Summer 2024 ISSUE
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Case Study: Sizing of Tailings Tank Level Control Valves in Mining Applications
A comprehensive engineering approach is needed to ensure valves are properly designed to handle abrasive services such as mining applications.
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FEATURES
InsightsAre You Using AI in Your Business?
Artificial intelligence tools can help businesses function better. Here are some suggestions on where to start.
Valve Basics: Plastic Valves
Polymer materials of construction expand capabilities of valves for specific applications.Insights
High-Purity Labs Require Careful Planning and Care
When a new product is required to meet a minimum level of “clean” consistently, your existing quality lab environment may not be sufficient in its current state.
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Moving from Fossil Fuels to a Hydrogen Economy
Manufacturers, standards organizations and industry are collaborating to accelerate hydrogen as a replacement fuel to power our grid and our economy.
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Ready for Life Cycle Assessment?
Suppliers are increasingly being asked to report data related to carbon footprint and environmental impact. The requirements are likely to spread through the supply chain. Here is an introduction to life cycle assessment (LCA).
COLUMNS
Industry Profile: Maria Aguirre
Maria Aguirre is a former member of the Valve editorial advisory board.Insights
Perspectives: A Thank You to Valves
I recently heard a radio story that the “Potomac River Tunnel Project” run by DC Water had broken ground.Insights
Industry Profile: Jean Dockendorf
We recently asked Valve Magazine Editorial Advisory Board member some questions about what got her into this world of fluid controls, and what she does outside of the world of valves and actuators.Insights
From the Editor: Time Keeps on Ticking into the Future
Welcome to the Summer issue of Valve.Insights
From the Editor: Time Keeps on Ticking into the Future
Welcome to the summer issue of Valve!Standards Spotlight: AWWA
The American Water Works Association, or AWWA, was founded more than 140 years ago making it the oldest organization of water professionals globally.ARTICLES
ManufacturingSAMSON Awarded Certification for Additively Manufactured Pressure Equipment
Major milestone for valve engineering and manufacturing of pressure equipment.FieldComm Group Acquires FDT/DTM Technology
Industry leaders unite to drive intelligent device management innovation and standardization in industrial automation.
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EIA Expects Electricity Growth to be Mostly Met by Renewables
EIA expects electricity from solar, wind and hydropower combined to account for 22% of total U.S. generation in 2024, increasing to 24% in 2025.
Design
DOE Announces $900 Million to Accelerate the Deployment of Next-Generation Light-Water Small Modular Reactors
Anticipated funding aims to promote advanced reactor orderbook and prepare domestic nuclear industry for deployments.
Queens Carbon Set to Receive $14.5M Scaleup Funding to Pilot Carbon Neutral Technology
Government funding and commercial partnership to pilot Queens Carbon’s low-temperature technology that aims to lower carbon emissions of the cement industry.
Teadit Receives Certification of Standard Achievement
ASME U-stamp certification is assigned to pressure vessels meeting set standards.VMA News
VMA Welcomes New Member The Welsford Company, formerly known as F.S.Carl Hyltin Appointed Vice President at Conval
As VP of sales and marketing, he succeeds Don Bowers Jr. who is retiring.Design
IMI Unveils First HIPPS for Hydrogen Post-Production Processes
IMI’s first HIPPS to protect hydrogen post-production processes.Dominion Energy Takes Step to Determine Feasibility of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
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Curtiss-Wright Receives ASME III Division 5 Certification for High Temp Reactors
Certification authorizes design, fabrication and testing of metallic components to be used in Gen IV high-temperature reactors.Endeavor Management and University of Houston Announce Strategic Partnership
The MOU will leverage the strengths of both organizations to promote innovation, research and implementation of sustainable energy.Manufacturers Challenge Costly Water Standard
The NAM Legal Center and ACC file suit to block the rule.Manufacturing
Westinghouse’s Additive Manufacturing Innovation Improves Safety and Efficiency in Operating Nuclear Reactors
This industry-first milestone increases bottom nozzle debris resistance from 65% to 96%.
Industry News
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled a longstanding precedent set in 1984 with Chevron vs. Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the most cited cases in American law.Applications
ESS' Iron Flow Batteries Selected to Demonstrate Utility-Scale Microgrids
Selected by Indian Energy and the California Energy Commission, the non-lithium, long-duration energy storage technologies will enable resiliency and affordability.
Welsford Co. Partners with SVF Flow Controls
Company will contribute SVF’s sanitary and high-purity quarter-turn valves.Energy Transfer and Sunoco Announce Permian Basin Joint Venture
The joint venture combines respective crude oil and water gathering assets in the Permian Basin.Emerson Celebrates 150 Years of Crosby Product Line
Emerson is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its Crosby line of pressure relief valves (PRVs), marking a significant milestone in the history of PRVs and overpressure protection products.Design
Latest Launches
Valtorc International Launches New Fugitive Emissions Valve Series 197 ball valves for fugitive emissions applications.Emerson Enhances Control System Software
DeltaV update features expanded connectivity via Ethernet-based protocols and streamlined state-based control execution.
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