Category Archives: Customer Case Study

Every March, the Equilibar team gets a fun reminder to focus on our university research customers when the NCAA basketball tournament teams are announced and our office bracket contest heats up. The tournament is also our cue to do an informal annual survey of research publications citing Equilibar fluid control devices. This includes work conducted Read More

A collaborative paper by Ryan Heffner and researchers with PSG Biotech reports on a promising method of preventing push-through flow in diaphragm pumps, particularly when feed tanks are at levels higher than the process area, as is often necessary due to clean room space limitations. While this study focuses on single-use systems, the methods will also Read More

As more and more hazardous materials are being produced around the globe, the need to find better ways to eliminate toxic waste has gained urgency. Stuart Moore, a researcher in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Washington-Seattle, is exploring a promising new method that uses a supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) reactor to destroy Read More

This summer, the Journal of Membrane Science published a paper focusing on automated control of Trans Membrane Pressure (TMP) in a Single-Pass Tangential Flow Filtration (SP-TFF) system. Control was substantially improved by using an Equilibar® single-use dome-loaded multi-orifice back pressure regulator (BPR) rather than traditional technologies. Authored by Shashi Malladi, Michael Coolbaugh and other top Read More

Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF) are a class of nanomaterials with high surface areas and porous structures that offer potential advantages for a variety of applications including hydrogen storage, water purification, and wound healing. Despite their promise, MOFs have not achieved widespread use due to a lack of large-scale manufacturing synthesis processes. Researchers in the Mechanical Read More

Landfills across the world are filled with organic materials that release a mixture of gases as they decompose. This landfill gas (LFG) is roughly equal parts carbon dioxide and methane plus a few minor components. In years past, LFG was often released to the atmosphere or burned off using a flare system. If the LFG Read More

A new Equilibar customer case study focuses on exciting work that researchers are doing at the Precision Laser Diagnostics Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. Under the direction of Dr. Greg Rieker, the lab uses sensors based on laser absorption spectroscopy to determine temperature, pressure, flow velocity, and concentration of gases. The sensors are Read More

In recent months, engineers at Equilibar have noticed an increase in inquiries for electrolysis applications. There could be many reasons for this trend, but one of the most likely is that renewable energy and decarbonization efforts continue to grow at a fast pace, and many of these initiatives involve electrolysis. In simple terms, water electrolysis Read More

An intriguing case study focusing on a novel method of level control was published in the September 2021 issue of Process Instrumentation Magazine. Co-authored by Jeff Jennings of Equilibar and Armand Bergsma of Pressure Control Solutions, the article explains how direct-sealing diaphragm back pressure regulators can address multiple challenges that high throughput applications often encounter.  Read More

Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) refers to technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by catching and containing the CO2 created by fossil fuel combustion before it is released to the atmosphere. These technologies have the potential to mitigate climate change by reducing the negative environmental effects of burning fossil fuels. According to the Climate Read More