Category Archives: Customer Case Study

Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra are using an Equilibar® Back Pressure Regulator to study granular materials, complex networks, and rock or natural porous media with the goal of developing better ways to sequester carbon dioxide emissions. The research focuses on deciphering the complexity of these materials by understanding the relationships between Read More

As part of an advanced thermodynamic study by a chemical manufacturer, Equilibar’s ZF Zero Flow back pressure regulator was custom fabricated from Hastelloy C4 and Kalrez orings to withstand exceptionally corrosive hydrofluoric and sulfuric acid mixtures. Read case study: Integrated Lab Solutions, Gmbh Successfully Uses Equilibar® Back Pressure Regulator For Challenging Study of Hydrofluoric Acid Phase Equilibria

The Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing conducts research into the emerging field of continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical compounds. Dr. Stephen Born, working with Dr. Bernard Trout Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has conducted extensive flow chemistry research using micro-reactors and membrane separation of organics and aqueous phases. This research has been published in the paper Read More

Integrated Lab Solutions, Gmbh (ILS) is a Berlin-based fabricator of high-throughput testing systems for catalyst and other research systems. They frequently use Equilibar® back pressure regulators to control reactor pressure and for improved flow control of their liquids and gases. In a recent application, ILS demonstrated highly stable pressure while passing simultaneous liquid and gas from Read More

Germany’s Integrated Lab Solutions has successfully used the Equilibar® back pressure regulator to eliminate pulsation from an HPLC pump as part of a liquid dosing system for a catalytic research reactor. Background: Integrated Lab Solutions GmbH (ILS) designs laboratory and pilot-scale chemical testing systems using a highly integrated compact design with catalyst amounts in the milligrams. Quantitative kinetic testing requires Read More

Researchers at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, have successfully used an Equilibar® Back Pressure Regulator combined with an Equilibar QPV electronic pressure regulator to provide precise control of a hydrogen fuel cell anode and cathode pressure across a wide range of test conditions. The research is part of vital international efforts to develop improved environmental catalysts for automotive hydrogen fuel Read More

Researchers around the world use the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis process to produce liquid fuels from alternative energy sources such as biomass and natural gas. At Auburn University in Alabama, one graduate student has incorporated an Equilibar back pressure regulator to dramatically improve their research of Fischer-Tropsch catalysts. See Customer Case Study   In the early twentieth Read More

Loughborough University in the UK is engaged in Carbon Sequestration research – looking into ways of storing carbon dioxide deep into the Earth where the pressure will prevent its leakage into the atmosphere. This CO2 research Case Study describes how an Equilibar ULF1 Research Series back pressure regulator successfully solved problems that traditional BPRs experienced Read More

Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee is a world leader in multiple areas of research including clean energy. Recently, the Fuels, Engines and Emissions Research Center at ORNL has participated in a Department of Energy initiative on low cost emissions control for advanced combustion engines. As part of this research, they have experienced success using the Equilibar back pressure regulator to Read More

The City of Tempe, Arizona recently completed a water quality upgrade to their 50 million gallon/day water treatment facility. This project included an upgrade to their dosing systems for Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl), which is used to disinfect the water. Special materials (CPVC, PTFE, and hastelloy) were required as Sodium Hypochlorite will corrode standard materials such as Read More