Addressing Valve Challenges- Volume Two - electronic book

• Guidance on control and communication strategies to optimize valve operation
• Recommendations for proper selection of positioners and control sensors
• Tips for managing fugitive emissions and compliance with emission standards
• Practical guidance for steam-production systems, distillation, and large-scale fermentation processes
• Strategies for commissioning and startup planning to improve project predictability
• Engineering insights into hygienic operations and solids-handling equipment
• Coverage of functional safety approaches for emergency shutdown valves

• Process and mechanical engineers
• Plant operators and maintenance personnel
• Instrumentation and control engineers
• Project engineers and managers in chemical processing facilities
• Safety and reliability engineers

Articles Include

• Control Valves: An Evolution In Design
• Avoiding Pressure Relief Problems
• Control Valve Position Sensors
• Managing Pressure while Pigging an Oil Pipeline
• Plant Revamps and Turnarounds: Some Lessons Learned
• Sizing Calculations for Pressure-Relief Valves
• The Relationship Between Materials Selection and Machining Processes
• Seven Tools for Project Success
• An Investigation of Premature Flooding in a Distillation Column
• Rotary Valves in Pneumatic Conveying Systems
• Steam Balancing: The First Step in Steam Optimization
• Hygienic Process Equipment Fabrication
• Optimizing Pressure Relief Systems
• Connecting Operations Personnel to Reliability Efforts
• Performance Trends of Top Performers in the CPI
• Large-Scale Fermentation Systems: Hygienic Design Principles
• Communication Technologies for Throttling Valve Control
• Considering Fugitive Emissions During the Conceptual Design Stage
• Emergency Shutdown Valves: A Functional Safety Approach to Selection
• Commissioning and Startup: Increase Certainty Through Advanced Planning
• Using Installed Gain to Improve Valve Selection
• Improving Control Valve Performance
• Emissions Regulations and Control
• Feeder Design for Solids Handling
• Valves: Emissions Standards and Current Practices
• Gas Detection as a Risk Mitigation Technique

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