HiQ® specialty gases and specialty equipment have an important role in many areas of research and development. Many of them are used as raw materials for chemical synthesis, others are used as intermediate products or serve as catalysts in chemical reactions. Instrument grade pure gases such as synthetic air, helium, hydrogen or nitrogen are used to zero and purge analytical equipment. Specialty equipment such as BASELINE cylinder regulators and REDLINE cylinder regulators and gas supply panels are used in many areas to control gas cylinder pressures while ensuring purity is not compromised. Research grade gases, chemicals and calibration gas mixtures are used with quality control, laboratory analysers and pilot plant projects.
A wide range of gas mixtures is used to calibrate analytical equipment and to ensure its correct operation. Normally, these mixtures are supplied in high-pressure or disposable gas cylinders. Depending on the consumption and the required mobility, the size of the cylinders varies from 1 to up to 50 litres. Linde has developed the ECOCYL portable specialty gas solutions, a small, refillable cylinder equipped with a valve, a fixed pressure regulator and a flow meter. These devices are fully integrated into the cylinder’s protection cap. The result is a safe, easy and ready-to-use system. The end user only needs to open the cylinder valve and choose from the preset flow ranges.
Where the use of cylinder hydrogen is restricted, the HiQ® hydrogen generator HiQ® hydrogen generator is safe to operate, due to its small contained volume (< 40 ml). These units are highly reliable and include a range of features to ensure continuous operation, for example selectable, multiple alarms alert to unwanted shifts in operating conditions such as low water level, poor water quality, low pressure (leak) and power supply conditions.