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Insights

Pressure Seal Standards Update

The EPA has been reducing the allowable fugitive emissions on valves in the last few years.
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Technical

Improve Ethylene Conversion: Critical Control Valves for Cracked Gas Processing

Maximum ethylene production requires several conditions: a highly saturated feedstock, high coil outlet temperature, low hydrocarbon partial pressure, short residence time in the radiant coil, and rapid quenching of the cracked gases.
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Technical

Using Advanced Sealing Technologies to Prevent Fugitive Emissions

With valves accounting for 60 percent of all non-compliance, conventional valve packing will not be an acceptable emissions solution by itself moving forward.
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Education

The Intriguing Story of the Pressure Seal Valve

In a quest for more efficient power generation, power plants in the 1930s pushed the pressure-temperature envelope.
#valvehistory #pressure-relief

MRO

Trends in Independent Valve Pressure Testing

Before the industry slowdown of 2008, end users performed third-party pressure testing of valves for use in critical service according to the acceptance criteria of ASME B16.34, API-598, API-6D, etc.
#pressure-relief #maintenance-repair #standards

Technical

Offshore High Pressure Relief Valve

Oil wells drilled in deep waters typically face many difficulties with pressure, especially as the wells are placed on the bottom of the ocean floor.
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Technical

Kingston Valves Announces New Safety Relief Valve

Storm Manufacturing Group, maker of Kingston Valves, announces the release of their new safety valve series: the Kingston Model 710.
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Technical

Clean Service Relief Valves from Rupture Pin Technology

The clean service pressure relief valve from Rupture Pin Technology (RPT) uses a precise pin as the sensor and actuator.
#pressure-relief #actuators #automation

Education

Best Practices in Pressure-Relief Valve Maintenance and Repair

In their presentation at the Valve Repair Council Repair Meeting & Exhibition, Nov. 1 and 2, 2012, in Houston, Bob Donalson and Kevin Simmons of Pentair Valves & Controls shared valuable information about maintenance and repair programs for pressure-relief valves.
#pressure-relief #maintenance-repair #controls

Technical

Spirax Sarco Introduces CS10 Clean Steam Separator with Enhanced Surface Finish

Spirax Sarco has released the CS10 Clean Steam Separator with an enhanced surface finish as standard.
#pressure-relief #standards

Applications

The Mighty Steam Trap

The steam trap is the device primarily responsible for automatic ­discharge of condensate from steam systems. It’s the same today as it was in the early days.
#pressure-relief #basics

Design

What Makes Up a Servo Valve Feedback Mechanism is Mission Critical

To maximize machine operation and business results, engineers ought to consider more than how a servo valve performs with regard to flow/pressure gain, frequency response, and precision.
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Applications

Behind the Walls: Valves in Building Systems

Fire systems in buildings are almost universally fed and filled with clean water. For these systems to be effective, they must be reliable, have sufficient pressure and be conveniently located throughout the structure.
#pressure-relief #water-wastewater

Technical

Pentair Modulating Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valves

Pentair Valves & Control’s pilot-operated pressure relief valve, the Anderson Greenwood 5200, is designed to withstand the high temperatures and pressures that are prevalent in heat-recovery steam generators in combined cycle power plants.
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Technical

Conval Whisperjets Reduce Gas or Liquid Pressure, Prevent Component Wear

Conval offers custom-designed, low-cost Whisperjets® for gas or liquid pressure reduction, suitable for new or retrofit installations.
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Technical

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control's EST Group Launches New GripTight Isolation Plug

EST Group, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company, is introducing its new GripTight® Isolation Plug, the latest addition to its pipe plugs and pressure testing tools.
#ball-butterfly-plug #pressure-relief

Technical

Continental Disc Corporation Announces SANITRX HPX® II Rupture Disc

Continental Disc Corporation enhances their HPX® rupture disc product line with the SANITRX HPX® II Rupture Disc, a semicircular, scored, reverse acting rupture disc designed specifically for applications in the pharmaceutical, food & beverage and biotech industries
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Technical

Spirax Sarco Introduces the Fig 36HP Strainer Range Rated to ASME Class 600 Standards

Spirax Sarco is pleased to announce the release of the Fig 36HP stainless steel Ytype strainer rated to ASME Class 600 standards and therefore meets the needs of a wider range of applications.
#pressure-relief #standards #materials

Technical

The Vic-Ball Super Duplex Valve Series 726D from Victaulic

The Vic-Ball Super Duplex Valve Series 726D from Victaulic is a high pressure, full port ball valve with grooved ends.
#ball-butterfly-plug #pressure-relief

Technical

Environmental Protection Cap from Taylor Valve

Taylor Valve's Environmental Protection Cap will withstand discharge pressures up to 3000 PSI in temperatures from -45 to 300.
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