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Neles™ Q-Disc™ flow balancing trim for butterfly valves

Neles™ Q-Disc™ flow balancing trim for butterfly valves

Q-disc flow balancing trim for butterfly valves | Valmet

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Boost plant reliability and availability

Boost plant reliability and availability

As every plant manager knows proper planning of maintenance and shutdowns can significantly improve plant profitability.

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Hydrogen is hard on valves

Hydrogen is hard on valves

Under pressure, the hydrogen molecule H2 cracks metal and can even penetrate steel. Hydrogen fracture weakens the tensile strength and ductility of steel, which reduces its resistance to fracture and causes cracking.

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No two days are ever alike at the Global Service Center

No two days are ever alike at the Global Service Center

No two days are ever alike at the Global Service Center

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Nelprof™ helps select a pump for optimum control valve pressure drop

Nelprof™ helps select a pump for optimum control valve pressure drop

Our guest writer Jon F. Monsen shows how an analysis using our control valve sizing and selection software’s unique ability to graph the installed gain of a control valve can be helpful in selecting the optimum pump for a balance of good controllability and minimum energy use.

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3 steps to assure your plant is safe with ESD valves

3 steps to assure your plant is safe with ESD valves

An emergency shutdown (ESD) valve is part of a safety instrumented system (SIS) and normally refers to all types of safety system valves. Much confusion still exists when it comes to what should be considered with these valves to make a plant safe.

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Control valves for feedstock, dilution steam and fuel to furnaces

This is Part 2 of our series of three posts on valve selection for ethylene cracking. An ethylene steam cracker can accept a variety of feedstock.

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Digital business ecosystems to boost pulp and papermaking projects and processes

Digitalization is a hot topic in the pulp and paper industry as well as among the suppliers to this industry. What does digitalization mean in practice? What kind of opportunities does it provide?

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Understandable valve diagnostics

Understandable valve diagnostics

Digital valve controllers can provide diagnostic data about the valve assembly. But how many users can correctly interpret the data they get?

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How to boost compressor performance

If you’re involved in manufacturing compressors or turbos, you know the future is bright. Industrial use of compressed gas and air is growing steadily. The latest financial reports forecast this market’s vigorous growth because all gases are produced using large, powerful piston, screw or turbo compressors. New and refurbished compressors and auxiliary devices are increasingly needed in different applications. This includes their use in gas separation plants, the growing number of gas turbines around the world, the increasing use of LNG on vessels, in pneumatic equipment or even the development of new petrochemical processes.

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