Valves with Erosion Protection Selected for Ethylene Unit

IMI has won the contract to supply a package of transfer line and decoke valves for the world’s first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene cracker.

Consisting of 15 36-inch IMI Z&J double disc through conduit (DDTC) gate valves, the package is notable for integrating the company’s patented erosion protection device, the IMI Z&J Beluga Hump, into each component’s decoke valve inlet nozzle.

This solves a potential erosion issue affecting transfer line and decoking valves, which need to operate without error in the extremely hazardous environment inside the ethylene unit.

IMI Z&J DDTC valves are engineered, designed and built to robust, fail-safe designs, tailor-made and fabricated to customer specifications in materials suited to demanding operating conditions. This step-by-step approach and fostering of productive working relationships proved vital to the company’s contract win.