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Our Featured articles are long reads that require more reading time than our news articles. In this section, you can find our cover stories, compelling content featuring prominent manufacturers, end-user interview with valve experts around the world, in-depth technical articles and interesting project reports from various industries, ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to power generation, pharmaceuticals and food and beverage industries.

The Benefits of Analyzing Valve Niche Opportunity

There are over 1 million different niches in today’s valve market. They vary in terms of valve type, application, criticality, and supplier system.

Evaluating a Valve’s Flow Coefficient with Computational Fluid Dynamics

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a methodology of simulating fluid flow under given conditions to model and predict its behavior.

VanAire: The Engineered Difference

Since its inception in 1995, VanAire has continued to set the industry benchmark for Engineered Valve Automation Hardware (EVAH).

Bidirectionality in Isolation Valves

There are many types of valves used to isolate process flow.

Mitigating Corrosion in Chemical Plant Assets: An Interview with Jonathan Maddox, Nippon Chemical Texas

Keeping up with guidelines and preventative testing is vital to the success of any petrochemical company, and aiming to keep corrosion to a minimum goes hand in hand with the goal of reducing emissions at any facility.

Aligning the Scope for Efficient Standardization: An Interview with Trace Scrivner, Principal Engineer, Piping...

Analyzing, revising, and updating standardization codes and policies is an ongoing practice.

Looking at Valves in a New Light: ‘The Beer Pairing’

The thought of grabbing a beer and sitting down to read an article on industrial valves may not have ever occurred to professionals in the water-wastewater, oil & gas, or related industry, but there is a genesis for everything.

How the Valve Industry is Changing to Match the Energy Transition

Valves control and contain pressure and flow, release gases, and prevent leakages or backflow.

In Biorefining, Bespoke Processes Call for Custom Valve Solutions

Biorefining is a rapidly evolving segment that utilizes a variety of feedstocks and processes to create bioproducts (energy, materials, and chemicals).

Movements Towards Environmentally Conscious Energy: Interview with Joseph Witherspoon

Is there a way to produce energy in a more green, environmentally friendly way, while still prioritizing efficiency and output?