IMI has secured a multi-million Euro deal to supply seven anti-surge valves to a major production facility in the North Sea. The project will upgrade legacy IMI valves with new anti-surge valves to increase both system reliability and efficiency, while also driving improved environmental performance. The replacement valves benefit from additive manufactured components complete with IMI’s patented DRAG™ technology. Its multi-stage, multi-path design directs fluid through a highly resistant tortuous path to incrementally reduce the inlet pressure. This limits the fluid velocity at the trim, eliminating the risk of vibration, noise, and erosion. IMI CCI’s compressor recycle and anti-surge valve combines premium DRAG® flow control technology with reliable fast stroking actuation. The result is a complete severe service valve solution designed to maximize the reliability, efficiency, and control of compressor recycle systems.
The IMI anti-surge valves also feature IMI’s SC/V actuators, which use a special piston design for smooth and precise operation, as well as IMI’s latest development, the high-capacity, high-precision digital pneumatic SHP (Smart High Performance) positioner.
Courtesy of IMI.