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Measuring and Controlling Hydrogen Flow Hydrogen fuel cells hold great promise as a source of energy and power. They can be used in a wide variety of applications, from transportation and material handling to stationary, portable, and emergency backup power. Their only byproduct is water, so they r...

How to Flatten a Regulator Flow Curve to Reduce Droop Jon Kestner Consistent pressure control is essential to the safe operation of industrial fluid systems. Maintaining a reliable downstream pressure with a regulator can help minimize flow rate changes, especially in a high-flow system. However, ...

Industrial Valves 101: Basic Functions and Types of Valves Small-bore fluid systems play an important role in keeping industrial companies operating productively around the world, and valves play an important role in the function of these systems. There are many types of valves that control f...

Back-Pressure Regulator Set-Up: Tips for Sampling System Engineers Jon Kestner, Product Manager Back-pressure regulators play an important role in maintaining upstream pressure and protecting sensitive equipment in sampling systems used in many industrial facilities. To make proper use of a back-p...

One New Valve. Three Reasons It Could Change Semiconductor Manufacturing. Matt Ferraro The semiconductor market is not an easy one to navigate. Semiconductor wafer fabricators are under constant pressure to maintain maximum precision in highly complex processes that involve expensive materials, co...

Using a Phase Diagram for Vapor Pressure Curves While phase diagrams are primarily used by chemists in laboratory environments, these tools can be astonishingly useful for mechanical engineers and plant managers tasked with sample analysis. In some analytical systems, a liquid sample must be conver...

How to Select the Right Valves for Your Industrial Fluid System Valve selection is an important part of proper design and maintenance practices for industrial, piping, and instrumentation systems. Without the right valve for a specific application, operators could face improper or poor fluid system...

Do’s and Don’ts for Sampling System Accuracy Ken Backus, Field Engineer (North America) Reliable process sample accuracy can be a challenge for even the most experienced fluid system engineers and analyzer technicians. Often, identifying the cause of inaccuracies can feel like something of a guess...

How to Isolate Industrial Fluid Systems with Block Valves When performing industrial fluid system maintenance, safety is paramount. A single line’s pressure or flow inside represents a hazard to technicians changing a gauge or measurement device. This is why risk managers emphasize the necessity of...

Why Proper Gas Distribution Is Essential for Optimized Laboratory Operations Wouter Pronk, senior field engineer, Swagelok Imagine yourself as a laboratory technician. As you perform your intended testing or analysis, you approach a point of use for a particular gas. You activate a mechanism to ob...