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Valves India Newsletter
- February.2020
Valves For Kudankulam N-Power Plants Ready
Russia’s nuclear power plant maker Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) said that it has completed the manufacturing of valves for 1,000 MW Units 3 and 4 coming up in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu.
In a statement, Rosatom said six swing check valves and twelve wedge gate valves with 80 to 400 mm throat diameter is intended for the power plant’s turbine island and will be operated under pressure of up to 12 MPa and temperature of up to 350 AC. Valves are designed to stop, allow or throttle the flow of a process fluid.
The valves have passed the whole scope of factory tests including hydrostatic tests for strength and tightness of an assembled item when it is held under pressure of 16.5 MPa for 10 minutes. Indian side carried out an acceptance inspection of the equipment.
Baker Hughes Safety Relief Valves ForBAPCO
Baker Hughes announces a successful award to supply the severe service, control and safety relief valve contracts for the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) Modernization expansion project.
Baker Hughes has been awarded approximately 1200+ General & Severe service control valves and safety relief valves for BAPCO through contracts with Samsung, TecnicasReunidas, and Technip with additional specification still coming in for the ancillary equipment.
AmpoPoyam Valves bagged contract in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco and the EPC TekfenInstaat, which is based in Turkey, have once again trusted in AMPO POYAM VALVES for the design and manufacture of additional 250 sour service valves for Haradh and Hawiyah Gas Increment Program. With this new order, more than 700 valves designed and manufactured by the Spanish company will be installed in these facilities in Saudi Arabia. This program’s scope includes nine gas compression facilities, seven liquid separation stations and the expansion of the pipeline network to Haradh and Hawiyah Gas Plant.
AMPO POYAM VALVES will specifically design and supply 250 highly engineered gate and check valves with Incoloy 825 overlays up to 16” and 900 lbs, and all of them will be installed at the Satellite Gas Compression Pipeline. Most of them will be critical valves due to the high pressure as well as the application.
Hydraulic Valves To Garner 30% Market Shares
Rising demand of hydraulic valves in construction and agricultural machineries is one of the key driving factors for the hydraulic valves market. Increase in farm mechanization is accelerating the use of agricultural machineries, while development in infrastructure projects and transportation facilities will propel the demand for construction machinery. Construction & Agricultural machinery together, are estimated to provide ~USD 800M absolute dollar opportunity in the global market by the end of 2029.
Further, effective integration of latest technologies such as 3D printing & Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to unlock future growth prospects in the global market. Prominent manufacturers are capitalizing significantly in their R&D endeavors to strike a fine balance between cost and effectiveness of hydraulic valves. The report estimates that the market is foreseen to expand by ~1.4 times to reach a valuation of ~USD 2bn by end of 2029.
The hydraulic valve market can be construed as a fragmented market.Bosch Rexroth, Eaton Inc., Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Helios Technology, Enerpac Tools Group, Parker-Hannifin, Curtiss-Wright, Danfoss Industries and Hydraforce are the largest competitors in the hydraulic valve market. The competitors have been seen to be moving to East Asia & South Asia to gain a foothold.
Fluor Pmc Services For BPCL
Fluor Corporation (FLR) announced that it was awarded a project management consultancy services contract by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for its Polyols Petrochemicals Project at its existing integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex in Kochi, Kerala, India. Fluor’s scope of work includes front-end engineering and design of both the inside and outside battery limits as well as detailed design, engineering, procurement, and construction management services for the facility’s utilities and off-sites. Fluor booked its portion of the undisclosed contract value in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Six new process units will be built as part of this project and integrated into the existing refinery.
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OEM International acquires Zoedale Ltd
Zoedale was founded in 1976 and is a specialist in solenoid valves and valve actuators. Amongst others, Zoedale represents ASCO, Valpes, Omal, Bernard Controls and Peter Paul, which manufacture valves and actuators for various process and industrial applications. It is joining the OEM group to broaden its product offering and to continue to develop its expertise in the pressure and flow sector.
Headquartered in Sweden, OEM International is one of Europe’s leading technical trading companies with 34 operating units in 14 countries. The group trades in industrial components and systems for industrial automation, acting as an alternative for manufacturers to selling through their own companies.
Rotork actuators for Waste-to-energy plant
Rotork IQ3 electric multi-turn actuators have been installed at waste incineration and power generation plant in Bao’an, a district in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, which is set to become the world’s largest waste-to-energy plant.
Shenzhen Bao’an Three Garbage placed an order for 400 IQ actuators to be used by Shenzhen Energy Environmental Company Ltd at the site, which will have the capacity to process 3,000,000 tonnes of waste per year when complete the equivalent of 700,000 tonnes of coal per year.
The actuators will be used to operate gate valves, globe valves, butterfly valves, ball valves, and dampers at the site which is expected to be operational by 2020. The IQs are being installed on plant processes including the waste heat boiler, as well as gas control, water treatment and public pipeline systems.
This is the second time Shenzhen Bao’an Three Garbage has used Rotork products after previously placing an order for IQs to be used in the second phase of the project six years ago.
AUMA actuators for Dubai sewage treatment plant
200 AUMA electric valve actuators are now operating in Phase 2 of the Jebel Ali sewage treatment plant (STP) in Dubai. This increases the number of AUMA actuators on-site to more than 400, including the 200 actuators at Jebel Ali STP phase 1 site that has been in operation since 2008. An additional 50 AUMA gearboxes have been installed for manual valve operation.
The AUMA actuators are installed across the entire new plant, located on a 670-hectare desert site. They automate a wide variety of gate valves, butterfly valves and penstocks at all stages of the treatment process. AUMA’s scope of supply includes 200 SA multi-turn actuators with AC actuator controls, some also combined with AUMA gearboxes. The most powerful gearboxes in the plant include six GS 400 part-turn gearboxes that control flow in a DN1800 pipeline, delivering a maximum torque of 125,000 Nm. All actuators are centrally controlled using the Profibus DP communication standard.
Some of the new actuators have been installed to automate valves in the phase 1 plant that were previously manually operated.
Rotork selected for strategic tank farm automation
Rotork IQ3 intelligent electric valve actuators with Pakscan digital control network have been selected by Horizon Tangiers Terminals S.A. for the automation of their strategically important terminal in Morocco. The programme, designed to optimise storage capacity and increase security, involves the automation of tank inlet and outlet valves and firefighting water network valves.
Rotork has supplied over 100 actuators, including new actuated valve packages and actuators for the motorisation of existing gate and butterfly valves. In addition to supplying the products, Rotork’s responsibilities include retrofitting existing valves, installing new actuated valves and commissioning. The actuators will be remotely monitored and controlled by two hot-standby Rotork Master Stations equipped with Pakscan digital control software, operated via a Distributed Control System by a Siemens PLC in the site control room.
The selection of the Rotork automation solution was assisted by the proven performance and user-friendliness of IQ3 intelligent actuation technology in many other hazardous area tank farm installations, combined with the local availability of technical support to achieve the objectives of the programme.
Pakscan is a digital control system designed specifically for valve actuators, with actuator, focused features that are unavailable from other designs.
Directional control valves in UAE construction industry
PONAR WadowiceS.A. directional control valves have been put into operation in hydraulic systems working in applications for construction industry in United Arab Emirates.
The systems were designed and manufactured by its Partner in UAE the AL ZERWA company. Each of the hydraulic systems consists of 10 directional control valves of WE6 type and a pressure relief valve installed on a hydraulic block. The designed systems will be operating tables used in pre-cast industry. Each of the hydraulic systems will be controlling 20 hydraulic cylinders powering the tables.
The company’s products find a variety of applications in every major industry. It offer single components of oil hydraulics as well as complete hydraulic systems.
Mumbai to get two more wastewater treatment plants
The BMC is finally going to appoint a consultant for two more wastewater treatment facilities. The project of eight treatment plants has been on paper for the last 15 years. While BMC appointed consultants for four plants, work on the Malad treatment plant is in the process. .
As per the proposal sent by the BMC administration in the Standing Committee meeting, the civic body had invited tenders for the services of a project management consultant.
BMC has received a response from three companies. As per policy, the BMC administration picked the lowest bidder, Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCEL), for the job. BMC will pay R21 crore for the Versova treatment plant and R30 crore for the Ghatkopar treatment plant. TCEL is already a consultant for the Dharavi and Bhandup plants.
