PRVs regulate incoming pressure, reducing the risk of catastrophic failure and improving overall system efficiency.

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 ...

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, ...

Minnesota Rubber/QMR Plastics (www.mnrubber.com) has converted a water control valve from brass to molded assembly. The new valve features a 74 percent weight reduction, non-corrosive reinforced ...

Some combined cycle plants have two feedwater-control valves: a small startup valve with the extra cavitation protection needed during startup and low-load operations, and a larger main valve with the ...

Good air removal is crucial to the proper operation of any closed system. It is generally accepted that if a minimum pressure of 4-5 psig is maintained at the top of a closed hydronic system, all of ...

The newly released survey, which compared the water damage insurance claims of 2,306 U.S. homes using a Flo by Moen Smart Water Shutoff valve to those of a 1.3 million-home control group, found that ...

Larger buildings, process facilities, and other applications use chilled water cooling systems for its many advantages, including refrigerant and maintenance containment, energy efficiency, and lower ...

Inspecting the system of thousands of valves that control the flow of drinking water through Atlanta’s underground pipes will be a “huge undertaking” after years of neglect, the head of the Department ...