Valves are essential elements for controlling fluid system performance. Virtually every fluid-power system requires some type of valve. In a hydraulic system, valves may control pressure, flow to an ...

Description: The new AVENTICSTM Series 625 Sentronic Proportional Pressure Control Valves has a control deviation of less than 0.5%. The new valves are designed to deliver highly accurate, electronic ...

Feedwater control valves play a critical role in boiler operation. One important parameter of their design is the pressure drop at the rated condition as well as off-design conditions. However, ...

Learn about the proper location for those valves, managing blowoff steam and turbine exhaust, and more. Very few deaerators utilize vessels that are not constructed and stamped in accordance with ASME ...

In steam boiler applications, pressure relief valves (PRVs) are the silent sentinels — the last line of defense against potentially disastrous overpressure situations. In a perfect world, boiler ...

Learning the basics can ease loop tuning frustration and ensure stability. During plant operations, it seems that tuning control loops is an ongoing task, which can be a continual frustration to ...

After working on large subsea offshore oil and gas drilling projects for several decades, Santiago Gomez, president for Ocean Edge Services, believed he had learned the nuances of the complex ...

Plant engineers and technicians are frequently asked to tune the controller when a control loop’s process value has prolonged or significant excursions from the set point. But in many instances, no ...