Valves, Actuators & Regulators Blog

Mastering Tank Pressure: Practical Ways to Reduce Risk, Product Loss, and Emissions

2026-07-10T08:00:39Z

Storage tanks may look static, but pressure inside them is constantly changing. Filling, emptying, solar heating, rain cooling, vapor generation, inert gas supply, and connected recovery systems can all affect the pressure in the vapor space above the liquid. If those pressure changes are not managed, a tank can exceed its maximum allowable working pressure or fall below its maximum allowable working vacuum.

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Optimizing Power Plant Efficiency with Pressure Relief and Blowdown Valves

2026-07-09T03:30:12Z

In high-pressure, high-temperature service, small deviations in valve performance translate into measurable efficiency losses and safety risk. Code-compliant selection, proven design features, and factory-verified testing help operators avoid unplanned outages, extend maintenance intervals, and protect critical assets.

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Rethinking Reliability in Gold Mining: Why Run-to-Fail No Longer Pays in Critical Valve Service

2026-06-30T01:00:13Z

Control valves sit at the center of slurry density, cyanide dosing, and recycled water duties, where small controllability problems compound directly into lost ounces. Treating those valves as commodity components rather than performance assets has become an increasingly expensive habit.

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Understanding Valve Operations in Heat Recovery Steam Generators

2026-06-26T13:00:41Z

HRSG valve applications span an unusually wide range of operating conditions. During startup, a feedwater valve may see the full discharge pressure of the boiler feed pump against an empty, atmospheric-pressure drum, creating severe cavitation potential.

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Smarter Control Valves, Better Operating Decisions: A Conversation with Clint Schneider

2026-06-22T16:00:57Z

Control valves sit at the point where process decisions become physical actions. Better data from the valve, delivered to the right person in the right place, shortens the path from detection to response.

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Smart Solutions for Emerging Pipeline Priorities

2026-06-22T08:00:25Z

Evangéline Cousot's World Pipelines article, “Pipelines under pressure,” explains how smart technology and integrated biomethane injection stations support sustainability improvement initiatives for distribution system operators (DSOs).

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Sizing a Control Valve for Liquid Flow: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough

2026-06-10T18:00:51Z

An undersized valve cannot pass the required flow, and the correct selection depends on more than the published flow coefficient. Pipe reducers, choked flow conditions, and the interaction between pressure drop and vaporization all influence the result.

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Valve Strategies to De-risk Modular LNG and Floating LNG Execution

2026-06-01T13:00:18Z

The rapid growth of LNG & FLNG projects introduces valve procurement and execution complexity that traditional approaches were not designed to handle, and project teams that fail to adapt early risk schedule slips, rework, and startup delays.

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Copper Emerges as the Defining Metal of the AI Era

2026-05-22T11:00:48Z

Copper is undergoing a quiet but profound redefinition. Long viewed primarily as an industrial commodity, it is now rising to the level of critical infrastructure, essential to the digital, electric, and energy systems shaping the next decade.

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Solving LNG Valve Challenges from Production to Storage and Transport

2026-05-13T13:00:47Z

Poorly specified or undersized valves in critical services can cause unplanned shutdowns, fugitive emissions, and safety incidents, so getting valve selection right at the front end of a project and revisiting it whenever process conditions change are among the highest-leverage actions an operator or engineering contractor can take.

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Benefits of Metal Seals in Quarter Turn Valves

2026-05-12T13:00:29Z

In terms of control performance, sealing life, and cost, quarter turn valves incorporating soft, non-metallic components have been the gold standard for decades. Unfortunately, these soft seals have a somewhat limited ceiling for temperature and are easily damaged when used in applications where the process fluid contains abrasive materials. Metal seals address these deficiencies, but […]

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Slurry, Corrosion, Remote Operations and Water: Valves That Keep Mines Running

2026-05-11T13:00:11Z

Valve failures in mining drive unplanned downtime, safety hazards, environmental exposure, and lost production. Abrasive slurries, cavitation, and corrosive acids each attack valves in different ways, yet all lead to the same outcome: shortened service life and rising maintenance costs. A podcast analyzing available solutions.

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Reducing Chemical Over‑Injection and CapEx Through Control‑Grade Injection Strategies

2026-05-06T13:00:48Z

In upstream Oil & Gas operations, chemical injection is one of those critical processes that rarely gets much attention—until something goes wrong. Corrosion, scale formation, and flow assurance issues can quickly turn into costly production disruptions, safety risks, and unplanned maintenance. As a result, many operators take a conservative approach: inject more chemical than necessary […]

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Advanced Pressure Relief Valves for LNG Storage Applications

2026-04-08T13:00:20Z

New pressure relief valve (PRV) designs that protect LNG storage tanks, while providing cost savings through reduced fugitive emissions and increased capacity.

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Global Mining Investment Boom: What $1.5 Trillion in Projects Means for Operations and Automation

2026-04-06T15:18:02Z

The $1.5 Trillion Mining Boom newsletter highlights that the global mining industry has entered a new investment super-cycle with roughly $1.5 trillion in active mining projects worldwide, while operators and suppliers alike are navigating tighter timelines, more demanding operating conditions, and higher expectations for execution reliability.

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