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Offshore Engineering Fixes FPSO Corrosion Risks
Collaborative Success: How Swagelok Harnessed Global Expertise to Deliver a Turnkey FPSO Rectification The Challenge: Uncovering Critical Corrosion Risk Ahead of Dry Dock Off the west coast of Australia, on a mature floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, a Swagelok customer unco...
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Myth Busting: Learn the Facts About Hydrogen Fuel
Know Your Hydrogen Fuel Facts – Avoid Falling for Myths Chuck Hayes , Principal Applications Engineer for Clean Energy, Swagelok There is no doubt that the economy for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and fueling is growing. But as the technology used to harness hydrogen gains more prominence, misinfor...
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How to Avoid FPSO Vessel Fluid System Construction Issues
Tackling the Complexities of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Construction Tommy Jamail, Senior Regional Construction Manager, Asia Pacific Barry Rowe-Platts, Technical Lead, Engineering Services As members of the oil and gas industry have sought to maintain profitable upstream op...
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Pitting Corrosion vs. Crevice Corrosion in Stainless Steel
How to Recognize and Prevent Pitting Corrosion and Crevice Corrosion Buddy Damm , Senior Scientist, Swagelok Corrosion—the deterioration of engineered materials by chemical interaction with their environment—is an extraordinarily costly problem. The global cost of corrosion is estimated at approxi...
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A Practical Guide to Gas Sampling Systems and Methods
A Practical Guide to Gas Sampling Methods Matt Dixon , Senior Principal Design Engineer, Swagelok Optimizing your chemical processing costs and maintaining high-quality product outputs require regular capture of representative process fluids for laboratory analysis. Grab sampling —also called spo...
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How Two Major Refineries Solved Gasoline Blending Challenges
Saving Millions of Dollars by Reducing Gasoline Blending Costs For refiners of finished gasoline and diesel fuels, ensuring that the final product meets anticipated specifications is critical. The gasoline blending process, where fuels are blended with octane to meet differing performance tiers, pl...
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How to Bend Tubing and When Bent Tubing is Advantageous
How to Bend Tubing: Proven Techniques and Applications for Metal Tube Bending Mike Gagel, Trainer, Advanced Tube Bending, Swagelok Company and Strategic Services Specialist, Swagelok Pittsburgh Many decisions must be made during the design and assembly of a new fluid system or when replacing compo...
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How Proper Hose Installation Can Reduce Semiconductor Fab Costs
Small Changes to Hose Installation Practices Can Mean Big Semiconductor Manufacturing Savings Maintaining precise temperature control in semiconductor manufacturing processes is crucial. The chemical reactions that take place during atomic layer deposition (ALD), atomic layer etch (ALE), and other ...
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How Fluid Systems Impact the Cost of Semiconductor Fabs
Why High-Performing Fluid Systems Matter in New Semiconductor Fab Construction Masroor Malik, Lead Solutions Specialist, Semiconductor When building a new semiconductor fabrication facility (or “fab”), there are many considerations, including speed to market, material and installation standardizat...
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Top 5 Hydrogen Infrastructure Best Practices
The Top 5 Best Practices for Designing Hydrogen Fluid Systems Hydrogen is one of the world’s most promising sources of clean and sustainable energy and power . From transportation and material handling to stationary, portable, and emergency backup power, it’s useful in a range of applications—and i...