Proceedings of ICCR'2008.
View record
-
Cryogenic technologies of light inert gases pro...
- Author(s) : BONDARENKO V. L., SIMONENKO O. Y.
- Date : 2010/04/26
- Languages : English
- Source: Cryogenics 2010. Proceedings of the 11th IIR International Conference: Bratislava, Slovakia, April 26-29, 2010
- Formats : PDF
View record
-
Cryogenic methods of atmospheric helium product...
- Author(s) : SIMONENKO Y. M., BONDARENKO A. V., DALAKOV P. I.
- Date : 2014/04/07
- Languages : English
- Source: Cryogenics 2014. Proceedings of the 13th IIR International Conference: Prague, Czech Republic, April 7-11, 2014.
- Formats : PDF
View record