Valve station planning 101: Part 2 of 2
In the first part of this series, we addressed some of the basics of effective valve station planning. Continuing in that mold, let’s take...
Collaboration Improves Reliability of High-voltage ESPs
By Ericka Richardson, Greene, Tweed
AccessESP, a Houston-based provider of rigless electrical submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions for the global oil industry, developed a retrieval...
New Drain Valve Saves Up To 95 Percent in Cleaning-In-Place Liquid
By Marianne Hojby, Alfa Laval
Drain valves comprise up to 20 percent of all valves in a typical processing plant. But cleaning them is costly,...
Reinventing Primer to Prevent Marine Shipping Corrosion
By Martin Lawrence, NanoRustX LLC
For the marine shipping industry, preventing corrosion is a critically important operational and safety issue for fleets, whether tanker, container,...
The Mechanical Seal Industry’s Contribution to Energy Efficiency in Pumping Systems
By Richard Smith and Chris Booth, AESSeal
See Part 1 Here
In last month’s beginning to this article, we posited that, although sealing devices account for...
Reinforced Laminates Offer Many Uses for the Power Industry
Power plants are filled with applications that require tarps or other barriers to protect equipment and workers from unwanted exposure to a variety of...
The Business Case for Mechanical Seals in the Mining Industry: Part...
Seal performance in slurry services is largely influenced by two parameters: The design of the seal chamber and maintaining proper control of the fluid...
Plug and play for efficiency, robustness, and high flow rates
In modern biomethane production plants, the screw compressor is used as the primary compression stage because of its efficiency, reliability, and ability to treat...
How to Choose the Type of Gasket to Use
Many variables affect the selection of a gasket for a pressure vessel or piping system. Our focus here will be to look at the...
Remote Commissioning Will Continue After COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has had huge effects on economies around the world, including reducing raw material production, limiting workforce availability, suppressing demand for many...