Tag: valves

Meet Your Heat Exchanger Speakers!

The second annual Heat Exchanger World Americas Conference & Expo is coming up on December 1st and 2nd, 2021, at the San Jacinto College’s LyondellBasell Center for Petrochemical, Energy & Technology (CPET) in Pasadena, TX, U.S.The two-day event will bring together Principal Engineers, Materials Engineers, Corrosion Engineers, Metallurgists, Reliability Inspectors, Asset Integrity Managers, and Maintenance Directors.

GF Adding to Board of Directors

Georg Fisher, a global company, is appointing an international executive to its Board of Direcotrs. At the Annual Shareholder's Meeting to take place on 20 April 2022, GF will propose electing Ms.

Neles’ Acquisition of Flowrox Completed

Neles’ acquisition of the valve and pump businesses of the Finland-based technology company Flowrox has been successfully completed.

Rusco’s New Smart Ball Valve

Upholding its commitment to meeting consumer needs with quality and innovative products, water filtration pioneer Rusco™ is pleased to unveil the Rusco Smart Ball Valve.

Flowserve Expands its RedRaven IoT Solutions for Valves

Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced today it has expanded its revolutionary industrial IoT service suite, RedRaven – giving companies even greater insight into the performance of their flow control systems by now offering valve-specific capabilities.With RedRaven IoT solutions available for both pumps and valves, companies can now monitor valve health to proactively identify and address issues before they cause downtime.Using multiple connectivity options, RedRaven monitors valve performance trends and alerts users when a valve deviates from normal operating conditions.

Featured Story – Fitness for Service and Valves

Badak LNG is one of the largest natural gas liquefaction plants in the world, located in Bontang, Indonesia. There are 8 process trains - capable of producing 22.5 Million Metric Tons Per Annum of LNG - and they use steam turbines for driving power generation and refrigeration compressors. On January 27, 2011, a routine inspection detected several cracks on a 24” #600 gate valve located on a steam line.

Heat Exchanger World Americas is Offering Workshops!

The second annual Heat Exchanger World Americas Conference & Expo is coming up on December 1st and 2nd, 2021, at the San Jacinto College’s LyondellBasell Center for Petrochemical, Energy & Technology (CPET) in Pasadena, TX, U.S.

Featured Story – Efficient Inlet FEEDGAS Control

Rangeability and stable control have always been an issue when it comes to controlling varying flow rates and pressures in gas pipelines. This is made even more difficult in FEEDGAS inlet for a Liquefaction facility, especially when gas is supplied from multiple sources held by different owners that have different pressures and flowrates.

Featured Story – Piping Design as an Art

Piping design is an integrated process which combines designers, engineers, and end users. Covering a lot of ground, a piping designer needs to not only be knowledgeable, but creative and approachable. Charles Johnson, Senior Piping Designer for Evergreen Engineering, spoke with Valve World Americas to explain how he became what he calls a piping design artist, and why this is an integral role in the industry.

Featured Story – Champion in the Race for Low Greenhouse Gas...

Business opportunities are emerging for valves suppliers because more customers are committing to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions operations. Clients’ efforts to reduce their emission footprints have added a new layer to the complexity of the valves market, stimulating the development of low-emission, zero-carbon products and technologies.