If you suddenly have the need for a two-way, flow control valve — from a valve-selection standpoint — what kind of questions do you ask yourself? Many, perhaps, don’t ask any questions and may make ...

When a pipe bursts or a gas line starts hissing, you do not want to be standing in ankle‑deep water or smelling gas while you ...

In zone valve setups, a separate zone valve is installed in the pipe to or from each zone. In most installations, the zone valves are in the returns, where the water is cooler. The cooler temperatures ...

It takes a large number of control valves to run a power plant, and while some valves are more critical to plant operations than others, it always follows that when a severe service valve fails, the ...

Like so many of the core technologies integral to automated industrial operations—such as motors, drives, and I/O—valves don’t always receive the attention they deserve in the automation arena.

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, ...

The article will then look at valve types very briefly before focusing on digital positioners. It will examine the expectations that the user should have with regards to digital positioners, for ...

Compressible fluid flow through control valves will inevitably cause some form of flow-induced vibration in the fluid system. Identifying the type and cause of the vibration requires detective work.