Featured Story

    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.

    Featured Story – L&T Valves Knowledge-sharing Programmes

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    L&T Valves conducts Knowledge-sharing Programmes across the globe to help customers address flow-control issues with clarity and confidence. Inspired by the sustained support for the programme, we now offer our select customers an interactive online learning experience from 1 April to 14 April 2020.

    Featured Story – Prepping is key

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    The preparation step is essential for effective maintenance. All relevant documentation should be traced and studies before going to work on the valve. It has become apparent that in the industry these steps are not always taken.

    Featured Story – Fugitive emission reduction by using Belleville springs on ball valves

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    Adding springs to a ball valve greatly reduce the risk of fugitive emissions as well as general seat wear. Before examining the benefits of the Belleville spring on ball valves, it is important to understand the Belleville spring.

    Featured Story – 100 per cent tightness an illusion

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    There is no 100 per cent tightness in flange connections. The wording “this flange connection is 100 percent tight” is not correct and technically unsustainable. Depending on type of medium, internal pressure, type of sealing material and assembly conditions there will always be a certain leakage rate.

    Featured Story – Smart cities need smart valves

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    Smart cities use data to manage resources more efficiently. Within water distribution, engineers and city planners are linking sensors with smart control valves to stabilize pipeline pressure, curb non-revenue water, and reduce the costs associated with burst pipes.

    Featured Story – Newly-launched IVAMA sees potential

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    India now has its own valve and actuator association, the IVAMA, thanks to the initiative of eleven local companies. Valve World asked Director General Mr. Muruganantham Ramakrishnan for some inside information.

    Featured Story – Chevron’s Gorgon Project: CCS to mitigate CO2-footprint

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    As an unavoidable by-product of natural gas processing, carbon dioxide (CO2) poses a challenge for oil & gas companies who wish to reduce their carbon footprint. By using carbon capture and storage technology, companies like Chevron are hoping to engage in large-scale gas processing while eliminating greenhouse gas emissions.

    Featured Story – Actuated valve assemblies: an end-user recommended practice

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    In June 2019 the WIB issued a recommended practice for actuated valve (AV) assemblies. Kees Meliefste (Dow Benelux) spoke to Valve World about the origins of this document, how it can promote AV safety and reliability and the impact it is already having on the industry.

    Featured Story – Valves in molecular sieve service

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    With liquefied natural gas becoming ever more popular as a clean fuel, there have been tremendous investments in the liquefaction and export plants as well as small-scale facilities around the world. Valves remain the heart of every plant’s operating and isolation philosophy and when the discussion is about LNG, which is a highly flammable fluid, the valves need special attention too.

    Featured Story – Regulating hot air with valves

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    Called in to repair damaged blowers, Sulzer engineers performed a thorough investigation that highlighted valve failures as a contributing, but not fundamental, cause of the problems. A better maintenance routine was advised.
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