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Valves India Newsletter
- May.2022
Rotork Actuators to upgrade actuation technology in Kolkata airport
An aviation fuel station at a major Indian airport has been enhanced with the installation of intelligent electric actuators from Rotork. Kolkata airport, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBIA) wished to upgrade to the latest in intelligent actuation technology, It is the fifth busiest in the whole of India and annually handles approximately 9 million passengers. It was expanded in 2013 by the addition of a new terminal. Aviation fuel is collected from nearby Haldia Refinery by tanker and delivered to NSCBIA airport. Over 30 IQ intelligent multi-turn electric actuators have been ordered for installation at an aviation fuel station at the airport. They are replacing existing K-range Rotork actuators that operate gate valves; around half the ordered actuators have now been installed at the storage tanks at the station.
The customer wished to upgrade to IQ3 actuators to access the features and benefits they offer, such as access to operational data through the integrated data logger. The customer requested that the replacement actuators were electric, to avoid unnecessary changes to power supplies and existing set-up.
Local engineers demonstrated the features of IQ3 actuators to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (who run the aviation fuel network at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport), highlighting operational accuracy, data logging functions and power supply options, including the ability to install without a power supply.
The customer has signed up to a service agreement as part of Rotork’s Lifetime Management programme, ensuring ongoing service support and reduced downtime for maintenance activities through Heath Checks and periodic maintenance.
Velan ABV shipped the largest cable drive actuators
Velan ABV is proud to have shipped the largest Cable Drive Actuators ever made before. As part of a complete package for valve systems, Velan designs and manufactures cable drive actuators suitable for both control and isolation valves, able to improve performance and overcome the limitations associated with traditional systems.
AMPO supplies large sized gate valves in Indonesia
AMPO POYAM VALVES is supplying diverse highly engineered valves up to 56” and 900 lbs for the Berri development project, where Aramco is adding new processing units to its gas-oil separation facilities at Abu Ali in the Arabian Gulf. Saudi Aramco is the owner and end user of this field and it awarded the EPC contract for the development of this project to the EPC contractor Saipem/Snamprogetti Saudi Arabia Ltd.
AMPO POYAM VALVES has designed and manufactured several highly engineered gate and swing check valves for this project, including 56” and 48” and 900 lbs gate valves with Inconel 625 weld overlay applied to all their wet surfaces. Cladding operations were completely performed at the facilities in Spain by using its own machining and cutting-edge weld overlay cladding technologies consisting of diverse welding robots and cladding cells with a high level of automation. The cladding process for the 56” gate valve required approximately 12 weeks of uninterrupted production and has provided anticorrosive qualities and wear resistance, anti-coking, metal dusting resistance, etc. to the sealing and contact areas of the valves.
Intelligent Electric Actuators At South Korean Chemical Plant
Over a 100 multi-turn and part-turn intelligent electric actuators have been installed at a new petrochemical site in Daesan, South Korea. The IQ actuators will provide flow control at the plant which produces ethylene, polyethylene and propylene. The new facility will produce 750,000 tons of ethylene, 750,000 tonnes of polyethylene and 400,000 tons of propylene per year. These chemicals are widely used to make plastic and synthetic rubber which in turn make automotive parts and other industrial materials such as packaging and pipes. The actuators have been installed in the cracking units in the plant to control the flow of the oil that is the feedstock at the heart of the production process. They operate ball, gate, globe and butterfly valves.
The Rotork Master Station provides a local centre for monitoring and controlling flow control assets. It is a control interface for Pakscan network loops, capable of operating up to 240 actuators across three separate field networks. The actuators will be linked by Rotork’s leading Pakscan™ network bus system and connected via a Rotork Master Station installed in the control room, operating two independent loops.
OHL Special valves for the largest CSP project in Dubai
OHL Gutermuth is experienced partners when it comes to supplying solar plants with high-pressure valves. The company has even supplied special valves for the construction of the largest Concentrated Solar Power plant in Dubai. The “Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park”, which will start operating in spring 2022, is the largest CSP plant in the world, with an output of 1100 MW of energy. OHL Gutermuth acted as a consultant to the Chinese plant manufacturer SEC Shanghai Electric and has been involved in the project for several years now. SEC Shanghai Electric specifically chose quality valves from OHL Gutermuth because the Hessen-based company with its headquarters in Altenstadt has many years of expertise in solar plant construction.
The special butterfly valves from OHL Gutermuth were delivered from Altenstadt to Dubai in 2020 and installed in the pipelines, which are up to 64″ 600# in size. However, it is not only in the field of solar system construction that OHL Gutermuth is a sought-after partner for reliable, high-quality solutions. The extensive product portfolio includes butterfly valves, shut-off valves, special valves, and a wide variety of other valves. All valves are manufactured by highly qualified specialists in Altenstadt and are subjected to rigorous testing in accordance with the most stringent international standards.
Large sized valves for Balikpapan refinery in Indonesia
AMPO POYAM VALVES has supplied more than 300 large sized gate valves and metal seated ball valves for the Balikpapan Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP) project RU-V on Borneo Island in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. This expansion project is being executed in two phases. Phase I is focused on expanding the facility’s output capacity from 260,000b/d to 360,000b/d and Phase II will focus on increasing the flexibility of the refinery to handle Middle Eastern crude.
This expansion is being carried out by the refinery’s owner, Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation, Pertamina, in Joint Operation with SK Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd , Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd., PT. Rekayasa Industri and PT PP (Persero) Tbk. AMPO POYAM VALVES has designed and manufactured several highly engineered gate valves up to 60” and 1500 lbs as well as up to 14” and 600 lbs metal seated ball valves for this refinery upgrade. All those valves will be installed on the following systems and refinery units: South Acid & RFCC Gas Flare System, Plant Feed & Product Tankage, Interconnecting Pipe Racks, Steam & Power Generation System, Sea Water Intake, Desalination & Demineralization System, Propylene Recovery Unit, Common Facilities NLP-1, RFCC NHT Unit, Alkylation Unit, etc. AMPO POYAM VALVES always develop completely tailored solutions for customers, and in this case many of the gate valves have been designed to be installed vertically.
Energy Steel and Hayward Tyler, Inc. secure contracts in France
Energy Steel and Hayward Tyler, Inc. have been awarded multi-million dollar contracts to support the ITER project in France. Energy Steel’s contract will supply 62 solenoid valve and cubicle packages and Hayward Tyler’s will supply variable drive booster pumps. These awards follow previous awards that ITER has made to the Engineered Pumps and Motors Division of Avingtrans. The ITER project is a joint international research and development project with the programmatic goal of demonstrating the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power. The demonstration facility is under construction in St.-Paul-lez-Durance, France, and will be the largest fusion experimental reactor.
Energy Steel’s solenoid valve and cubicle packages will be an integral part of the primary cooling water system (TCWS) and will be used to control heat removal from ITER’s magnetic fusion reactor. The solenoid valve and cubicle package will be in accordance with various international and project-specific standards and delivered to the ITER facility in France.
Hayward Tyler’s booster pumps will be an integral part of the drying system for the Tokamak Cooling Water System (TCWS) and will be designed, built, and tested at Hayward Tyler, Inc. in Colchester, Vermont.
Hunt Valve Company acquires Montreal Bronze Ltd
Hunt Valve Company has acquired Montreal Bronze Ltd. The acquisition brings MB into the Hunt Valve portfolio of severe duty valve and automation technologies under the new name MB Valve. Founded in 1985, MB Valve supplies severe-duty, bronze marine valves including qualified U.S., Canadian, and NATO friendly Navy MIL-STD valves, and specialty valves for pharmaceutical and nuclear applications.
Hunt Valve is a specialty valve engineering and manufacturing company serving the U.S. Navy and industrial customers worldwide. It is a portfolio company of Chicago-based May River Capital, a private equity firm focused on lower middle-market industrial growth businesses.
Rotork actuators for Wessex Water UK to upgrade multi-million project
Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation, and keeping the world flowing for future generations. Intelligent electric actuators have been ordered by Wessex Water to support a £50 million project to reconstruct the Durleigh Water Treatment Centre, which provides drinking water to over 40,000 UK residents. This is part of a framework agreement between Rotork and Wessex Water.
Durleigh Water Treatment Centre in Somerset is Wessex Water’s second largest surface water treatment works. It treats raw water from the Durleigh reservoir and Bridgewater and Taunton canal, but in recent years the condition of the site has deteriorated. This prompted a renewal project that will improve the treatment process and the water that is produced.
Over 200 Rotork IQ multi-turn and part-turn operated actuated valves (some with IW Mk2 gearboxes) have been installed on almost all processes on the site. IQ3 actuators operate a wide range of valves, including butterfly valves that control the flow of raw water through a new main treatment building, inlet valves as the water enters from the reservoir and applications within the main treatment building such as Dissolved Air Flotation, Rapid Gravity Filters and Granular Activated Carbon Filters.
They also operate valves within the second building on site (known as the “Low Lift Pumping Area”), a building that treats wastewater from the process, and a chemical building where final processes (including ultraviolet treatment) are undergone. A small number of compact, electric ROM actuators were also installed to provide simple on/off control within the main treatment building.
IQ3 actuators are ideally suited to water applications because of their water ingress protection; they are double-sealed to IP66/68. Internal electrics are protected from the ambient environment for the full life of the actuator, even when the terminal cover is removed. Real time valve and actuator performance is viewable on the LCD display. Rotork application teams produced the designs and drawings for all the machined components that were required to carry out the valve automation.
BEL Valves invests £250,000 for sustainability plans
North East manufacturer BEL Valves has invested £250,000 over the last 18 months to future-proof the business as part of its sustainability plans. With over 50 years of experience, specialising in high integrity, complex valve solutions for applications including subsea high-integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS) and high pressure and high-temperature ultra-deep applications for critical service conditions, including the first subsea gate valve in 1985.
The changes in the oil and gas industry and the worldwide goal of achieving net-zero have challenged the business to reassess the long-term future of the deep-sea oil and gas industry. Following an extensive restructure in 2020, the valve manufacturer aims to generate up to GBP 20M in sales by 2025 as part of a five-year plan, targeting the energy transition market, as well as traditional markets.
Paladon actuators for FPSO project in Brazil
Paladon Systems has announced that it has completed a batch of Pneumatic Spring Return Actuators, They will be installed on different Valve Sizes for the FPSO Buzios P-78 Project, in Brazil.
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