Linde - LBPP History

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Highlights in Linde History

Worlds first recovery of rare gases on a commercial scale

Worlds first air separation plant for the production of oxygen

Worlds first air liquefaction plant on a pilot plant scale, commercial scale, production scale Foundation of the "Gesellschaft fr Lindes Eismaschinen" at Wiesbaden

1879

1895

1902
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1913

Highlights in Linde History


First Linde liquid methane wash for the production of hydrogen and carbon monoxide First complete large-scale Linde ethylene plant including cracking furnaces First RECTISOL plant for gas purification

First plant ever for the recovery of ethylene by low temperature rectification

1931

1951

1965
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1969

Highlights in Linde History


First Linde liquid methane wash for the production of hydrogen and carbon monoxide First complete large-scale Linde ethylene plant including cracking furnaces First RECTISOL plant for gas purification

First plant ever for the recovery of ethylene by low temperature rectification

1931

1951

1965
28

1969

Highlights in Linde History


First large-scale Linde plant for the separation of recycle gas from a Fischer-Tropschsynthesis, downstream coal gasification

First Linde steam reforming plant for the production of hydrogen by PSA purification First Linde steam reforming plant for the production of hydrogen and carbon monoxide from natural gas

First Linde LNG peakshaving plant

1971

1972

1976
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1978

Highlights in Linde History


Cryo-Plus Patent Number 4,617,039 Awarded Europe largest gas terminal with fractionation of oil-associated gas First Linde plant for the production of ammonia on the basis of partial oxidation Largest pressure swing adsorption plant in Europe with vacuum regeneration for the production of oxygen from air

1978

1982

1986
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1989

Highlights in Linde History


Integrated plant for the separation of natural gas and the production of olefins in the Russian Federation

The Pro-Quip Corporation Aquires Hydro-Chem

Worlds largest air separation plant with packed columns

Cryo-Plus C2= Patent Number 4,895,584 Awarded

1990

1991

1992
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1994

Highlights in Linde History


Cantarell, a new milestone in air separation history. Four nitrogen generation trains are being provided, each in itself constituting the largest air separation unit ever built. Nitrogen capacity = 14.7 MMTA (= 40 000 t/d) The Standard Helium System Product Line acquired forming Cryogenic Plants and Services

Largest air separation plant in the Americas with advanced technology, internal compression, cryogenic pure argon production, packed columns, falling film condensator

The Pro-Quip Corporation acquired by Linde AG

1995

1996

1997
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1999

Highlights in Linde History


LBPP starts first IsoTherming Unit Linde BOC Process Plants LLC (LBPP) formed from the merger of the Process Plants groups of Linde Process Plants (Tulsa, OK) and BOC Process Plants (Murray Hill, NJ) LBPP successfully starts two (2) world class size hydrogen plants in the U.S. Gulf Coast

Lotepro Corporation merged into The ProQuip Corporation forming Linde Process Plants, Inc. Patent Numbers 6,278,035 B1 and 6,311,516 B1 Awarded

2001

2002

2003
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2004

Highlights in Linde History

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125 years of Linde knowhow since the foundation in 1879

2005

2006
32a

2007

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