Anti-surge valves protect centrifugal compressors from potentially catastrophic damage, but they are typically grossly oversized for common operating conditions. My article in the December 2024 issue of Automation.com, titled “The Art of Compressor Anti-surge Valve...
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Digital Valve Controller Diagnostic Alerts Maximize Maintenance Efficiency
There are three basic alert settings within all Fisher digital valve controllers that provide advanced notice of degrading performance, but those alerts must be enabled, configured and monitored — ideally by following the four-step program outlined in this article.
Power Industry Valve Application Video Series
Valves are critical in many power industry applications such as boiler feedwater & recirculation, superheat attemperation, turbine bypass, and more. In this YouTube Fisher Valves & Instruments Power Industry Application Series, you can learn about the role...
Mitigating Control Valve Noise
In a Chemical Engineering article, Reducing the Noise from Control Valves, Emerson’s Mark Nord describes ways to reduce noise levels emitted from these control valves.
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