Ask Swagelok: Fluid System Insights and Trends Video Series

Have a Question about Fluid Systems? Ask Swagelok.

Finding answers to your industrial fluid handling questions isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created Ask Swagelok—a series of short “tech tip”-style videos in which we pose your questions to our scientists, engineers, and other subject matter experts.

Looking for insights about materials science, product design, or system operation? Want to know how market trends in the oil, gas, chemical, clean energy, or semiconductor industries should be impacting fluid system-related decisions? View the videos below and submit your questions for future episodes to ask@swagelok.com.

Hydrogen Embrittlement

What is Hydrogen Embrittlement?

When Should You Worry about Hydrogen Embrittlement?

How Do We Apply Our Knowledge of Hydrogen Embrittlement?

How Does Swagelok Design Product for Hydrogen Service?

Hydrogen Fluid System Design

Video: Why is the Design Different for Hydrogen Fluid Systems Compared to Oil and Gas?

Why is the Design Different for Hydrogen Systems Compared to Oil & Gas?

Video: Why do Hydrogen Systems Require Different Components than Oil & Gas?

Why do Hydrogen Systems Require Different Components than Oil and Gas?

Video: How Does Line Sizing Affect the Cost and Design of Hydrogen Systema?

How Does Line Sizing Affect the Cost and Design of Hydrogen Systems?

How Can Hydrogen Systems be Made Safer Through Design?

Liquid Sampling

What are Outage Tubes and Why are they Important?

How Does a Sample Cylinder Fill?

What is Vapor Space Compression and Why Can it be Problematic?

What is Return Pressure, What Affects It, and Why Does it Matter?

How Does the Sampling Procedure Affect the Sample Taken?

Offshore Corrosion

What is Corrosion and What Causes It?

What Causes Externally Influenced Corrosion and How Can It Be Mitigated?

What Causes Internally Influenced Corrosion and How Can It Be Mitigated?

Clean Energy Certifications

How Can You Better Understand Hydrogen and CNG Certifications?

What are the Different Pressure Classes for Hydrogen and CNG Products?

What Does it Mean When a Product is Listed for Certification?

Where Can Hydrogen and CNG Designers Turn for Help?

Leak Mitigation

How Can I Address Leaks in an Oil and Gas Facility?

Natural Gas

How Can I Learn More about Natural Gas Design?

Hydrogen Electrolyzers

How Can I Learn More About Electrolyzers?

Semiconductor Hose Routing

How Do I Properly Route a Hose in a Semiconductor Sub-Fab?

Viscous Sampling

What is Viscous Sampling and Why is it So Challenging?

Hear Matt Dixon explain how to mitigate risks and design a safe and efficient viscous sampling system.

Related Resources

Materials Selection Guide

Learn how to identify various forms of corrosion and how to select metals for fluid system components that resist corrosion in harsh environments.

C_v Calculator for Valve Sizing

This calculator can be used to help select a valve with enough flow capacity for a given application. The valve flow coefficient (C_v) is a convenient way to represent flow capacity of a valve. Calculate C_v or flow based on fluid, inlet and outlet pressure, and fluid temperature.

Fluid System Safety Checklist (Printable)

Fluid systems can be complex, presenting an array of apparent and not-so-obvious risk areas. How can you be sure that all parts of your system are operating safely and reliably when failure is not an option? Our handy checklist is printable so you can hang it throughout your plant.