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Moving toward the future with sustainable biofuels
The word “biofuel” has been a known term for many years now. However, we have transitioned into a new period of time when biofuel has become significantly more important globally. But do you know that not all biofuels are actually sustainable? And what makes a biorefinery really efficient? Let’s take a closer look.
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Safe offshore production – part 1: challenges and role of automation
Oil and gas production involves great deal of risks that need to be addressed to perfection in order for production units to be safe for employees, surrounding population and vulnerable nature. This has been valid always, but even more today as easily extractable reserves are expended and oil is obtained from more challenging locations.
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Experience matters in valve sizing and selection
All too often, valve sizing and selection tools are based on standard equations and rules of thumb shaped by performance data collected under laboratory conditions. While laboratory data may be considered extremely accurate, they are no substitute for real-world data collected under actual operating conditions over an extended period of time.
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Managing valve wear in FCC slurry oil service
Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is an important upgrading process for converting heavy oil feedstock into products such as gasoline, light fuel oils, and olefin-rich gases at oil refineries. In this process, a hot catalyst from the regenerator flows in a fluidized state through the riser tube into the reactor. Do you want to enhance the wear protection of the critical flow control devices in the FCC unit? Read on and join my presentation in Valve World.
Insights ● Blog postImprove efficiency by using your existing data streams
The more you know about control loops, the faster you can find and resolve issues, exploiting hidden potential – and raising production efficiency.
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Cut turnaround costs by focusing maintenance where needed
One of the biggest challenges is determining what devices will be adjusted, repaired or upgraded, and ensuring that key devices are not ignored.
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The first-ever valve with 3D printed valve body for field testing
In May 2021, we have supplied a customer with a valve with 3D printed valve body which will be tested in the customer's process. See the interview with our expert Jukka Borgman to learn more!
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Q&A: Developing valve technology
We talked with Kalle Suurpää about R&D and testing of our valve solutions.
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What advantage does Valmet's FXM peristaltic pump have over a diaphragm pump?
Flow control expert Drew Schneider, a Project Manager, was asked to answer this commonly raised question.
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SymSizer size press uneven nip loading solved, a case study
This case study is for a size press which had intermittent problems with sheet breaks when the rolls were nipped up. The problem did not occur every time, so it was difficult to troubleshoot.
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