XeCoverySM Onsite Xenon Recovery System
Recent increases in the price of xenon have caused many
IC manufacturers to seek ways to lower their costs.
These efforts include developing new processes that don't
employ xenon (which takes time and will incur costs to
introduce a new process to a manufacturing line), or recover
the xenon for either re-use or sale back to gas suppliers for
purification.
XeCovery is a service Air Products is introducing
to the marketplace for recovering xenon from process waste gas
streams. This service employs Air Products patented
developed technology for extracting the xenon using a vacuum
swing adsorption (VSA) process.
The service requires no capital outlays by the
customer. Air Products owns and operates the units at a
customer site. The benefit to the customer is a lower
fixed price for the xenon recovered and purified from their
facility. Our estimates project we will be able to
reduce a customers costs for Xenon to less than 50% of the current market price.
For additional information on our XeCovery xenon
recovery process, please listen to our podcast, review our website (www.airproducts.com/xecovery) or contact Gene Karwacki,
XeCovery product manager. |
