Master Class Articles
Striking The Perfect Balance
Whilst system balancing is one of the more complicated tasks faced by commercial heating engineers, it needn’t be beyond most installers. Here, Les Li...
Valve User Issue 23
Cryogenic Masterclass
The growth in the LNG and Industrial Gases market has seen increased interest in low temperature and Cryogenic testing. Adanac’s Technical Director Ne...
Valve User Issue 23
Joint Integrity Masterclass
BVAA is working very closely with new member ‘The Academy of Joint Integrity’ to offer Valve User readers a Joint Integrity Masterclass, to be held at...
Valve User Issue 23
Actuators’ Role in Asset Management
In this Master Class for Valve User, Ian Sully, Sales and Product Specialist for AUMA UK provides a definition of asset management. The growing import...
Valve User Issue 22
Mokveld’s Considerations in Designing HIPPS
HIPPS is an abbreviation for High Integrity (Pressure) Protection System, which is a specific application of a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) design...
Valve User Issue 21
How to pick control valves with low life cycle costs
In light of economic instability, many organisations are redoubling their efforts to reduce operational costs and maintain profitability. Control valv...
Valve User Issue 20
Generic Review of Valve Issues Facing The End User Today
I am now in my 40th year in the industry and would like to share some generic data concerning issues facing the industry today.
General valve issue...
Valve User Issue 18
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
A brief review of Valve Casting Weld repairs by Barrie Kirkman, BSc CEng MIMech, Executive Consultant to the Offshore, Petrochemical and Chemical Indu...
Valve User Issue 18
Review of RFID Technology For The Offshore Industry: In 2010 the RFID market growth was 14%. Interest in the Offshore Industry and associated Service Companies is gathering momentum.
In brief, RFID technology is proving to be successful and is definitely here to stay as it offers full traceability of assets such as drilling equipme...
Valve User Issue 18
Selecting Elastomers For High Pressure, Rapid Gas Decompression (RGD) Applications
In applications where RGD is a possibility, valve OEMs and end-users require parts moulded from elastomers designed and proven to be resistant to this...
Valve User Issue 18
Practical use of Detonation Flame Arresters
The use of detonation arresters as a means of explosion protection in industries handling flammable liquids, vapours and gases is widespread but is of...
Valve User Issue 18
Control Valve Actuators: Their Impact on Control and Variability
By Chris Warnett, Rotork Process Controls
In a process plant, the general function of a control valve is to restrict the opening of the valve so i...
Valve User Issue 17
I’m just a SIL whose intentions are good...Oh Lord! Please don’t let me be misunderstood. (With apologies to The Animals)
All right, maybe Eric Burden of The Animals sang ‘soul’, not ‘SIL’ but the underlying problem remains the same: the term ‘SIL’ can be grossly misunder...
Valve User Issue 15
Partnership leads to pneumatic control innovation for Biomass transport
Midland-ACS helps create the most unique rail wagons manufactured to date, the Biomass wagon in partnership with GB Railfreight.
Renewable forms of...
Valve User Issue 15
Metso - Just add intelligence...
The main drivers for control valve modernization projects have been:
• To improve process stability and increase production efficiency
• Increase ...
Valve User Issue 14
Steam Today and Steam Tomorrow
Brian Johnston from Spirax Sarco discusses in this 3rd and final article in the series, how the flexibility and versatility of steam is
demonstrated...
Valve User Issue 13
Steam today and steam tomorrow
The second of a series of three articles, covering the features of a modern steam system and how it could and should maximise efficiency and reduce op...
Valve User Issue 12
Valve Position Detection in Modern Process Installations
In the process industry, valves and actuators are historically used for controlling and diverting fluid flows. Increasingly the plant engineers want a...
Valve User Issue 12
Design to get the best results from your fluid seals
Following the introduction of the Seals Working Group within the BVAA, here are a few ‘food for thought’ comments from the James Walker staff to help ...
Valve User Issue 12
Steam Today and Steam Tomorrow
A series of three articles covering steam’s widespread use today, how steam system efficiency is being improved and how use will evolve and change in ...
Valve User Issue 11
Using butterfly valves for control
All control valve manufacturers will tell you that it is important to carefully size and select any valve that you wish to use in a control applicatio...
Valve User Issue 11
Case Study - Malaysian LNG Facility
To prevent accidental product spillage while tankers are loading, Smith Flow Control supplied and installed a valve interlocking system for the Malays...
Valve User Issue 10
What are key interlocks?
Mechanical key interlocks work by controlling the sequence of events in which valve process activities are conducted.
Key interlocks are dual-keye...
Valve User Issue 10