Applications

Liquid Carbon Dioxide

Because CO2 has to be transferred at a controlled combination of low temperature and high pressure to minimise vapour forming, the pumping of liquid carbon dioxide presents an array of challenges to process engineers. For the pump manufacturer, the inherent compressibility and poor lubricating properties places special demands on pump design.

Cat Pumps has met these challenges by developing a high pressure positive displacement plunger pump specifically for handling liquid CO2. Our pumps are equally at home in food and beverage production and nuclear power plants.

Case Study - High pressure CO2 pumping in nuclear power stations