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Hydrogen: A Truly Sustainable Alternative Fuel  Chuck Hayes, Global Technical Lead, Swagelok The world continues to develop alternatives to fossil fuels. Sustainability is the primary motivator. Reducing and outright eliminating carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from a wide variety of application...

Innovation for the Next Generation of Semiconductor Manufacturing Masroor Malik The rapid progression of smart technologies has accelerated the transition of semiconductors from microelectronics to atomic-scale dimensions. As highlighted at this year’s SEMICON West Expo in California , the industr...

How to Achieve Safer, More Accurate, and More Efficient Ammonia Sampling Anhydrous ammonia is commonly used by chemical plants and refineries in the production of fertilizers, plastics, textiles, petroleum, and more. In these applications, ammonia must typically have a water content between 0.2% an...

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, ...

Process Measurement – Impulse Line Best Practices When measuring pressure, flow or level within your process, safety and accuracy are always the focus. From the tap to the transmitter, process measurement accuracy depends on the proper function of each component within the process instrumentation m...

Field Engineering Spotlight: Mike Strobel, Field Engineer, Swagelok Penn In a new series, Swagelok Reference Point is highlighting Field Engineering Services—our global, boots-on-the-ground team of engineering experts who are tasked with solving our customers’ toughest challenges. Today, we sit dow...

Common Challenges with Process Sampling Systems  Phil Harris and Tony Waters, Sampling System Experts & Instructors Any analyzer engineer will tell you that process sampling systems can be challenging to operate correctly. If any components within your sampling system were to fail, your facility m...

Your Guide to Choosing the Right Small-Bore Fittings Reliable small-bore fluid systems should be designed and constructed with high-quality components—and one of the most important is the small-bore fitting . Used at critical connection points, fittings should provide leak-tight performance to help...

Grab Sampling 101: Reducing Plant Costs When producing a product with a precise chemical composition, an accurate sampling process is critical to plant production. Inadequate chemical product can cost a facility thousands of dollars in revenue, so it is important that samples are taken often to val...

Case Study: Swagelok Application Expertise Aids in Petrochemical Safety for INEOS Andreas Growe & Vera Weski, Swagelok Duesseldorf About the Customer INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. The petrochemical facility in Cologne, Germany is the INEOS...