VALVE Magazine Fall 2023 ISSUE
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Which Gate Valve is Best for Today's Waterworks Systems?
A historical perspective may provide the answer.
#water-wastewater #gate-globe-check
FEATURES
DesignFlow Control Valves: Common Problems and Solutions in Energy
When systems are operating optimally, they can improve productivity, lower operating costs, increase reliability, reduce emissions and enhance safety.Design
Water Hammer's Impact on Valve Operation and Piping System Design
The risks of water hammer to fluid systems can be catastrophic.Insights
The State of the Valve Industry Today Is…Mixed
VMA and HI members participated in an interactive, two-day workshop to discuss the biggest challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for industrial manufacturing.
Design
Pressure Relief Valve Basics – Spring-Loaded Safety Relief Valves
Learn for the first time or brush up on this common valve product.COLUMNS
DesignThe Evolution of the All-Encompassing Ball Valve
The compact design, simplicity of use, ease of repair and wide performance capability have helped to make the ball valve a dominant design in modern industrial applications.
Insights
Reflecting on 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024
The fall issue of Valve is starting to become a favorite of mine, mostly because it provides the opportunity to share with the greater industrial valve industry value chain a lot of the activities and benefits that VMA member companies can take advantage of.ARTICLES
DesignNew Valve Stem Packing Design Makes Reducing Fugitive Emissions Easier
Fugitive emissions commonly occur in the plant environment through equipment leaks, flaring, evaporation and spills.Applications
New Service Screens and Ranks Sites for CCUS
Avoid less than optimal storage sites using new assessment from SLB.Westinghouse to Supply the Most Advanced BWR Nuclear Fuel to Large US Utility
Marks re-entry of Westinghouse into US BWR fuel market.New Permian Basin Lease Signed for Carbon Capture Sequestration
Ozona CCS, LLC adds more than 5,700 acres to drill multiple wells for capture, transport and storage of CO2.MSS Appoints New Leadership and Staff
New executive director and technical coordinator named by the board of directors.Spirax Sarco Introduces Exhaust Vapor Condenser
New product utilizes flash steam from discharge and exhaust vent pipework to preheat makeup or process water, recovering energy that would otherwise be lost to atmosphere.Applications
Next Generation of Automation Announced by Emerson
New solutions to deliver smarter, safer, optimized and sustainable industrial operations.
ExxonMobil to Acquire Pioneer Natural Resources in All-Stock Transaction
The acquisition more than doubles ExxonMobil’s Permian footprint and creates an industry-leading, high-quality, high-return undeveloped U.S. unconventional inventory position.
New Dual-Purpose Relief and Bleed Package in One Unit
Gilmore introduces Agiliti SafeguardPro electro-pneumatic control system.Design
New Valve Controller from Emerson Offers Embedded Edge Computing
Fisher Fieldvue DVC7K offers “Advice at the Device” tech with real-time analytics for valve health diagnostics and corrective actions.Design
Editor's Product Picks
Reducing Fugitive Emissions; Exhaust Vapor Condenser; Bi-Directional Knife Gate Valve; Digital Valve ControllerDesign
