The Valve World Americas Expo & Conference is coming soon to the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, taking place on June 7th and 8th, 2023.
Day two of the conference will provide attendees with a diverse selection of concurrently running workshop sessions. Each session will offer several presentations on different aspects of the valve industry.
The second concurrently running workshops begin at 1:00pm, beginning with option one running until 2:30pm: Fugitive Emissions: Monitoring & Sealing Technologies, run by session chair Bronson Pate of Magdrive Technologies and Valve Maintenance & Repair: Total Cost of Ownership, run by session chair Gilbert Alonzo, Consultant.
The Fugitive Emissions session will focus on learning the latest technologies in monitoring and the testing of valves to achieve success in programs and will feature presentations such as:
- Influence of PTFE Coating Content in High Temperature Application of Fugitive Emissions Graphite Packings – Carlos D. Girão & João H. Pontes, Teadit
- Sustainable Polymer Based Sealing Solutions in the New Circular Economy and the Special Case of Fluoropolymers and PFAS Restrictions – Tim Bremner, Advanced Sealing Technologies
- Do Valves Really Contribute 60% of Refinery Emissions Today? Current Status and Improvement Potential in Industrial Valve Fugitive Emissions – David Bayreuther, Valmet Flow Control
- Reduction of Fugitive Emissions – Valve Testing According to ISO 15848-1 – Simon Weiler, amtec
- Zero Emission Valve Automation for Gas Pipelines – Howard Williams & Shahrum Iqbal, Bray International
Valve Maintenance & Repair will focus on direct and indirect costs associated with valves, including purchase price, repair costs, replacement costs, and costs of downtime for maintenance and repairs. This session with include presentations such as:
- Business Benefits of Valve Condition Monitoring – Dave Anderson, Score Group
- The Valve Trifecta – Highest Quality, Best Delivery, Lowest Price — Is it Achievable? – Charlie Metrailer, Matt Hartfiel & Tom King, MRC Global
- Three Pillars of Compliance – Rodney Roth, RFS Compliance Solutions.
- Quality in the Valve Industry: Going Above & Beyond – Mitch Anderson, Bray International
The second option begins at 1:30pm and runs until 3:30pm. This will feature a session on Hydrogen Valves run by session chair Ed Edgar of SLB. This session will focus on the significant part that hydrogen is expected to play in the low-carbon future that lays ahead and will feature presentations such as:
- Hydrogen Challenges for Valves – Matthew Doherty, SLB
- The Hydrogen Economy and the Role of the Valve Industry – Will Powers, Bray International
- The Study of Expanded Graphite Material in Low- E Usage Conditions in High temperature and Cryogenic Services, Specifically Severe Hydrogen Applications – Yuta Sato, Nippon Pillar
- MSS Standard for Valves in Hydrogen Service – Greg Johnson, United Valve
- Keeping up with Hydrogen – a Vision on Testing – Emiel Lechevallier, Ventil
- Criticality in Hydrogen Valves – Gobind Khiani, Enbridge
Be sure not to miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn from and connect with industry peers. We look forward to seeing you there!