A Brief History

Atmosphere Recovery, Inc. (ARI) was incorporated in Minnesota in 1994 to research, develop and produce systems for recovery, reprocessing and reuse of high temperature industrial furnace and refining process gas.

The aim was to produce a system to contain the off-gases of a furnace process to reduce energy use and nearly eliminate off-gas air emissions.

Funding for the initial system prototype was provided by Dana Corporation (a first-tier automotive components supplier) and the U.S. Department of Energy.

From 1994 through 1997 ARI invented, developed and operated a full scale prototype of its proprietary technology for recovery and recycling of heat treating furnace atmosphere exhausts. The system reduced process air emissions more than 96% and saved more than 25% of the process energy.

The project showed that rapid and reliable gas sensing was key to operating a process of this type. From 1997 through 1999 ARI adapted a medical gas sensor and tested its operation as a production gas sensing system. With extensive modification this product became ARI's Laser Gas Analyzer.

During the same period ARI tested its process gas control systems approach and developed technology to improve the speed and quality of furnace-related processes through gas blending.

ARI is located in the Minneapolis suburb of Eden Prairie, Minnesota.