Back pressure regulator (BPR) - Equilibar

Back pressure regulator (BPR)

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A back pressure regulator is a device that maintains an upstream pressure at its own inlet. When fluid pressure exceeds the set point, the regulator opens to relieve excess pressure. Back pressure regulators work similarly to relief valves, but the emphasis is on steady state pressure control instead of on/off actuation. See the Equilibar BPR definition page for more information. Other terms used to describe the same device include back pressure valve, back pressure controller, and back pressure reducing valve. 

A

Absolute pressure

Air-loaded valve

B

Back pressure controller

Back pressure reducing valve

Back pressure regulator (BPR)

Back pressure valve

Ball valve

Bernoulli equation

Butterfly valve

Bypass valve

C

Cavitation

Centrifugal pump

Check valve

Closed-loop control

Compressible flow

Coriolis flow meter

Cv

D

Density

Derivative control mode

Diaphragm regulator (valve)

Differential pressure

Dome-loaded regulator (valve)

E

Electronic pressure regulator

F

Flow chemistry

Flow coefficient of a valve (Cv)

Flow control valve

G

Gate valve

Gauge pressure

Globe valve

I

Ideal gas law

Inches water column (in WC)

Incompressible flow

Integral control

L

Laminar flow (laminar regime)

Lobe pump

M

Magnetic flow meter

Mass flow meter (MFM)

Mixed-phase flow

Multi-phase flow

N

Needle valve

Non-Newtonian fluid

O

Open-loop control

P

Peristaltic pump

PID controller

Pilot operation

Pipe friction

Positive displacement pump

Pressure reducing regulator (PRR)

Pressure reducing valve (PRV)

Pressure sustaining valve

Proportional control

Proportional valve

Pump slip

R

Reference

Relief valve

Rotameter

T

Tangential flow filtration (TFF)

Thixotropic shear thinning

Turbulent flow

Two-phase flow

V

Vacuum breaker

Vacuum regulator (valve)

Valve Authority

Viscosity

Volumetric flow rate

W

Water hammer

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