SOME CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ARE FINDING a hot market for heat-transfer fluids (HTFs)for low,but above cryogenic,temperatures.The attention,for now,is focused on fairly specialized applications involving selective chemical or physical processes,especially in the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients.Cooling,of course,figures prominently in many processes.Unit operations such as crystallization and various types of freeze-concentration often rely on refrigeration.
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