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Perspectives 4
Continuing Growth
BY BILL SANDLER
Beyond Valves 46
Weld End Connections
BY GREG JOHNSON
Actuators & Controls 50
Sizing Actuators
BY RICH OAKS
Materials Q&A 52
Titanium Valve Grades
BY THOMAS SPENCE
The History of Valves 54
Metal Materials
BY GREG JOHNSON
Conversation with 60
VMA Chairman Mark Cordell
BY GENILEE PARENTE
D E P A R T M E N T S
Industry Capsules 6
VMA Calendar 10
Index to Advertisers 57
VMA and VRC Member Roster 58
A NEW DRIVER AT THE WHEEL?
Speakers at this years workshop were cautiously optimistic
about the economy in general pronouncing that the nation is in
recovery mode. One theme this year from several end-user
presenters is that natural gas is changing the picture for our
nation.
BY KATE KUNKEL
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LEARNING THE CONTEXT OF
LOCAL CUSTOMS
By understanding the thinking that underlies accepted norms,
a business visitor has a much better chance of successful
partnerships with parties from different cultures.
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WHERE VALVES ARE USED:
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
As the nation seeks ways to decrease reliance on foreign oil,
it looks to sources such as geothermal energy. Heres an
update on the industry and whats happening with technology
and special projects.
BY KATE KUNKEL
IMPROVING PROCESS EFFICIENCY WITH
WIRELESS VALVE AUTOMATION
Plants around the world are replacing clipboard checks with
automated inspections and monitoring because of wireless
valve automation.
BY KURTIS JENSEN
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f called upon to assess the mood at
VMAs 31st Annual Market Outlook
Workshop in Chicago in August, I
would label it somewhat optimistic
for 2013. In comments with individu-
als about their business over the last
half year, I discovered that attendees
were actually surprised by how long
this upswing has been sustained.
As always, what speakers said var-
ied by end-user industry, but the over-
all outlook going into next year was
cautiously optimistic for the near
future, with a much more favorable
picture in the longer term.
Crowd pleaser Alan Beaulieu, presi-
dent, Institute for Trend Research, out-
lined for us what our immediate past
and future look like. Although results
could vary somewhat based on certain
scenarios, he shared this picture with
attendees:
2011Slower rate of recovery
2012Ongoing recovery
2013Flattening out and a
recession begins
2014 A minor recession (but
nothing like the one weve been
through)
2015-17Years of positive
growth
Kevin Geraghty, vice president,
Energy Supply for NV Energy, said
that in the power industry, the best
bet for valves will be international
business opportunities, especially in
coal. He said new coal deals in the
U.S. were dead and existing coal busi-
ness is on life support that will hang in
there for awhile longer. Our industry
will have another opportunity to hear
Geraghty as he keynotes our VMA
Technical Seminar & Exhibition
scheduled for March 7-8, 2013 in
Charlotte, NC.
Another presenter with a positive
spin was Michael Higgins, director of
Corporate Strategy for AREVA Inc.,
who discussed the nuclear industry. He
said there are currently 60 reactors
under construction globally with
almost half of those in China. Other
countries he mentioned were France,
Finland, Czech Republic, Romania,
Poland, U.K. and Sweden, as well as
the U.S.
For an in-depth analysis of what
some of our speakers said, turn to
page 20.
As far as the workshop itself, it
received very favorable comments not
just for the presentations, but for the
meeting facility and staff. Also, we had
record attendance that included 82
VMA/VRC members, as well as 52
additional attendees from the
Hydraulic Institute, the trade associa-
tion representing the pump manufac-
turers and our partner at the workshop
for the last 8 years.
The next workshop is Aug. 8-9,
2013 in San Diego. VM
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REORGANIZATIONS & ACQUISITIONS
GE Energy Splitting into Three Separate Businesses
GE has reorganized its Energy business into three stand-
alone businesses effective in the fourth quarter of 2012: GE
Power and Water, GE Oil and Gas, and GE Energy Manage-
ment. The current organizational structure will be phased
out by the end of 2012.
GE Energy Infrastructure includes about 100,000
employees and will have revenues of about $50 billion in
2012. The three new businesses will report directly to GE
Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt.
Fenner Advanced Sealing Technologies Acquires
American Industrial Plastics
Fenner Advanced Sealing Technologies has aquired Ameri-
can Industrial Plastics (AIP) located in Daytona, FL. For 30
years, AIP has served the oil and gas, industrial and medical
markets with precision-machined products for demanding
applications. AIP specializes in developing customer con-
cepts into manufacturable parts, including making complex
and difficult-to-machine components out of high-perform-
ance, polymer-based materials.
Victaulic Buys Desalination Business of MTS Valves
& Technology
Victaulic has acquired the desalination business of MTS
Valves & Technology, which designs and manufactures valves
for the global desalination market, including the MTS Plug
Valve.
The acquisition of
the MTS desalination
business unit enables
Victaulic to offer the
highest quality and most
comprehensive product
portfolio for piping sys-
tems in the desalination
industry, said Jim Ren-
ner, vice president of
water and wastewater at
Victaulic. Victaulic
will provide the same
high-quality products
and services that current MTS customers are accustomed to
receiving, in addition to world-class technical support.
NEW FACILITIES
Beck Completes Pennsylvania Plant Expansion
Harold Beck & Sons Inc. has completed a 24,000-square-foot
expansion to its Newtown, PA facility. The additional space
increases the companys manufacturing floor by 55%, includ-
ing a fully-equipped training facility, semi-automated storage
system and state-of-the-art ESD room. It also lays the founda-
tion for additional machining centers and robotics.
IN
D U S T R Y C A P S U L E S
Pentair Ltd. and the flow control business
of Tyco International Ltd. have combined
to create Pentair Ltd., an industrial growth company in water
and fluid solutions, valves and controls, equipment protection
and thermal management products.
We have significantly increased our global presence, and
together have a broader offering and expanded capabilities
for our customers, said Randall J. Hogan, chairman and
chief executive officer of Pentair Ltd. Looking forward, we
believe Pentair is uniquely positioned to benefit from the
increased demands on energy, water, infrastructure and agri-
culture resulting from the growing population and wealth of
the world.
The company now has 30,000 employees located in more
than 30 countries, operates more than 100 manufacturing
facilities and markets its products and services worldwide.
The merger was structured as a tax-free
Reverse Morris Trust transaction. As a result of
the distribution and merger, Tyco shareholders own approxi-
mately 52.5% and former Pentair, Inc. shareholders own
approximately 47.5% of Pentair Ltd. on a diluted basis, with
about 210 million shares outstanding.
Members of the Pentair, Inc. Board of Directors just
before the merger, together with one new director designated
by Tyco, are the members of the Pentair, Ltd. Board of Direc-
tors. In addition to Hogan, the Pentair, Inc. executive team
remains in place as the senior executive team of the combined
company.
Pentair Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland with its main
U.S. offices remaining in Minneapolis, MN.
The merger was approved by Pentair, Inc. shareholders on
September 14, 2012.
Pentair and Tyco Internationals Flow Business Combine
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Emerson Process Management
Opens New Houston Facility
Emerson Process Managements Regulator
Technologies business is consolidating its
Willowbrook and Waller locations into a
new facility and headquarters in North
Houston. A total of 175 people will work
there at the outset, with plans to increase
that number to 250 within the next three
years. The $27 million investment will
serve as a product test lab to support
Emersons valve automation development
activities.
NEW CONTRACTS
Shell Awards Single-Source
Agreement to Pentair Valves &
Controls
Pentair Valves & Controls (formerly Tyco
Flow Control) has been selected to provide
pressure-relief valves and after-market
services to Shell globally. The five-year
Enterprise Framework Agreement covers
Crosby and Anderson Greenwood direct-
acting and pilot-operated pressure-relief
valves and line block relief valves, and
supports services for all of Shells
operations worldwide.
The agreement for pressure-relief valves
is the second framework agreement secured
by Pentair (Tyco) in the last year. During
2011, the company was also selected by
Shell to provide butterfly valves globally.
Iraqs ROO Awards Cameron $100
Million Supply Contract
Cameron has been awarded a supply contract
valued at about $100 million by the Rumaila
Operating Organization (ROO) in Iraq. The
ROO is a joint venture between the state-
owned South Oil Company, BP and the China
National Petroleum Corporation. The scope
includes equipment for new wells and rehabili-
tation of existing wells along with associated
aftermarket services for the next three years.
Curtiss-Wright and Candu Energy
Sign Agreement
Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company
announced that its Enertech business unit
and Candu Energy Inc. have signed an
agreement to jointly provide Passive Auto-
catalytic Recombiner (PAR) technology to
the nuclear industry in the U.S. and select
international markets.
PEOPLE
KITZ CORP. USAThomas
J. Hannafin, senior advisor,
passed away unexpectedly
Aug. 2.
Prior to his role as senior
advisor, Hannafin worked at
KITZ USA for 27 years,
where he was vice president
of marketing and director of the corporation
from 1997 to 2008. Altogether, he served the
industry for 42 years in various valve sales
and marketing roles. He was actively involved
on API task forces that develop valve stan-
dards used in the HPI; various MSS technical
committees; and was a long-standing member
of the VMA Technical Committee. Hannafin
also was on the MSS Board of Directors for
10 years and had just accepted a three-year
term to serve as president of MSS.
Bill Sandler, VMA president, said: Tom
has been a great example of what makes
VMA such a terrific organization. He has
freely given his time and expertise for the
good of the industry. Those of us who have
worked with Tom agree he was a true
treasure, and he will be missed.
VALVTECHNOLOGIES has appointed
Gary Gandolfi to fill the position of director of
global distribution and service, reporting to
Kevin Hunt, president.
A graduate of the University of New
Orleans, Gandolfi has held senior positions
with McKesson Chemical, Carter-Chambers,
Groth Equipment, and most recently, with
Curtiss Wright.
ENTHONEhas appointed
Rick Reagan as president, Cook-
son Performance Materials
(CPM). Reagan will report directly
to Steven Corbett, CEO of CPM,
which includes both Enthone and
the Alpha electronic assembly and
advanced materials business.
Rick Reagan
CONTI NUED FROM PAGE 6
GE Energy
Peace of Mind.
Over the last 30 years, GE Energys Consolidated Green Tag Centers have provided
valuable aftermarket support in more than 80 facilities operating in over 30 countries
worldwide. Our customers receive helpful and responsive service through OEM-certied
repairs, innovative valve diagnostics, valve management and maintenance available
around-the-clockall backed by GEs proven industry knowledge and experience.
To learn more go to: www.ge-energy.com/GTC
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Under terms of the agreement, Enertech
will focus on sales and marketing of PARs
offered by Candu for use inside the contain-
ment building of nuclear power plants and
other facilities where hydrogen gas can
collect and create an explosive atmosphere.
PARs automatically activate without the
need for external power or operator action,
effectively preventing hydrogen buildup.
Emerson and Vopak Sign Terminal
Automation Systems Agreement
Netherlands-based Vopak has awarded
Emerson Process Management a three-year
Global Framework Agreement to become
one of the providers of process automation
systems and services for Vopaks storage
and bulk liquid terminal facilities around
the world.
Under the agreement, Emerson will
design, configure and implement digital
automation systems for all new automation
projects at Vopak terminals, as well as pro-
vide ongoing support services for new and
existing automation systems.
Vopak is the worlds largest independent
tank storage provider with 83 terminals in
31 countries.
Rotork and Velan Supplying Chinese
Nuclear Power Station
Rotork has supplied more than 100 IQ intelli-
gent electric valve actuators for the Velan
wedge gate and parallel slide valves for the
Taishan Nuclear Power Station. Situated on
the coast at Chixi Town, south of Guangzhou
in Chinas Guangdong Province, the Taishan
Nuclear Power Station is expected to be one
of the largest in the world. It is also Chinas
first nuclear power plant to adopt the Euro-
pean Pressurized Reactor (EPR) third-gener-
ation reactor technology. The first phase of
the project involves construction of two EPR
power plants, each with the worlds largest
capacity of 1750 MW.
KUDOS
Garlock Celebrates 125 Years
Garlock Sealing Technologies recently
marked its 125th anniversary with a celebra-
tion that included visits from state and local
officials. The company was presented a reso-
lution passed by the New York Assembly and
Senate marking the companys commitment
to its home counties of Palmyra and Wayne.
On hand to present the resolution and honor
the company were N.Y. State Senator
Michael F. Nozzolio and N.Y. State Assembly
Robert C. Oaks.
The Garlock family of companies dates
back to 1887 when Olin J. Garlock formed a
company to manufacture packing rings for
the piston rods of steam engines. Today, the
company employs 1,900 people and is an
acknowledged leader in high-performance,
fluid-sealing solutions with operations in 16
locations and through distributors in 79
countries.
NOVEMBER
1-2
Valve Repair Meeting
& Exhibition
Houston
www.vma.org
14-15
ChemInnovations 2012
New Orleans
www.cpievent.com
27-29
Valve World Conference
& Exhibition
Dusseldorf, Germany
www.valveworldexpo.com
DECEMBER
11-13
Power-Gen
Orlando
www.power-gen.com
2013
JANUARY
16-18
VMA Valve Industry
Leadership Forum*
Dallas
www.vma.org
28-30
AHR Expo
Dallas
www.ahrexpo.com
MARCH
7-8
VMA Technical Seminar
& Exhibition
Charlotte, NC
www.vma.org
MAY
TBD
VMA Valve Basics
Seminar & Exhibits
Boston
www.vma.org
*Open only to VMA/VRC
members.
CALENDAR
2012
Emerson will provide digital
automation systems for Vopaks
storage and bulk liquid terminal facilities.
TWO GREAT
COMPANIES.
ONE BRIGHT
FUTURE.
How do you create a global company built
for the future? By combining two powerful
histories in pursuit of a bold visionto help
companies around the world contribute to
healthier, safer environments.
Building on the achievements of Pentair and Tycos Flow Control
businesses, comprised of Valves & Controls, Thermal Controls
and Water & Environmental Systems, the new Pentair delivers
exceptional depth and expertise in filtration and processing, flow
management, equipment protection and thermal management.
From water to power
From energy to construction
From food service to residential
Were 30,000 employees strong, combining inventive thinking
with disciplined execution to deploy solutions that help better
manage and utilize precious resources and ensure operational
success for our customers worldwide. Pentair stands ready
to solve a full range of residential, commercial, municipal and
industrial needs.
PENTAIR.COM
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Members Nominated for Innovation Awards;
ASCO Wins for its Environment Valves
Winners of the 2012 Flow Control Innovation Awards were
announced in the September issue of Flow Control magazine.
The nominees were chosen for new technology in fluid
handling applications in the categories of fluid measure-
ment, control and containment.
VMA members Cameron, Emerson Process Management
and Spirax Sarco were among the nominees, with ASCO
Valve being named a winner in the control category for its
environment valves.
Quadrant EPP Earns OSHAs STAR Site Distinction
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP) has been
awarded the distinguished STAR Site designation by OSHA
for its site in Scranton, PA. Quadrant was recognized for
implementing effective safety and health management
systems, and an injury and illness rate below national
Bureau of Labor Statistics averages for the industry.
Now with Voluntary Protection Program status, Quadrant
EPP will be re-evaluated every three to five years to remain
in the program and is exempt from OSHA-programmed
inspections.
Highland Foundry Receives NORSOK Qualifications
Highland Foundry Ltd., Surrey, BC, Canada, has success -
fully completed updating its 22Cr (MDS D46) Duplex and
25Cr (MDS D56) Super Duplex casting Qualification Test
Records from Rev.3 to the current Rev.4 for NORSOK
M-630 Edition 5 and M-650 Edition 4.
The NORSOK standards were developed by the
Norwegian petroleum industry to ensure adequate safety,
value adding and cost effectiveness for existing and future
petro leum industry developments and operations. We have
been working with this well-established, recognized and
widely referred to standard for over a decade, in addition to
being included on approved and qualified vendor lists for
duplex and super duplex castings for many of the major oil
companies, said Kim Morgan, vice president of sales and
marketing at Highland.
EVENTS
Last years Power-Gen International saw a record-breaking
20,000 attendees and the same is expected this year as the
movers and shakers in the power industry gather in Orlando,
FL. The event is Dec. 11-13 at the Orange County Conven-
tion Center.
Power-Gen brings together utility officers, government
officials, contractors, equipment manufacturers, operations
and maintenance experts, fuel suppliers and many other pro-
fessionals whose job revolves around supplying power to the
world. Attendees hear from over 200 industry experts who
present their ideas on new solutions and innovations during
36 sessions broken up into 12 tracks. The concurrent tracks
are industry trends, environmental issues, emissions control,
gas turbine technologies, plant performance and much more.
Keynoting the conference this year is the president of
Tampa Electric & Peoples Gas, Gordon L. Gillette, and
chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Jon Wellinghoff.
The conference features more than 1,200 exhibitors on
the worlds largest industry exhibit floor showcasing their
products, which include valves and actuators, pumps, boil-
ers, turbines, engines, boiler water and feedwater treatment
services, computer hardware and software, controls and
instrumentation systems, engineering and construction serv-
ices, generators, plant electrical systems, and more. Among
exhibitors will be various VMA member companies as well
as Valve Magazine, VMA and the Valve Repair Council,
which will be at booth #647.
This years event also offers technical tours of Polk Power
Station, a state-of-the-art integrated coal gasification
combined-cycle power plant; Cane Island Power Park, which
was built on nearly 1,000 acres of protected wetland; and
the solar power system that makes up the roof of the Orange
County Convention Center.
Power-Gen is held in conjunction with these related
events: Nuclear Power International, Renewable Energy
World Conference & Expo and Power-Gen International
Financial Forum.
For information, go to www.power-gen.com.
Twenty Thousand to Attend Power-Gen
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Mark Cordell Named
Chairman at 74th
Annual Meeting
Outgoing VMA Chairman Bruce Brox-
terman, president, Richards Industries,
handed the chairmans gavel to incom-
ing chairman Mark Cordell, president,
Distributed Valves, Cameron Valves &
Measurement at the VMA/VRC 74th
Annual Meeting, Sept. 20-22. This
years meeting, which was held at the
Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay in Califor-
nia, was the beginning of a year-long
celebration of 75 years since the found-
ing of VMA. Cordell took over as chair-
man at the VMA Awards Dinner (see
page 60, Conversation with for
comments from Mark Cordell).
Other officers and board members
approved by vote at the association
business meeting were:
2012-13 Vice Chairman: Ivan
Velan, executive vice president,
Velan Corporation
2012-13 Program Chairman:
Greg Rogowski, president,
Mueller Co.
2012-13 Immediate Past Chair-
man: Bruce Broxterman, presi-
dent, Richard Industries
In addition, the board welcomed
Tom Pozda, president, Crane Co.
ChemPharma and Energy Flow Solu-
tions, and David Hughes, director of
global key accounts, Oil & Gas, Pentair
Valves & Controls.
Mike
Mitchell
Wins Top
VMA Award
At the VMA
Awards Dinner,
then-VMA Chair-
man Bruce Brox-
terman called to
the podium a sur-
prised and
delighted Mike
Mitchell, vice
president sales,
Cameron-Dyna-
Torque, who was designated VMAs
Man of the Year. Mitchell has been
involved with the association for many
years, serving willingly and cheerfully
on most of its committees, including the
program committee for the annual
meeting. He most recently chaired the
Market Trends Committee, responsible
for developing the outstanding program
held at the Market Outlook Workshop
each year. Mitchell joined previous
recipients of the Man (and Woman) of
the Year award on stage, where he
acknowledged being both honored and
humbled to be joining such a stellar
group.
In addition to that award, Alan
Beaulieu, principal, Institute for Trend
Research, who has delighted VMA
audiences with his insightful but enter-
taining thoughts on the economy at
many outlook workshops and numerous
annual meetings, was honored with a
VMA Service Award.
For coverage on the annual meeting
business sessions, please read a longer
version of this article on
www.ValveMagazine.com.
Plans for the
75th Anniversary
At the association business meeting,
VMA President Bill Sandler unveiled a
new logo for the Valve Manufacturers
Association of America, as well as a
version of the logo that will be used to
commemorate the 75th anniversary.
Also planned for the coming year is a
video that focuses on the history of the
association and the valve industry,
including members who will discuss the
value of belonging to VMA. It will be
unveiled at next years annual meeting.
In addition, a major public relations
effort to reach valve end-users around
the world about the value of working
with VMA members is in the works, as
well as a special commemorative pro-
gram, an anniversary issue of Valve Mag-
azine scheduled for fall 2013, and an
anniversary section on VMA.org.
Watch future issues of Valve Magazine
and VMA.org for more details.
VMA NEWS
Newly elected VMA
Chairman Mark Cordell of
Cameron (left) accepts the
gavel from Bruce
Broxterman, Richards
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he nations politicians and many of its citizens are pushing for more use of
renewable sources of energy not only because of environmental issues but to
lessen dependence on foreign oil. However, both wind and solar present a problem in
that the technology that exists today cannot provide sufficient power for baseload
electricity. A third sourcegeothermalholds promise, and even though it is not a
new source of energy, new types of plant technologies are making this type of renew-
able even more attractive.
Geothermal energy is actually very efficient compared to other renewables,
according to Tim Reinhardt, technology development manager in charge of low-
temperature geothermal projects at the Department of Energy (DOE). It can
operate 24 hours a day under virtually any conditions, and its capacity factor
(the ratio of the actual output of a power plant over a period of time compared
to what it could put out operating at full capacity during the entire time) is
equal to nuclear and coal-fired plants.
Were [DOE] working with the energy industry to make this power competitive
for baseload electricity, he says.
AN UPDATE ON THE INDUSTRY
Today, three kinds of geothermal power plant technologies are used to convert
hydrothermal fluids to electricity: dry steam, flash and binary cycle. Which type is
used is dependent on the temperature of the geothermal site.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY:
A RENEWABLE WITH
HUGE POTENTIAL
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY:
A RENEWABLE WITH
HUGE POTENTIAL
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pulling power from
the grounds heat is
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attention because of
new technologies as
well as efforts by
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The plant was a result of tax support under the
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Early geothermal power plants were
dry steam plants, which use the steam
from geothermal reservoirs as it comes
out of wells. This steam is routed direct-
ly through turbine/generator units to
produce electricity.
More common today are flash steam
plants, which use water at temperatures
greater than 360 F (182 C) but below
400 F (204 C) that is pumped under
high pressure to the generator equip-
ment at the surface. The pressure is
allowed to reduce and the water flashes
to steam, which is then put directly
through a turbine.
The third type of technology is the
binary cycle plant, in which the water or
steam from the geothermal reservoir
never comes in contact with a turbine or
generator units. Instead, the technology
heats a working fluid that runs the tur-
bine. (This third type of plant is DOEs
Tim Reinhardts specialization.)
CHALLENGES FOR
GEOTHERMAL
While geothermal energy production
holds much promise, it also presents
challenges. John W. Pritchett, board
member of the Geothermal Energy
Association and co-chair of that associ-
ations Science and Technical Commit-
tee, shares what he considers some of
the most difficult.
First is getting financing for new
projects. The geothermal project devel-
oper will obtain no revenue until the
wellfield is drilled, the power plant is
constructed, a power-purchase agree-
ment has been negotiated with the pub-
lic utility company, and transmission
facilities have been arranged, he
explains.
Meanwhile, The upfront capital
costs of a geothermal project are formi-
dable, he adds. By comparison,
Financing for natural-gas or coal-fired
power plants would be far more chal-
lenging if the project developer were
required to purchase the entire fuel sup-
ply for the projects lifetime prior to
selling any electricity, he explains.
A second major challenge is locating
a suitable underground geothermal
resource and obtaining permission to
develop it, Pritchett continues. Suitable
locations are not plentiful and tend to be
located mainly in the western U.S. and
in areas that are generally away from
population centers, and much of the
land is tied up in government ownership.
Also, Prospecting techniques for
geothermal resources are in a relatively
primitive state of development and are
comparable in effectiveness to those
that were in use for oil and gas explo-
ration in the very early part of the 20th
century, he adds.
The geological anomalies of the west-
ern U.S. make it possible to have large
megawatt geothermal power facilities in
Nevada and California, Reinhardt says.
However, DOE has not limited its
efforts to that area.
We [DOE] explore resources spread
across the entire U.S., including tradi-
tional hydrothermal and low-tempera-
ture resources that are outside or below
the normal temperatures used to har-
vest electricity, he says. They are also
working with co-produced resources in
locations that have oil and gas produc-
tion such as the Dakotas, along the Gulf
Coast, even Arkansas.
However, these locations are isolat-
ed, and isolation creates problems in
several ways. According to Pritchett,
while geothermal electricity must be
generated by surface facilities located
above the underlying geothermal
resources, these facilities are often situ-
ated substantial distances from load
centers. A natural-gas plant, on the
other hand, can be located almost any-
where (even within the city it serves),
though some party still has to install or
expand the size of piping. Because of
the isolation, geothermal projects ordi-
narily will require electrical transmis-
sion facilities to bring the power to mar-
ket. Many promising geothermal areas
presently lack such means of transmis-
sion, he notes.
Another great challenge is technolog-
ical support and lack of infrastructure,
Pritchett says.
Most geothermal development com-
panies are fairly small, thinly capital-
ized, and severely stressed financially by
the high upfront capital requirements of
geothermal projects. Their ability to
directly support technical research and
development activities is very limited,
he says.
VALVES AND CONTROLS USED IN GEOTHERMAL
The valves used in the geothermal energy process are standard to any turbine-
generated system.
We use basically the same valves used in any power steam application,
Reinhardt says. Butterfly, gate and globe valves are common. There really
isnt anything special although there are situations where were dealing with
highly corrosive environments, and the pressure is high, so valves are chosen
accordingly.
Butterfly-type control valves are used to regulate inlet pressure to maintain
evaporator outlet vapor pressure. Poppet-type main stop valves are commonly
used to assure accurate shut-off of the steam flow when a turbine is stopped.
In some systems, an internal bypass valve, assembled in the main stop valve,
stabilizes control in the low-steam flow range.
On DOEs wish list for geothermal projects are valves that are reasonably
priced but offer more corrosion and pressure resistance.
A reliable, inexpensive, automated control valve that could fully seal even
in highly corrosive environments would be valuable to us, says Reinhardt.
Heat and fluid loss need to be prevented as much as possible, so anything
including superior packing materials that can make that happen are desirable
components of the valves used in these systems.
With respect to automation, most of the systems use standard hydraulic or
electric actuators and have control panels (even on the smaller units). You can
remote-control some of the more advanced electric units and some are even
coming up with an iPad or iPhone application, Reinhardt says. Remote
control is becoming the norm, and monitoring is 24/7, he adds.
In the past, the industry has relied on
the government to fill this role, mainly
DOE and the U.S. Geological Survey,
but government support has been rela-
tively small, highly intermittent and
unreliable, particularly in recent years,
he adds.
THE TECHNOLOGY
The geothermal industry has had some
exciting advances in technology,
Pritchett says.
For example, Substantial progress
has been made in recent years in geo-
thermal exploration technology, and
many new resources have been discov-
ered and are now awaiting exploitation,
he says. Also, the development of new
thermodynamic cycles for geothermal
power plants has lowered the permissible
threshold resource temperature for effi-
cient power generation, in effect increas-
ing the exploitable national geothermal
resource base.
Meanwhile, New and more powerful
techniques for resource modeling and
performance forecasting are reducing
wastage and lowering the cost of geo-
thermal electricity, he says.
Finally, the combination of geo-
thermal generation with other energy
technologies is making projects more
profitable. This includes cogeneration,
which combines oil and gas production
with geothermal electricity generation
using the coproduced hot water and
steam from oil/gas wells, and hybrids
with other renewables such as the new
ENEL Stillwater geothermal/solar
project in Nevada, he says.
IN THE FIELD
Some exciting developments have also
occurred in the field in the last few
years, according to Reinhardt.
For example, DOE is working with
Pacific Northwest National Lab on
developing better working fluids.
Theyre adding nanoparticles of
metal organic heat carriers to the work-
ing fluid. The idea is to make the work-
ing fluid more heat efficient, he
explains.
Reinhardt says these metallic parti-
cles will not create challenges for
components such as valves that would
process the fluid because that fluid is
contained within the closed circuit of
the binary power plant, powering the
turbine. It poses no special challenges to
the process equipment.
Another project that holds great
promise is in Nevada where Elec-
traTherm has its green machine, which
uses twin screw expanders as opposed to
a traditional turbine to create the
electricity, says Reinhardt.
With more than 3,100 MW of
installed power and another 6,000 MW
or more in the planning stages, geo-
thermal energy has vast potential.
Responsible development could allow
geothermal to be a significant contribu-
tor to baseload electricity generation in
the United States, he says.
DOE SUPPORT
Because the DOE realizes the strategic
value of geothermal energy production,
the agency supports the industry through
its own technologies program. DOE is
working to advance geothermal energy
as part of a broader energy portfolio. To
do this, it focuses on research and devel-
opment projects with universities,
national labs and private companies to
develop better, more advanced and safer
ways to produce electricity, including
geothermal technologies. By exploring
issues such as geochemistry, drilling and
equipment, the DOE is aiming to create
more efficient and less expensive means
to tap into geothermal.
Reinhardt describes a few current
projects, including two in North Dakota
that were supported through the Ameri-
can Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009.
Were going into existing oil and gas
fields that are using hot water and re-
injecting it into the hydrocarbon layer to
enhance production, he says.
To do so, DOE is putting a binary
cycle unit on the front end.
Since the water doesnt have to be
that hot, we can capture some of that
heat and create a portion of the electri -
city needed for the process itself, he
explains.
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GEOTHERMAL OUTLOOK
The total electricity consumption of the United States presently averages about
470,000 megawatts (MW). Of this demand, 45% is now being met by coal-fired
generating plants, 24% by natural-gas plants, 20% by nuclear plants and 6% by
hydroelectric projects.
Most of the remaining 5% comes from biomass, wind, solar and other renew-
ables, including geothermal. The total installed capacity of geothermal electrical
projects in the U.S. is presently about 3,200 MW, representing only 0.7% of the
national electricity demand. The U.S. Geological Survey has estimated these
existing geothermal projects represent less than 10% of what geothermal is
capable of contributing, and that geothermal projects could provide as much as
8% of the U.S. electricity demand (which is more than hydroelectric does today)
using only existing, present-day technology.
There are no important technological obstacles to substantial short-term
expansion of the industry, although estimates of the longer-term possibilities
using various kinds of advanced geothermal technologies vary widely. A 1999
study that used fairly conservative assumptions about the resource base and
technology concluded that geothermal resources using existing technology have
the potential to support between 35,448 and 72,392 MW of worldwide electri-
cal generation capacity. Using enhanced technology, the geothermal resources
could support between 65,576 and 138,131 MW of electrical generation capac-
ity.
Regarding U.S. potential, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
released a report in 2006 that estimated 26,000 MW of geothermal power
could be developed domestically by 2015, and that by 2025, more than 100,000
MW of geothermal power could be in production. Currently more than 4,500
MW of geothermal power projects are under development in California, Oregon
and Nevada.
Courtesy of the Geothermal Energy Association
For a second project, geothermal fluid,
a mixture of hydrocarbon and water, is
produced at the end of the process.
That goes through a separator and
the wastewater will be run through a
binary unit to produce electricity, he
explains. With binary units going into
an existing oil and gas infrastructure, it
is a relatively simple matter to plug into
the process.
It adds no cost to the existing opera-
tion and maintenance of the field, yet it
can produce electricity for in-field pro-
duction. Its especially valuable for those
operations that are off the grid, for
which the producer has to use diesel
generators, he says.
The result can be significantly cheaper
energy, depending on the price of diesel.
Were hoping to compete economi-
cally with producers who are on the grid
as well, Reinhardt says. Its an effi-
cient use of the wastewater and waste
heat, so it just makes sense.
SEISMIC CONSIDERATIONS
While efficiency and cost make geo-
thermal energy an attractive renewable
energy source, some concerns have been
raised about the seismic ramifications of
drilling into the earth.
We have taken a look at it [the
seismic issue] in the interests of good
science and being good stewards of pub-
lic and environmental safety, says Rein-
hardt. DOE has put a seismicity protocol
in place to let geothermal developers
know the best methods to mitigate or
avoid risks.
In addition to what the DOE does
internally, there are also existing
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) regulations that govern seis -
micity compliance.
With respect to NEPA, Generally
speaking, geothermal projects are usual-
ly relatively environmentally benign and
have a fairly small footprint relative to
the amount of electricity that is gener -
ated, Pritchett says.
However, permitting delays (NEPA
and otherwise) can have extremely
adverse effects on geothermal projects,
mainly because of the long lead-times
and high up-front capital costs of geo-
thermal development, he says.
Also, the industry is currently finding
both technical and nontechnical ways to
mitigate the risks of geothermal
exploration.
Both DOE and private industry are
conducting research to improve our abil-
ity to image the subsurface prior to
drilling, to improve the chances of drilling
successful steam production wells and to
reduce the per-foot average cost of geo-
thermal drilling, Pritchett says. Mean-
while, a variety of approaches have been
proposed for ameliorating the financial
impact of dry-hole failures, including
proposed federal cost-sharing programs
and risk-sharing (insurance) pools.
CONCLUSION
While many renewable resources cannot
provide baseload power, geothermal has
the potential to produce enough reliable
megawatts to provide that power. With
technological innovation, driven by pri-
vate enterprise partnering with DOE sci-
entists and engineers, this resource could
become an important part of the energy
mix needed to help the country achieve
its clean, independent power goals. VM
KATE KUNKEL is senior editor of Valve Magazine.
Reach her at kkunkel@vma.org.
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NATURAL GAS MAY FUEL
ECONOMIC GROWTH
BY KATE KUNKEL
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T
he record-breaking number of attendees at this years
Market Outlook Workshop, Aug. 9-10 in Chicago, were
buoyed by relatively positive messages from all the speak-
ers, who agreed the nation is in recovery. What they had to
say, as always, depended on which end-user industry they
were there to represent, but one theme that came from
many of the speakers is that growth in North America going
forward may well be driven by the abundance and availabili-
ty of natural gas, which speakers say is taking on an ever-
expanding role in the energy mix.
Mark Peters of Oil and Gas Financial Journal called this
situation the golden age of gas. He explained that if the
U.S. is allowed to develop offshore resources and shale, and
Canada develops the oil sands as it should, the U.S. could
reach fundamental energy resource independence within 5
to 7 years. Reasonable energy prices should encourage
additional U.S. manufacturing capacity and a resurgence in
domestic manufacturing.
Gas has great potential that we know how to use, he
said, and it has the capability to impact everything in the
U.S. in manufacturing and in the petrochemical industry.
His remarks were backed up by several other speakers,
including Mark Eramo, vice president of IHS, who added
that abundance and low price are encouraging petrochemi-
cal producers to bring production back to the U.S.
But natural gas is just one driver. Many factors are affect-
ing the current economic situation, including consumer and
business attitudes.
As popular speaker Alan Beaulieu, Institute for Trend
Research (ITR), said in his presentation, a good portion of
the nation remains pessimistic even while all signs point to
recovery.
Everything that we want to happen is happening, but
still were not happy, he joked, proving that we truly are
American. He warned attendees not to wait to see what
will happen next, but to take advantage of current positives,
including low lending rates, and begin to plan now for bumps
down the road.
SPEAKER-IDENTIFIED
TRENDS
Natural gas is a game
changer. If prices stay basi-
cally where they are, more
natural gas power plants will
be built, the petrochemical
industry in North America
may well be revitalized, and
the economy as a whole
stands to benefit.
Developing areas of the
world will offer valve compa-
nies stronger markets. While
the population of North
America remains pretty con-
stant, the population boom in
developing countries com-
bined with a shift toward
urbanization in those devel-
oping nations will continue to
have an impact on the price
of commodities.
Caution is the norm. While
the economy is not retracting
at this point, it is also not
rebounding as quickly or as
definitively as people would
like to see. Therefore, many
manufacturers and end users
are being cautious with
spending and expansion
plans. Growth will continue,
but slowly.
Chinas government will play
a role. While Chinas econo-
my has not been growing as
quickly as before, its govern-
ment is working to stimulate
growth, including starting
big infrastructure projects.
This could offset some of the
negative effects of the eco-
nomic troubles in the Euro-
pean Union.
MORE ONLINE: We also have
reports on the Brazilian market
and hydraulic fracturing. Read
them on ValveMagazine.com >
Web Features.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY: INVEST NOW;
TIMES ARE GOOD
Despite warnings by ITRs economist
Alan Beaulieu of economic troubles by
about 2019, the overall feeling he left
this years market outlook workshop
attendees with is optimism. This was
because, as he explained it, The U.S.
economy is going to continue to expand
in the last half of 2012 and the first half
of 2013, and boom years are to come.
Beaulieu stressed to attendees that even
though 69% of the U.S. population cur-
rently has a pessimistic attitude, the
country is in a real recovery. Business in
the U.S. is hiring, and the job market is
driving the economic expansion, he said.
Retail sales are up and construction
spending is improving, while credit card
debt and delinquencies are down. The
problem is, were still comparing this
[the current situation] to the bubble
years before the recession, he explained.
The realistic viewpoint is that the
country will see a plateau in mid-2013
followed by a mild recession in 2014.
However, It will be nothing like what
we just went through, he said.
Meanwhile, however, he said too
many companies are making the mis-
take of holding back.
By holding onto money instead of
investing, businesses dont take the steps
to drive efficiencies and get into new
markets, meaning they will be out of
position and ill-prepared for the relative
boom years expected for 2015, 2016
and 2017, he pointed out.
Beaulieu encouraged attendees to
look forward for 10 years, figure out
what people, training and other invest-
ments they will need to position them-
selves for growth and invest accordingly.
If you are qualified, borrow money,
he advised. These are the cheapest
interest rates youre going to see for a
long time. That investment can give you
a good cash flow to bury competitors
that cant borrow, he said.
However, he warned attendees to pay
off that debt by 2019, when he said a
major recession will hit. This recession
does not have to be disastrous, however,
and the country now has the past few
years to use as an example.
Think about what you would have
done before the past recession if youd
known it was coming, and do that,
Beaulieu advised.
Beaulieu said that one of the most
troublesome problems facing the U.S.
economy in the long term may be health
care spending.
In the U.S. we spend much more
per person and as a percentage of GDP
[gross domestic product] than any other
country, he said.
This is worrisome because in the
next 30 years, 35 million of us will
become senior citizens. By age 90, the
cost of medical care will be $45,000 per
person per year. This is a tax that will be
borne by businesses and individuals.
Although the overall short-term eco-
nomic outlook is good, Beaulieu also
reminded the crowd that things can go
awry. For example, Oil prices could
break through $120 [per barrel], and
that could slow things down, he pointed
out. Such a development would put a
crunch on both consumers and business-
es, which means a bit of a downturn in
the economy because higher oil prices are
inflationary.
As far as what has happened most
recently, Beaulieu pointed out that man-
ufacturers enjoyed a break from com-
modity prices as copper and other met-
als came down because Chinas
economy slowed. But, he said, this situ-
ation will stabilize this year, and prices
will go up in 2013 because China is
spending to stimulate its economy.
Beaulieu also warned manufacturers
they must face the issue of paying more
for qualified labor. Job openings are at a
four-year high, but employers cant find
the skilled people to meet the positions
for which we want to hire, he said.
The debt situation in the U.S. is not
presenting an immediate crisis,
Beaulieu pointed out, but there are also
no immediate fixes. Meanwhile, the
U.S. is still the largest economy on the
planet so there will not be a world cur-
rency anytime soon. Even though the
country has only 4.9% of the worlds
population, the U.S. is still the nation
the world looks to for currency guid-
ance, although he does not expect the
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euro or the European Union to collapse.
With respect to Canada, Beaulieu
reported that Canadas economy will be
very healthy over the next 10 years, and
wont suffer from recessions as much as
the U.S., partly because it is reducing
exposure to this nation. It has an immi-
gration policy that works and has had
no housing bubble burst like the one the
U.S. experienced.
When asked during a question and
answer session whether the election in
November 2012 would have any impact
on the economy in 2013, Beaulieu said
probably not, partly because there will be
no significant legislation in the first half
of the year that would affect the last half
of 2013. However, if a conservative gov-
ernment stepped in and started aggres-
sively dismantling federal spending and
healthcare reform, he predicted problems
down the line if the dismantling is not
done gradually. He also said that if taxes
go up by, for example, 4% in 2013, it
wouldnt really affect spending. A cut-
back in federal spending could negatively
impact 2014 but there would be no
cliffeffects would be gradual.
FORECAST: The economy will be on a
positive footing until at least the mid-
dle of 2013. Commodities will level
out in 2012 and go back up slightly in
2013. The dollar will be slightly weak-
er and there will be a plateau in mid-
2013 followed by a mild recession in
2014. The years 2015, 2016 and 2017
will be boom years, but 2019 will see a
huge recession.
WALL STREET: MIXED SIGNALS
Both U.S. and global industrial produc-
tion growth rates remained positive
through 2011 and the first quarter of
2012, according to Michael Halloran,
senior research analyst and vice presi-
dent, Robert W. Baird and Company.
However, the deceleration in growth
rates, to about 3.9% in May 2012 from
the peak of 6% in December 2010, may
indicate a mid-cycle slowdown.
Halloran pointed out that indicators
are somewhat contradictory. For exam-
ple, banks lending standards remain
loose, but the June Institute for Supply
Management Purchasing Managers
Index (PMI) trended below 50 for the
first time since July 2009, which reflects
expectations for a modest industrial con-
traction. (PMI above 50 implies econom-
ic expansion.) Also, the stock market
remains volatile, a reflection of the recent
uncertainty, including the political and
economic turmoil in Europe, soft China
economic data and inconsistent U.S. eco-
nomic data.
What people are focused on is diver-
gence of PMI trends, said Halloran.
U.S. PMI performance has exceeded
global levels most notably in Europe and
to a lesser degree China.
With the globalization of most of the
companies that deal with industrials, the
question of how bad Europes economy
can goand if and when the shoe would
drop for the U.S.has been a factor, he
said. But, products that increase energy
efficiency or productivity, or have expo-
sure to emerging markets, power infra-
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have higher growth prospects.
The best strategy for manufacturers is
to be as low cost as you can, but compete
on quality, according to Halloran. Domes-
tic players have responded by increasing
production in lower cost countries and
staying ahead of the curve with respect to
technology and service capabilities.
Regarding end-user industries, Hallo-
ran noted that suppliers have experienced
significant slowing in oil & gas upstream
markets, and in some cases, meaningful
contraction in order rates. This could put
pressure on fracturing-related equipment,
although production-oriented equipment,
including process automation, should
remain healthy. Because of the lower nat-
ural gas prices, that rig count has fallen
40% since the beginning of 2010, while
the oil rig count has grown 76% since
then. Since fossil fuels will continue to
remain the dominant source of energy
through 2035, this sector is expected to
grow significantly and steadily through
2016.
Downstream oil and gas capital expen-
ditures increased 7% in 2011 and are
expected to increase again in 2012 and
2013 with the highest growth regions
forecast for Latin & Central America,
North America and the Middle East. Hal-
loran pointed out that refining capacity in
the U.S. is partly driven by demand, but
over time it will be driven by new ways to
access supply, and that will come from
shale plays.
As for the chemical processing sector,
the good news is that three or four years
ago, the world was not expecting $3 nat-
ural gas prices. With the lower prices,
however, you see that people wanting to
reinvest in U.S. manufacturing can move
back [to this shore], he said.
Low feedstock, raised international oil
and gas prices, which have increased
transportation costs, and higher labor
costs in China are all compelling rea-
sons why manufacturing should come
back to the U.S. This is good for anyone
making process equipment for the chemi-
cal industry, Halloran said.
In the power sector, capital spending is
stalled and near-term power trends
remain constrained by the global econom-
ic uncertainty and government fiscal
issues. However, capital expenditure
(capex) trends have begun to move off the
bottom globally, and Halloran expects
improving trends through 2013 to meet
demand requirements.
The U.S. water/wastewater equipment
market is expected to grow 6.5% annual-
ly to $101.7 billion in 2016, driven by
increased access to water supply and san-
itation in developing regions and the need
for repairs and upgrades of aging water
infrastructure in developed regions, said
Halloran. The EPA estimates the U.S.
must invest $334.8 billion over the next
20 years for drinking water. Global
Insight projects water infrastructure
spending in Asia Pacific from 2011
through 2020 will be greater than $1
trillion.
FORECAST: According to The Robert
W. Baird and Co. analysis, the world is
in the midst of a mid-cycle slowdown
and a slower, though still positive,
growth environment exists in almost
all process controls end markets in
2012. For the power sector, while eco-
nomic and regulatory uncertainty
could delay projects, an aging electric-
ity infrastructure and new growth
mean that global investments in the
sector are expected to exceed $13 tril-
lion from 2007 to 2030. Global down-
stream oil and gas capex is expected
to increase 6% in 2012 and 10% in
2013 provided there is not a more sig-
nificant global slowdown. Chemical
markets should remain healthy
through the second half of 2012 and
stable in 2013.
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Distribution
26%
Power Generation
26%
Exploration and
Development
19%
Refining
4%
Shipping
1%
Exploration
and Development
13%
Transmission &
Distribution
6%
LNG Chain
2%
Mining
2%
Biofuels
1%
Oil
24%
$6.3 Trillion
Power
52%
$13.6 Trillion
Gas
21%
$5.5 Trillion
Coal
3%
$0.7 Trillion
World Energy Investment by
Sector (projected cumulative
investment to 2030)
Source: Robert W. Baird & Co. Estimates
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WATER/WASTEWATER:
FOLLOWING THE ECONOMY
The water market is a reflection of the
changing economy, according to Tom
Decker, vice president and Mid-Atlantic
area manager of Brown and Caldwell, in
that there are pockets of activity that
look brighter, but overall, 2011 was a
bad year, 2012 will be a little better and
2013 better yet. In other words, Dont
Think Twice Its All Right, as he put it.
The theme of his presentation this year
came from that famous Bob Dylan song
and others.
In 2011, engineering decreased
between 1-2% from 2010 to 2011,
sales of equipment were down about
5%, and construction sank 10%. The
good news is that as of the workshop,
there had been no further drops in
2012. Meanwhile, There is a market in
water/wastewater and opportunity
exists, he said, though some compa-
nies are growing by basically taking
market share away from others. The
bidding is still very aggressive, prices
are being cut and margins are being
slashed on construction jobs.
Decker said many utilities are going
to Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs)
for engineering and sometimes con-
struction services.
These give manufacturers a kind of
license to participate in their business
for a number of years, and they will run
a lot of their capital programs through
these BOAs. Its good for the utilities,
but makes it hard for the providers
because you dont know whats going to
come down the pike.
Utilities are projecting a small
increase in capital spending, much of it
on work outside the boundaries of the
treatment plant. Numbers from the
2007 Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) 20-year needs survey of antici-
pated spending included $201 billion on
transmission and distribution, $75 bil-
lion on treatment and $37 billion on
storage by 2027. There are similar
anticipated expenditures for waste-
water, but a huge proportion of spending
is going to be on fixing the dilapidated
infrastructure, Decker said. Those items
that are fixes, repairs or upgrades vastly
outweigh expansions and capacity
increases.
The EPA and state agencies are
pushing for storm water systems to be
upgraded, and many systems now fall
under consent decrees. Decker pointed
out that, while expensive for municipali-
ties, these decrees are creating business
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service temperature up to 550 F (288
C).
3
Meanwhile, a 15% glass-filled/85%
virgin PTFE can handle a service tem-
perature up to 518 F (270 C).
4
This
means that if the normal operating tem-
perature of a process is between 518 F
(270 C) and 550 F (288 C), a failure
can take place in that soft good if it was
originally specified as a 25% glass-filled
but was replaced by a 15% glass-filled.
SEALANTS
Rubbers are very common and are wide-
ly used as sealants. Nitrile rubber is one
example. The general term for such a
seal is acrylonitrile butadiene copoly-
mer. The percentage of acrylonitrile in
nitrile rubber varies between 18% and
50%. This can have a significant influ-
ence on the physical properties of the
finished nitrile rubber material.
5
The higher the acrylonitrile percent-
age in nitrile rubber, the better the
resistance to oil and fuel. At the same
time, elasticity and resistance to
compression set is adversely affected by
that percentage. Figure 1 shows the dif-
ferent percentages of acrylonitrile and
the effects on both the resistance to oil
and the elasticity.
6
This means that if a
nitrile rubber with 50% acrylonitrile
was replaced by a nitrile rubber with
20% acrylonitrile, the resistance to oil
and fuel will increase and the prob -
ability of swelling will increase rapidly.
IN CONCLUSION
Manufacturers select soft goods in
valves and actuators to suit the applica-
tions for which they are designed.
Replacing those soft goods with prod-
ucts that are locally fabricated can be
risky because of the different properties
of different filling percentages, a situa-
tion made more complicated because
those filling percentages are not usually
published and provided in the manufac-
turers BOM. VM
GARY BURROWS is senior applications engineer for
Emerson Process ManagementValve Automa-
tionBettis. He has 30 years of experience in actu-
ator and valve design, field service and application
engineering. Reach him at gary.burrows@
emerson.com.
AMR ATIAH is an instrumentation engineer at Saudi
AramcoRas Tanura Refinery. He has been in the
instrumentation field 10 years and is currently on
an 18-month internship assignment with Emerson
Process Management. Reach him at
amr.atiah@aramco.com.
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opportunities for suppliers as many util-
ities are being faced with compliance
schedules. A National Stormwater Rule
is in the works, which could also be an
important driver of business by 2014,
Decker said.
Meanwhile, water transmission proj-
ects in Nevada, California, Wyoming
and Texas are planned, and the recent
drought will have a positive short-term
impact on business and opportunities,
said Decker. People are concerned about
running out of water, so the sentiment is
much more positive when the subject of
water pipelines is broached.
Other potential drivers of business
are the EPAs move to have a numeric
criteria for phosphorous and nitrogen,
and efforts to reduce energy consump-
tion. There is a big push for combined
heat and power at treatment plants in
which excess heat from treatment of
water is used to create power, which can
then be used to treat more water. Anoth-
er push is for green infrastructure to
handle runoff and stormwater to reduce
flows that would otherwise end up
untreated in local bodies of water.
Green infrastructure is really starting
to catch on and should be looked upon
as an opportunity, Decker said.
Pushing down on opportunities for
growth is a decline in U.S. population
growthat its slowest rate since 1945.
Also, water use per capita keeps drop-
ping as people attempt to conserve.
Worldwide, though, population growth
and urbanization are factors for over-
seas business opportunities.
In countries all over the world,
when everybody clusters in a city, that
spells business for water and waste-
water, said Decker. This trend means
drinking water distribution/treat ment/
wastewater treatment and disposal.
FORECAST: 2012 will be flat, and
2013 is likely to remain flat or see a
slight uptick. Major opportunities will
be in foreign markets and, on this side
of the ocean, reclaimed water and the
push to use wastewater/heat systems
for power plants. Internationally, 57%
of the business will be in drinking
water and 43% in wastewater, where-
as in the U.S., 60% will be in waste-
water and 40% in drinking water.
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The best bet for manufacturers selling to
the power industry is the international
market, especially in coal, according to
Kevin Geraghty, vice president of Power
Generation for NV Energy. While a
huge push towards making renewables a
larger part of the energy mix is occur-
ring in the developed world, in the devel-
oping world, the push is for low-cost,
high-efficiency baseload power to
improve citizens standard of living.
Increasing the percentage of power
generated by renewables is mandated
for the U.S. and other developed
nations; however, the high cost and vari-
able production levels of solar and wind
generation mean demands on technolo-
gy that are somewhat unrealistic and
cannot be considered viable for baseload
purposes. The passionate views that
some politicians have with respect to
renewables could be considered misdi-
rected, and they are harming the effec-
tive development of this source of power,
he said. Renewables have a great
future, but policy makers really believe
its something that can happen right
away. It takes awhile to transition
power.
General energy growth for developed
nations is slowing as it increases for the
developing nations. This is partly
because of the push for clean energy and
partly due to the economic downturn. It
is also because people are trying to con-
serve more energy.
For parties seeking a power market,
China holds the most promise as far as
sheer volume, especially in steam mar-
kets. Like other developing nations,
China is looking for the lowest-cost
energy to provide its people. The cheap-
est forms of energycoal, gas and
nuclearwill be built internationally
while the developed nations will be
spending much more for power. That
will have an effect on competitiveness in
manufacturing, Geraghty said.
Contrary to popular wisdom, the
planet is not running out of coal, so a
project planner in a developing nation
will often opt for that fuel. The price of
coal is also stable, and while the U.S. is
using less coal, it is exporting more.
Some predict that pressure from envi-
ronmental groups will force the govern-
ment to prevent shipping of coal to
developing nations, he said.
He also pointed out that many shut-
tered domestic coal plants are low-use
facilities, so the amount of power com-
ing out of the grid is still relatively
small. More coal-fired plants will be
retired from 2013 to 2035 than previ-
ously thought; however, the reason is not
as much air quality or pollutants as it is
the lower price of natural gas, he said.
At the same time that coal is decreas-
ing in use, natural gas is receiving much
attention as a fuel source for new plants.
He predicted that if producers can get a
guaranteed price around $3 for a 10-
year supply (market price during this
years Market Outlook was $2.50), then
that will be the death of coal.
The future of gas is very strong, but
it depends on access, he said. Fracing is
under attack, and some environmental
groups have come out against any new
combined cycle plants in the U.S. We
worry about that in the power industry,
Geraghty said.
Geraghty currently does not see
nuclear growing to be a big part of the
U.S. energy supply. However, We can-
not have just one source of energy, he
stressed. If coal really does go away,
nuclear has to step in. Renewables are
not a solution because the cost is just
too high.
Power producers are planning for
CO
2
taxes, which will hit sometime in
the next 10 years. As of Jan. 1, 2013,
California is adopting CO
2
taxes on
power generation. That will have an
impact on production and cost, which
will put added pressure on developed vs.
developing nations.
FORECAST: The developing world is
growing faster than the developed
world and will seek traditional base-
load power sourcescoal, nuclear and
combined cycle gas turbine. Policy-
makers in the developed world will
require the replacement of existing
power sources with renewables, energy
efficiency and combined cycle gas tur-
bine. Renewables, which constituted
10% of energy in 2010, will grow to
16% by 2035. If natural gas stays low
in price, is really abundant and can be
recovered in an environmentally
acceptable way, it will take a larger
share of power production.
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Annual coal consumption for U.S. electricity generation, 1995-2013
Electricity Capacity: Cumulative Retirements: Coal
million short tons
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
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1995
2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 2029 2031 2033 2035
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
projected
Annual Energy Outlook 2011 Reference
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The View on Coal
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
HYDROCARBON PROCESSING:
GOLDEN AGE OF GAS
Gas processing has been around for a
long time and has traditionally been the
smallest segment of the hydrocarbon
industry, but its becoming more impor-
tant due to the surge in natural gas pro-
duction, said Mark Peters, group pub-
lisher of Offshore Magazine.
While there is plenty of activity in the
natural gas sector remaining, since
November of 2011, there has been more
rig drilling for oil than natural gas in
the U.S., the first time in 20 years that
situation has happened. This is partly
because of the high price differential
between natural gas and crude oil, he
explained.
The relationship between the two com-
modities is complicated because oil is
globally traded in dollars, while natural
gas is in local currencies. Natural gas is
also extremely difficult and expensive to
trade overseas. Either a pipeline is
required or the gas has to be liquefied,
which is very expensive. Because of this,
the domestic markets have decoupled
from international prices, and Peters
speculated that could be one of the rea-
sons the U.S. is doing better economical-
ly than many European countries.
Regarding oil, new extraction tech-
nologies, new regions and new ways to
exploit regions previously discovered
have combined to create a significant
increase in production in the U.S.
According to Peters, two factors keeping
hydrocarbon prices higher is the situation
in Iran where sanctions had just been
posted (as of the workshop) and the low
U.S. dollar. Since everyone pays dollars
for crude oil, the falling dollar means the
actual value that most producers are get-
ting is not much higher than a year ago.
That is incentive for those producers to
keep oil prices higher than they normally
would be based on economic activity.
Prices could go down, though, if the euro
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Valve Spending in Hydrocarbon Markets by Type of Valve and Budget
Valve Type & Budget U.S. Outside U.S. Worldwide
Globe Valves = 64%
Capital $155,520,000 $760,320,000 $915,840,000
Maintenance 207,360,000 583,680,000 $791,040,000
Totals 362,880,000 $1,344,000,000 $1,706,880,000
Ball Valves = 24%
Capital $58,320,000 $285,120,000 $343,440,000
Maintenance 77,760,000 218,880,000 296,640,000
Totals $136,080,000 $504,000,000 $640,080,000
Butterfly Valves = 12%
Capital $29,160,000 $142,560,000 $171,720,000
Maintenance 38,880,000 109,000,000 147,880,000
Totals $68,040,000 $251,560,000 $319,600,000
Source: Oil & Gas Financial Journal
DRIVE TOWARDS LOWER
EMISSIONS
A variety of factors, including govern-
ment-driven regulatory requirements
and the expansion of Environmental,
Health and Safety (EHS) programs,
have caused end users to place greater
emphasis on reducing fugitive emissions.
Regulatory standards were developed to
control and lower fugitive emissions
beginning in the 1960s, including the
Clean Air Act in the United States and
the TA-Luft requirements in Germany.
Originally designed to meet regional or
national environmental regulations and
objectives, these sets of standards define
specific test mediums, allowable leakage
rates, test cycles and test methods.
The standards required industrial
equipment suppliers, such as valve man-
ufacturers, to evaluate, test and imple-
ment different sealing and packing
designs to meet the specified fugitive
emissions levels. The typical control
valve in use at that time could emit any-
where from two to 10 times the accept-
able levels stated in these regulations,
depending on the valve design, packing
type and material, and operating condi-
tions. To meet the new standards, control
valve manufacturers developed low-
emissions packing designs, including
live-loaded constructions for globe-style
valves and simple o-ring seals for rotary-
type valves (Figure 3).
In 2006, the more stringent ISO
15848-1 was introduced as a low-emis-
sions standard specifically for industrial
valves. That standard includes various
classifications and emissions levels for
the potential leak paths described above.
Specific to fugitive emissions, ISO
15848-1 sets maximum allowable emis-
sions levels, testing procedures and type-
testing criteria. Type-testing certification
implies that compliance to the standard
is based on the qualification test results
for that type of stem seal or packing. The
majority of the standards fall within this
category as illustrated in Figure 4,
which is a comparison of the most widely
applied standards todayISO 15848-1,
ISO 15848-2, TA-Luft and ANSI/FCI
91-1with respect to various test
parameters and requirements. The one
key exception to the testing requirements
is ISO 15848-2, which also requires pro-
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Figure 3. Typical low-emissions packing for globe-style control valves (left) and for rotary-style
control valves (right)
falls apart, which would impact construc-
tion and exploration.
To get gas from the new shale plays,
new pipelines will be needed, and there
will be a shift in the kinds of products
those pipelines are carrying. Other
pipelines are being reversed. Shell is
planning to build an ethane plant in the
Marcellus shale area, and were seeing
the need for pipelines and processing in
Wyoming and North Texas and Pennsyl-
vania, said Peters. The shift in pro-
duction of oil and gas to different states
creates potential to change the political
climate, he said.
Though there is much talk about
exporting liquefied natural gas, the con-
cern with permitting large exports is
that the U.S. would then be tied into the
global price of $11 to $12 per thousand
cubic feet, which could impact domestic
manufacturing, according to Peters.
For the longer term, oil and natural
gas will still account for 57% of the ener-
gy mix by the year 2035, Peters said.
Also, despite the U.S. cutting back on
use, coal is expected to go down only 1%
in its proportional use in the energy mix.
While the U.S. is discontinuing domestic
use of coal, the nation is starting to
export coal into China and the Far East.
Liquid biofuels may go as high as 4% of
the energy mix in 2035. Renewables
excluding liquid biofuels are currently
7%, and should be about 11% in 2035.
Nuclear will remain about the same, at
around 9%.
FORECAST: Peters expects that
worldwide natural gas will continue
to grow as a percentage of the
worlds primary energy while coal and
oil will continue to decline. Increased
natural gas production is driving the
need for more gas processing capaci-
ty and the low prices for natural gas
liquids is fueling petrochemical
expansion in the U.S.
Valve spending should increase
this year for the hydrocarbon pro-
cessing industry. For control and
on/off valves, maintenance has been
higher than capital spending for the
last five to seven years, and this is
expected to continue.
OIL AND GAS: THE UNEXPECTED
The general consensus at last years Mar-
ket Outlook was that the world would see
slow growth economics in 2012, relative-
ly stable commodity prices with oil hover-
ing around $90 and gas at about $4, and
an increase in drilling activity, John
Spears of Spears & Associates, reminded
this years attendees. However, things
didnt quite go that way, partly due to the
very warm winter, he said.
Natural Gas
Prices fell by almost half, bringing a
5-6% growth instead of the anticipated
10-12%. There also was a full trillion
cubic feet extra gas in storage, which
meant the industry had a very sluggish
demand for gas in the summer. This sit-
uation has triggered concerns regarding
storage capacity; theres a limit as to
how much physical gas can actually go
into storage, which is currently around
4 trillion cubic feet.
Consequently, for awhile, natural
gas was trading lower than the BTU
[British thermal units] price of coal,
said Spears. For power production com-
panies, The year-over-year change in
gas consumption shows a 20% increase
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this year, and for a period this year, gas
provided as much fuel to the market as
coal.
That situation gave an overall lift to
gas consumption, maybe as much as
5%, Spears said, and at $3 to $3.40
per 1,000 BTU, gas can retain its power
share.
According to Spears, oil demand is
currently expected to increase, but the
estimate of surplus oil production
capacity that exists in the world, as of
the second quarter of 2012, is only 2.5
million barrels per day (MBD) spare
capacity compared to 90 MBD. Thats
an historic low 3%, and even though
capacity will jump as additional sources
of supply grow faster than demand, the
world is not going to have any more
commercially available crude than it
does today because of the sanctions on
Iran. Thats one of the reasons why
Spears said oil prices would remain
around $90 to $100 for the rest of
2012.
By 2013, prices will most likely be
closer to $80 per barrel, meaning cau-
tion in U.S. drilling activity, Spears said.
This will make producers more conserva-
tive and reluctant to increase capital
spending.
Natural gas rigs went from 900 to
just about 400 over the past eight to nine
months, but during the same period, oil
rigs increased to 1,400 as compared to
the end of 2011 when there were only
1,000.
FORECAST: A small decrease in the
cost to drill and complete new wells is
offsetting the 5% increase in drilling
activity, leaving overall U.S. drilling
and completion expenditures little
changed in 2012. Spears expects
these trends to remain in place for
2013. Net additions to the North
American frac fleet are unlikely from
year-end 2012 to mid-2014, and activ-
ity is expected to remain sluggish
through 2013, depending on the
weather. Drilling activity in Canada is
forecast to fall 5% in 2012 to an aver-
age of 400 active rigs, although activ-
ity should pick up there in 2013.
U.S. capex on new oilfield equip-
ment is projected to exceed $14 bil-
lion in 2012, down 8% from 2011. A
sharp fall in spending for new frac
equipment will drive another 15%
drop in U.S. oilfield equipment spend-
ing in 2013.
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NUCLEAR MARKET TO DOUBLE
The worlds population is expected to
balloon to 9 billion by 2050, much of it
in developing nations; because that
growing population wants a higher
standard of living, global energy
demand will double by 2030, according
to Mike Higgins, director of Corporate
Strategy at AREVA.
In a world that seeks to constrain
carbon output, that presents a
challengerenewables simply cant
meet demand with current technology,
which cannot sufficiently store inter-
mittent solar and wind power. Mean-
while, hydro power is near to being
tapped out, and natural gas, while pop-
ular in North America, is not carbon-
free and has suffered from price
volatility. According to Higgins, that
leaves an obvious energy source:
nuclear.
Throughout the world, nuclear cur-
rently is responsible for 13% of power
generation; in the U.S., nearly 20% of
power comes from 104 reactors, most
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of which were built between 1967 and
1987. Despite 6500 megawatts (MW)
of new nuclear capacity added through
upgrades since 1977, no new plants
have been built in 20 years.
Still, Higgins asserted that, in addi-
tion to the events at Fukushima, the
lower cost of natural gas has been a
disruptor to what was touted as a
Nuclear Renaissance a decade ago.
Only two new nuclear plants are under
construction in the U.S. Meanwhile,
natural gas prices dropped by 75%
between 2008 and 2012.
Also, while nuclear power is
extremely reliable and the cost of fuel
is very low, historic cost and time over-
runs in new builds have made new
nuclear less enticing in the U.S. than in
other parts of the world. Natural gas is
not as abundant or inexpensive else-
where. Meanwhile, coal still accounts
for 41% of world energy production,
but nuclear is becoming more viable
throughout the developing world.
A huge growth area for nuclear is
in India, China and Russia, Higgins
said, because of their economies and
growth in population. U.S. operators
can sit back and wait as demand is
flat, but they cant do that in those
markets.
Throughout the world, 63 nuclear
plants were under construction as of
July 2012: 26 in China, 10 in Russia
and 7 in India. The challenge is to
build on budget and on time.
Experience makes the process
more efficient, Higgins said. Once
youve been through it, you learn and
correct mistakes. That encourages
utilities to sit back and wait, letting the
learning be on somebody elses dime.
The newest builds, like Taishan, are
being watched closely for these rea-
sons.
In planning for the future of nuclear,
the events at Fukushima are constantly
scrutinized. In Fukushima, Higgins
reminded the audience, the reactors
were fine for seismic events. They
performed as they were supposed to.
They shut down. The loss of the backup
power from the tsunami is what caused
the problems and this brings home that
lesson of the unknownsyou design for
everything you think you can predict,
then something comes along that
exceeds it.
Because the country is very
resource-constrained, two reactors are
coming back online in Japan. This
shows how important nuclear is, which
is a theme in most developing nations.
While Germany and Switzerland have
backed off nuclear and decided to shut
down existing plants, the rest of the
world has at least publicly come for-
ward with a statement saying that we
recognize the value of nuclear and
intend to push forward, said Higgins.
FORECAST: More than 160 new
nuclear units are planned globally,
and numerous plants are moving
through the U.S. regulatory process.
Because of the intensity of valve use
in nuclear technologies, there can be
a huge impact when nuclear plants
are developed, but manufacturers
must understand local sourcing reg-
ulations in this heavily regulated
environment. VM
KATE KUNKEL is senior editor of Valve Magazine.
Reach her at kkunkel@vma.org.
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nowing the proper way to handle
a business card when its offered
in another country is a useful tool; but
learning the culture of a country with
which you do business goes ways
beyond such mannerisms. Travelers to
other countries, especially to coun-
tries with very different cultural
bases, need to learn more than the
socially accepted etiquette or how to
avoid embarrassment.
They need to learn and understand
the thinking that underpins a societys
accepted behavioral norms because
this understanding can affect the
entire approach to doing business in
another country and can be instru-
mental in guiding business strategies
for that country.
MORE THAN A MANUAL
A nave rehearsal of codes of behavior
learned from a manual or memorizing
a series of perfunctory mannerisms
may get a traveler through an isolated
business meeting or negotiation. How-
ever, many missed opportunities arise
for those who do not learn the motiva-
tions, values, ethics and beliefs that
underlie the customs.
While the world is constantly
becoming more integrated through
better communication and travel that
links countries once far apart in cus-
toms and thinking, such links are only
superficial. This greater shared
understanding may have increased
tolerance of differences, but it has not
erased the differences. In particular,
the new world of better understanding
has not substantially changed the
underlying culturally influenced
beliefs and values that determine how
an individual, a company and that
companys message are received.
Indeed, even the degree of sensitivity
each culture has for other cultures
LEARNING THE CONTEXT OF
LOCAL CUSTOMS
Understanding the whys of a culture enriches
the experience of traveling to different countries
and can greatly improve the chances travelers
have to be successful in business transactions.
BY ANETA STEPHENS
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differs from place to placemerely
talking about such differences in insen-
sitive ways can be received with varying
levels of approval.
LEARN THE CULTURE
Given that the scope of this article is
limited by length, we cant hope to cover
the globemuch of what needs to be
done must be done by individuals going
to specific areas. The relevant back-
ground information needed is very
detailed and unique to each country, and
often to sub-regions or social status of
the individual parties. Numerous exam-
ples of cultural idiosyncrasies can be
found on the Internet, in travel litera-
ture and within manuals put together to
teach about different cultures.
Some generality does exist, however.
For example, gestures involving the fin-
gers are best avoided everywhere,
because they are particularly susceptible
to a broad variety of undesirable inter-
pretations. Also, although this does not
apply to all cultures, doing things with
the right hand (as opposed to the left) is
a good default to use. Shaking hands is
now common practice in most of the
world, but it wasnt always so and still
can be subject to gender differences in
some areas. Visitors also should be
aware that other than that handshake, it
is preferable not to touch another per-
son until learning the given culture and
circumstances where touching is appro-
priate.
Generalities also exist within regions.
An example is the business card men-
tioned at the beginning of this article.
When meeting people from China or
Japan, travelers should know that cards
(and most things that are being passed
from one person to another) are given
and received with both hands, and atten-
tion to the card itself is a sign of
respect. A business card should be
looked at, then placed in a business card
case/holder, rather than stuffed in a
pocket.
Another example is forms of address.
Various forms of addressing someone
verbally or in writing are acceptable. In
some areas, the preference is first name
while in others it might be last name.
There are also differences in appropriate
clothing, tipping, dining, smoking, eat-
ing, personal space, religion, time and
punctuality, among many considerations.
Cultural expectations also can vary
greatly from one country to the next.
For example, gifts are expected in some
countries, while in others they are seen
as bribes to be avoided among
strangers. Given the potential for misun-
derstanding, gift giving requires thor-
ough research. Also, in the past decade,
the worlds international organizations
have moved dramatically to establish
strong policies in favor of transparency
and against corruption and bribery.
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RESPECT
While it is tempting to use the universal
practice of simply showing respect, this
presupposes that what passes for respect
in one culture will also appear respectful
in others.
One universally accepted way to
demonstrate respect, however, is by
learning a few basic phrases of the lan-
guage, while ensuring that pronuncia-
tion is good enough not to alter the
meaning, and learning how to address
someone. The basics of language should
suffice for most situations, such as
greetings (when to use hello rather than
good day), please, thank you, you are
welcome, good bye, it was nice to meet
you, etc. But pronouncing guests or
hosts names correctly in their native
language is a minimum standard for all
visits.
For North American visitors to other
countries, it is worth repeating often
that addressing others is different in vir-
tually every country outside of North
America. While we tend to be informal
here, in most places, the habit of calling
people by their titles or by their last
names (complete with Mr., Mrs., Ms.,
etc.) is much more common. As well
intentioned as it may be to address a
contact in Europe by his or her first
name to invoke a feeling of familiarity
and friendliness, visitors there ought to
resist the natural temptation. The
notable exception is in dealing with col-
leagues or others who already know the
person very well. However, the impor-
tant distinction to learn is this: there are
situations, times, and places when it is
strictly necessary to use a formal
address even for people otherwise
acquainted on a first-name basis.
UNDERSTANDING
Lack of ability to convey meaning pre-
cisely goes beyond the sometimes
humorous situations that occurit is
considered impolite in some cultures to
ask for reiteration or explanation, which
leads to some sticky situations.
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Useful links on this topic are: The Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (FCPA), http://www.justice.gov/
criminal/fraud/fcpa/; Organization of American
States (OAS), www.oas.org; Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
www.oecd.org; The European Union and the
Council of Europe, www.coe.int, United Nations,
www.un.org.
A plant tour in Suzhou China
An example would be a situation
where a business partner from a foreign
country asks a host (no matter how
politely phrased): did you under-
stand what I said? The answer might
well be yes even after the guest tries
to follow up with due diligence by stat-
ing: and will you do what we agreed
upon and by the time we agreed upon?
Again, very politely and without any
sign of doubt, the answer might be
yes to show respect. The final out-
come, however, may well be that the
requisite understanding was not present,
and consequently the desired result is
not obtained.
This is one situation where it is best
to bring in a speaker of the local lan-
guage who is thoroughly familiar with
local customs. He or she could clearly
convey back to the visitor both the
meaning of the conversation and the
intent of what is to take place.
Equally important is how official
translations are handled: They need to
be made only by highly qualified trans-
lator firms. It is also worthy to note that
in some areas of the world (China, for
example), the contract you are intent on
translating may need to be handled by a
government-sanctioned entity to be
valid and legal, and to meet local
standards.
WHEN IN ROME ... OR CHINA
An important consideration when host-
ing people of a different culture is to
ensure they understand what they are
getting into when the host tries to give
the guest a valid foreign experience.
Those guests might also try to under-
stand beforehand what is to come.
For example, Chinese hosts often try
to make the visits of European or North
American people more interesting and
pleasurable by taking them to venues
where genuine Chinese food is served.
These hosts, however, should not be shy
about explaining the food, including
specifics about the presentation. Serv-
ing pork sections with a generous layer
of fat and skin with pig-hair still
attached may be received with enthusi-
asm by people naturally interested in
other cultures and willing to try differ-
ent things. But many visitors prefer food
more like what they order at a Chinese
restaurant in their home country. In
such situations, both the hosts and visi-
tors may need to venture outside their
comfort zones or at least openly discuss
expectations and options available.
Another cultural difference when it
comes to dining is who is expected or
even allowed to pay for a meal. This
issue is subject to local customs that
vary from country to country, as does
the proper manner and amount of
money to give as a tip in a restaurant,
hotel and elsewhere.
One particular incident in which din-
ing habits showed cultural differences
involved a visit by a business group from
Europe to China. The visitors believed
they were quite obliging as they ate
from a Hot Pot (a large pot served at
the table from which all diners extract
chunks with their chop sticks). In
Europe, people generally eat only from
their own dishes so they felt they were
being accommodating by sharing in the
communal dining. However, it became
somewhat awkward when the Euro-
peans proceeded to use their spoons to
consume the liquid as well as the meat
portions from the shared container. In
general, only the meat is shared.
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Such incidents can be made into a
mutual learning experience for both vis-
itors and hosts if the hosts offer to guide
their guests through the meal etiquette
associated with each course. On the
other hand, the European visitors also
could have studied up on various food
customs in China ahead of time or even
asked on the spot what was the right
way to partake of the dish.
MORE SIMPLE
DIFFERENCES
Taking photographs of people, unless
you work for National Geographic, is often
not a good idea without understanding
what youre doing. An example was a
recent visit to rural China where tod-
dlers were running around without
clothes or diapers. The problem was
that because they had no diapers, cer-
tain parts of their anatomy were not
covered. The visitors proceeded to take
photographs of the cute children so they
could share their cultural experience
with friends and family back home.
However, their action was greeted with
evident disapproval by the locals, who
removed their children from sight.
A good rule of thumb in this case, as
in many cases, is to err on the side of
humility, caution, politeness and dis-
creetness. A visitor can still end up
doing something wrong, but may get
credit for having good intentions.
As previously discussed, understand-
ing the reasons behind a practice (what
the culture is and how it came to be) can
benefit beyond merely avoiding a faux
pas. Breaking down cultural barriers
can enable collaboration, sharing of
ideas and conducting commercial busi-
ness with companies, organizations and
people outside your local markets. Shar-
ing a relaxing tea time with hosts before
commencing business negotiations, for
example, is not done for ceremonial rea-
sons. It is intended to give both parties
time to get to know each other and to
establish a relationship that will set the
framework for the eventual business
transaction. VM
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AS THE WORLD
TURNS
VMA Members Travel
to Unfamiliar Places
BY GENILEE PARENTE
W
ith globalization has come an
increased need for cultures to
intermingle. For business travelers, that
can often place them in unusual and
occasionally uncomfortable situations.
However, such travel can also contain
rich rewards as travelers pick up school-
ing from the best source: meeting the
people of a country or region face-to-
face. Here are some examples from
VMA members.
THE JOURNEY ITSELF
Sometimes the adventures involved with
international travel have to do with the
road that leads there and whats
encountered along the way.
Alejandro Garcia, regional manager
of distribution products in Latin Ameri-
ca and the Caribbean, Cameron Valves
& Measurement, tells what it was like
to travel to a jungle in Ecuador.
It was challenging from the start
having all the vaccinations necessary to
enter a territory that belongs to the
local Ecuadorian tribes, he begins. He
was there to visit an international oil
company, but the rules that apply to
travelers often are set by local and state
policies, and arrangements are often
made to protect business visitors.
To get there, you have to fly from
Quito to El Coca, and take a river ride
for a few hours on a boat with five mili-
tary people who have heavy weapons for
security and to protect against the risk
of kidnappings, he said.
But even though Internet and phone
communication is very limited, the ter-
rain is rough and the journey long, It
is a great experience. Ive returned
three times and every time Ive gone,
Ive seen and learned something new
because of the travel environment,
he says.
Joe Kelly, general manager
EAME, Distributed Valves, Cameron,
tells of a long, slow journey to an oil
facility in Pakistan.
I cant remember exactly where it
was, just that it took a very long time on
a road that went through rural vil-
lages, he said. At one point, the car
went through a marketplace where we
saw a sheep carcass on a market stall
that was black. I didnt understand why
until somebody flicked a stick and the
flies dispersed, he recalls.
Peter Seto, director of sales, ITT
Valves for Asia Pacific, recalls a visit to
a mine in Mongolia.
From the capital of Ulaanbaatar,
its a six- to seven-hour drive to the site,
but along the way we had to stop for the
night. We did not stay in a typical hotel,
but rather a Ger, which I think is the
most unique hotel I have every stayed
in, he recalls. A Ger is a traditional
dwelling for the nomads that is a series
of tents over a wooden frame, which is
then covered with wool.
RESPECTING LOCAL
CUSTOMS
Although the hospitality of the people in
the area is often one of the most pleas-
ant aspects of travel, it can also present
some tricky situations.
Among the places that Mike Hen-
drick, vice president, Sales and Market-
ing, Conval, frequently travels is China.
He tells of one particularly memorable
dinner.
We ordered a lobster, and they
brought it out alive. Because I was the
sponsor, they asked if it was okay. It
was big and healthy so I said it was
fine. They then proceeded to slice up
the tail and people starting eating sec-
tions of it while the lobster was still
kicking, he says.
That was interesting enough, but
when they finished the tail, they took the
rest and chopped it up and put it into
the soup, shells and all, he explains.
The American business people didnt
know quite how to handle that, and
were politely spitting shells into their
napkins, while the Chinese, spit their
shells out onto their plates, Hendrick
explains.
He also talks about a long car trip to
a power plant in a remote section of
China. The trip itself was about four
hours.
There were four other people in that
car, and they were all smoking and talk-
ing on their cell phones the entire way.
It was winter so the windows were
closed. Then, when we got there and
went to lunch, every place setting had a
pack of cigarettes and a can of beer.
Those practices showed him how dif-
ferent the cultures are at present, but it
was what happened after lunch that
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L O C A L C U S T O M S
showed him just how remote that four-
hour drive had been.
We were standing outside and a
teenager rode by on a bike and stared at
me so hard, he almost turned over the
bike. Hed never seen a Westerner
before, Hendrick explains.
Often, once a visitor gets used to a
local custom, they begin to look forward
to it.
Wolfgang Maar, executive vice presi-
dent of International Sales and Overseas
Operations, Velan, refers to a common
tradition in the Middle East.
In the U.S., you go into a meeting
and everybody exchanges how are
yous for about two minutes. But in the
Middle East, I know that we will spend
about 20 minutes before a meeting
drinking tea and eating fruits, he
explains. Thats a very nice way to
start to talk to the people that youll be
doing business with, he explains.
A QUESTION OF TIME
While the getting-to-know you phase of
a trip to the Middle East is pleasant, it
also illustrates a major difference in
thinking. One of the hardest cultural dif-
ferences for Westerners to face abroad
is the different concepts people have of
time.
Mark Shipp, sales manager
Europe, North Africa, Caspian & Rus-
sia Distributed Valves, Cameron, says
that Libya was a great culture shock
for him.
The heat everywhere in the Middle
East is hard for foreign visitors, but
travelling there (to Libya) was the easy
part, he says. Whats not so easy is
that meetings are constantly interrupt-
ed by religious needs or people not arriv-
ing or being available at agreed-upon
times, he says.
To the people in the Middle East,
prayer time is more sacred than a busi-
ness meeting and even the malls clear
out while people go to a prayer center to
worship.
In some areas of the world, the
schedule for a days work is much differ-
ent. In North Africa, for example, peo-
ple normally eat [evening meal] at
10:30 p.m., which is hard to get used to.
They frequently leave a meeting for
prayer, and many employees have two or
three jobs they need to get to, he says.
Russia is another example.
As Wolfgang Maar explains, When
I have a Russian meeting scheduled for
9, I am there two to five minutes before
the hour. But Im normally the only one
there. No one shows up until about
9:20, he says.
But this illustrates for him one of the
main lessons people need to learn in
dealing with different areas of the
world.
Its sometimes painful for people in
Western parts of the world who are so
used to keeping their tight schedules,
but you cant get upset. They arent
treating you differently than anyone
else. Its just the way they are, and you
need to learn to cope with it, he says.
HOW TO LEARN
One of the main ways that people travel-
ing to new areas learn the culture is to
talk to someone thereand there
doesnt mean just the country itself, but
rather each region.
In the Middle East, for example, you
are working not only with people differ-
ent than a home country might be, but
also different types of people within
each country of the Middle East.
That area of the world is a real
melting pot with numerous cultures,
Joe Kelly says. The best way to deal
with the various styles is to find a local
partner who understands Western ways
and can translate the meanings in a
way you can learn.
For people like Wolfgang Maar, who
are constantly on the go, the learning
process in dealing with new areas never
ends.
Its critical to know the rules that
apply to where youre going but even if
you spend hours on Wikipedia or study-
ing references, youve still got a lot of
little nuances to learn. Many people
dont know that in Greece, for example,
if you show someone the inside of your
hand like you would if you were waving,
it means bad luck, he explains.
Besides reading, research and talk-
ing to contacts, Maar has another main
source of information.
I talk to the taxi drivers at the air-
port. They can tell you just about every-
thing about the rules of the area youre
visiting, he says.
Mike Hendrick adds that in most
of the places I travel, I have contacts
there already through our own offices
or previous visits from me or others.
Before any visit, however, I talk to
those contacts about whats taboo,
where the minefields might be and
what the expectations are, both in
dress and mannerism.
No matter how well prepared,
however, there are always little things
that can trip you up and those nuances
apply to Europe as well as more exotic
areas. In Scotland, for example, Hen-
drick discovered that people attending a
conference in that country are not like
those in the U.S., who dress casually
during the summer. He went to a meet-
ing where he was a speaker dressed in a
Westerners golf shirt and casual slacks
only to quickly discover he was out of
placeeveryone else was in suit and tie.
No matter where he goes, however,
he tries to keep in mind the one lesson
deeply ingrained in him from his travels.
In many parts of the world, its hard
to travel as a Westerner when you see
how some countries have
very rich and very poor. But you also see
that when you take government out of
the picture, it doesnt matter where you
go. People are all the same. They care
about family and they care about pro-
viding for that family, he says. VM
GENILEE PARENTE is managing editor of Valve
Magazine. Reach her at gparente@vma.org.
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W
ireless technology has created mon-
itoring applications for safety, reli-
ability, maintenance, environmental com-
pliance and increased personnel
efficiency that are possible without incur-
ring the traditional cost and time barriers
imposed by wires. Globally, plants are
replacing manual clipboard rounds,
automating periodic inspections and
monitoring more assets than ever before
because of these new applications. But
what is the status of wireless control of
valves in particular?
THE CASE TO AUTOMATE
Engineers know there are advantages and
consequences to every design decision. To
understand the benefits of wireless for
control of valves, a fresh look at the two
basic types of control is needed: closed
loop control and open loop control.
Traditionally, in a distributed control
system (DCS) or programmable logic
controller (PLC), closed loop control
implies wired signal inputs applied to
logic or a Proportional-Integral-Deriva-
tive (PID) algorithm to drive a signal out-
put to a final control elementmost
often a valve. Traditional technologies
include pneumatic, analog wired or bus
wired. If the decision to automate was
left to the process engineer, every valve
would be automated. However, the cost of
wired installations ultimately means that
over 60% of valves remain manualpri-
marily on/off quarter-turn valves.
When financial analysis indicates a
projects cost is too high, an engineers
fallback option is to select open loop con-
trol, where no automated feedback from
the valve is used. This operating tactic is
primarily made to get the control signal
to the valve, and if something does not
happen when it should, a human must
IMPROVING PROCESS EFFICIENCY WITH
WIRELESS VALVE
AUTOMATION
The economics and simplicity of wireless field
instruments has allowed many industrial
plants to expand the benefits of automation
well beyond traditional wired control.
BY KURTIS JENSEN
A smart wireless
gateway is strategically
positioned on a control
room roof.
determine if the desired change took
effect. Automation budgets can focus on
the throttling control valves and the
on/off valves that are either part of a
safety shutdown system, that operate
very frequently or that are too big to be
manually actuated. The rest are left to
manual operation.
People are the most important asset
of any business, and people are affected
by the consequences of open loop con-
trol. This is especially true in older
plants trying to compete with newer
plants or plants built with lower costs
for labor and fewer governmental regu-
lations for safety and the environment.
When interrupted, distracted people
make mistakes, take time to get to
valves and become susceptible to plant
hazards. Imagine the impact to process
efficiency if the benefits of closed loop
control could be obtained without the
cost of wiring infrastructure. Imagine
the advantage of reducing valve align-
ment time from hours to seconds, pre-
venting human error that results in envi-
ronmental spills or lost batches with
associated cleanup costs, and minimiz-
ing worker exposure to ladders and
chemicals that impact safety initiatives
and productivity. These are possibilities
with wireless technologies.
ALTERNATIVE TO
SOLENOIDS AND HANDLES
The traditional method for closed loop
control with an on/off valve is to use a
solenoid and two limit switches. From
an automation perspective, this can be
more expensive than a throttling control
valve because the process requires one
discrete output and two discrete inputs
into the DCS.
The input/output (I/O) points, wires,
engineering, materials, labor, project
management and time costs are consid-
ered during the project planning phase;
with just a solenoid or manual valve
containing a handle, the costs are lower.
A solenoid with no feedback leaves a
process susceptible to operation with a
stuck valve, and a handle creates the
opportunity for human error. Wireless
control eliminates both of these weak-
nesses of open loop control for valves in
such a way that the loop can be closed
on a budget. With a wireless device, the
added costs of sending back the valves
position are included with the instru-
ment, making it easier to automate
more valves in the project planning
phase.
MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL
WORK PRACTICES
Emerging wireless controllers for valve
automation essentially combine solenoid
functionality with limit switch feedback
into an integrated package that has all
the benefits of digital communication
and diagnostics, but is also powered by
a battery. The result is that only a pneu-
matic source is needed to automate that
valve. This capability maintains essen-
tial work practices while eliminating the
barriers that result in just 1-2% of
existing manual valves being automated
annually. Heres how:
Design Selection
A wireless controller is an alternative to
a solenoid or digital bus-based con-
trollers that still require wires. The wire-
less controller uses the same pneumatic
actuator and valve. The selection criteria
for choosing the valve and the actuator
remain the same (Figures 1 and 2).
Application Selection
A wireless automated on/off valve is the
ideal replacement for a valve currently
actuated by a worker. The wireless con-
troller eliminates the potential for
human error and allows work practices
to be automated into interlocks and
safety checks. A wireless controller is an
alternative to solenoids for applications
that are not part of a critical safety
shutdown system. Its also faster than
those humans (Figure 3).
Control System Integration
The simplicity of wireless control
ensures that a digital set point for open
and close can be sent from the DCS or
PLC and can receive position feedback
from that same field instrument. A wire-
less controller is connected to a wireless
network in an arrangement similar to
traditionally wired I/O; however, the set
point and position feedback are wire-
lessanother type of I/O that can be
integrated into interlocks, timing
sequences and logic just like the wired
alternatives.
Operation
A wireless automated valve is operated
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Handwheel
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Valve
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Mounting
Kit
Valve
Actuator
Valve
Controller
Figure 1. Manual valve Figure 2. Typical valve automation package
Mounting
Kit
Mounting
Kit
Valve
Actuator
Valve
Controller
Figure 3. Wireless valve automation package
the same way as a solenoid and limit switches. When the right
logic conditions exist or action is executed from the control
system, the valve moves and reports back the position to the
control system for confirmation of the change. If the valve
does not move because of mechanical failure, the operator
receives an alert that can be diagnosed remotely by looking at
the valve position or investigated more closely using remote
access to diagnostics of the valve assembly. For typical appli-
cations, a battery-powered valve should have the same life as a
wired alternative in terms of valve cycle life and years.
Budget Approval
When estimating budgets using wireless automated valves, the
material cost of wires, cabling infrastructure, junction boxes,
engineering time and cost for connecting to the control system,
labor time and cost for electrical installation can be eliminat-
ed, and the reduction in time spent managing these resources
and schedule should be considered. Removing these barriers to
project approval and adding the benefits of reducing conse-
quences of human error and exposure to hazardous environ-
ments can ensure project approval.
WIRELESS FOR AUTOMATED CONTROLS
Engineers can deploy wireless automated valves to increase
the effectiveness of their controls and decrease costs caused
from mistakes and reworks. They can achieve a competitive
edge by increasing the production levels of their facilities and
reducing delays of waiting on labor to either make a change or
fix the product. The result is better throughput, reliability and
quality.
Engineers should look for solutions that are multivendor
and can be used globally. They should look at the tools needed
to use these solutions. For example, they should determine
whether they can use the same handheld configuration device
for both wired and wireless instruments. From a wireless per-
spective, the network should be able to mitigate obstacles in
the process environment, provide redundant paths for reliable
communications and coexist with other wireless communica-
tion sources. If a wireless engineer is needed to perform a site
survey and implement the wireless network, alternative wire-
less technologies should be considered.
THE TAKE AWAY
Wireless has been used for years for monitoring applications
to extend the benefits of automation beyond process control.
The technology has proven itself, and on/off automation can
eliminate traditional cost and engineering barriers. Whether it
is for a fill, feed, flush, bypass or other type of valve applica-
tion, wireless automation can improve process efficiency,
reduce costly mistakes, and improve worker safety and pro-
ductivity. As wireless continues to prove its worth through
closing open loops for off valves, look for other wireless
closed-loop alternatives in the future. VM
KURTIS JENSEN is an instruments product manager at Emerson Process
Management, representing Fisher and Valve Automation Products. His respon-
sibilities include control accessories and related field instrumentation. Reach
Jensen at kurtis.jensen@emerson.com.
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T
o be of value, valves must be
attached to a piping system. How
that attachment occurs has changed
over time. For decades, screwed or
flanged connections were the only way
to go. However, the perfection of fusion
welding techniques in the 1930s led the
way for new methods of joining piping
components, including valves. These
new ways are the butt-weld (BWE)
(Figure 1) and socket-weld (SW) (Fig-
ure 2) end connections.
Both of these joining techniques cre-
ate a homogenous entity composed of
the two components to be joined and
filler metal. Since there is no gasketed
connection, the chance of joint leakage
is virtually nil as long as the welding is
performed correctly and the proper
welding procedure is used. These welded
joints are much preferred for high-tem-
perature applications such as steam or
critical refinery processes.
These two types of welded connec-
tions have different joining philosophies.
The BWE connection is completed by
performing what is called a full pene-
tration weld to connect the two com-
ponents. The SW end connection uses
what is called a fillet weld to connect
the two components. Although both
joints create a potentially leak-free
attachment, the BWE is a higher
integrity joint than the SW.
BWE ADVANTAGES
Why is the BWE better? The butt-weld
joint has greater strength because the
full area of the pipe (inside diameter to
outside diameter or ID to OD) is com-
pletely filled with weld deposit, and the
filler material becomes one with both
joined components. Meanwhile, the fil-
let-weld is a much smaller, triangle-
shaped weldment that connects the out-
side of the pipe with the slightly larger
outside and end
of the socket
through which it
is slipped.
Another disad-
vantage for the
SW joint is that
it retains a void
between the
inserted pipe
and the socket,
which can retain
fluid and act as
an inception point for corrosion.
While the BWE is a higher integrity
joint, it is also more difficult and costly
to field weld on pipe connections less
than NPS 2, which are commonly
joined via socket-type welds. However,
some piping designers choose the BWE
on small-diameter pipe connections in
highly critical or lethal service applica-
tions. Where fugitive emissions are an
overriding concern, the combination of
a welded-bonnet bellows-sealed valve
with butt-weld ends provides the ulti-
mate protection.
The fillet-welding process is straight-
forward and relatively easy for a quali-
fied welder to perform. A pipe is slipped
into the socket of a SW end valve or fit-
ting and a scratch mark is made around
the pipe after it reaches the bottom of
the socket. The pipe is then retracted
about 1/16th of an inch, to allow for
expansion of the pipe as it is heated up.
The fillet weld is then applied with
either the gas tungsten arc (GTAW),
also called the TIG process or the
shielded metal arc (SMAW) also called
the stick process.
The full-penetration butt weld is
more difficult to learn and to perform.
The pipes or pipe and valve are aligned
ID to ID and OD to OD, with a tolerance
of 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch, depending on
pipe size. Next, a tack weld procedure is
used to deposit several small dots of
weld around the periphery of the joint.
After that, a small layer of weld metal
called a root pass is deposited at the
bottom of the groove all the way
around, in a manner that ensures the
weld melts into and through both com-
ponents being joined. After the root
pass is complete and perfect, final cover
passes of weld material are added to fill
up the groove area.
THE RIGHT DIMENSIONS
The dimensions of SW sockets and butt-
weld ends have to be precise and within
tolerance. In the case of the SW, they
should be machined in accordance with
American Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers (ASME) B16.11, Forged Fittings,
Socket-Welding and Threaded. Howev-
er, recently occasional batches of
imported pipe have been noted as
exhibiting an outside dimension that is
out of tolerance and will not easily slip
into a correctly machined socket.
Butt-weld end dimensions are
detailed in two primary documents. For
compact valves, American Petroleum
Institute (API) 602, Steel Gate, Globe
& Check Valves for Sizes NPS 4 and
BEYONDVALVES BY GREG JOHNSON
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Figure 1. A butt-weld
pressure-seal globe valve
Figure 2. A
socket-weld end
globe valve
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Natural Gas Industries, has a table and
drawing of the correct BWE design. For
larger valves and other non-API 602
valves, ASME B16.25, Buttwelding
Ends is the governing document for
BWE dimensions and tolerances.
One area of concern with cast valves
is the integrity of the welding area that
will mate with other piping components.
This beveled area must be sound and
free of severe gas pockets or shrinkage
that could create quality issues, which
would affect the welding to be per-
formed above and adjacent to the weld
area. Oftentimes these weldments are
radiographed, and many cases have
been found where porosity in the valve
was interpreted as bad welding by the
welder after the radiograph showed
defects in these areas. Bad indications
require the time-consuming task of
grinding out the defect, repairing the
weld and performing additional non-
destructive evaluation. This is the rea-
son many construction codes require
that BWE areas be radiographed prior
to welding.
Another issue related to BWE
integrity on cast valves is the procedure
where the flanges of cast raised-face
valves are cut off and then machined to
a beveled BWE for joining by welding.
Because of the location of the cutting
and machining, an area highly prone to
casting defects is now exposed or hidden
slightly below the surface. While these
defects may be satisfactory on a cast
valve with flanges intact, they are unac-
ceptable on butt-weld ends that will be
exposed to the thermal welding process.
If flanged cast valves are to be modified
to BWE, it is important that the ends be
radiographed prior to any welding.
Generally, SW ends are not radi-
ographed, but if non-destructive exami-
nation is required, either the magnetic
particle (MT) or dye penetrant (PT)
examination process usually is
employed.
One area where welding ends are
exclusively used is underground and
underwater in the pipeline industry,
where the highest integrity joints are
mandated for these hard-to-observe
pipe connections. This requirement
applies to pipeline valves as well. How-
ever, one concern in field-welding large-
diameter, elastomer-seated valves is
that the delicate seating surfaces can be
damaged. As a result, most pipeline
companies prefer their valves have sev-
eral feet of pipe, called pups, welded
onto each end of the valve before it
reaches the job site. This makes the
ultimate field-welding process less
harmful for the valve.
The welding of pipe pups onto the
ends of smaller elastomer-seated ball
valves is also commonly performed.
This allows the potentially damaging
high-temperature welding operation to
be performed in a controlled shop envi-
ronment, where the soft seats can be
kept cool while the pups are welded into
the valve ends or welded into disassem-
bled valves prior to final testing.
The obvious disadvantage of welded-
in valves is that they are not easy to
remove from the line for replacement or
repair. This means that costly field
service repairs may be necessary if the
valves require renovation.
For this reason, while welded-in
valves are very useful tools in the piping
designers tool-chest, they still will be
joined for a long time to come with the
old standbys, the screwed and flanged
end valves. VM
GREG JOHNSON is president of United Valve
(www.unitedvalve.com), Houston, and is a con-
tributing editor to Valve Magazine. He serves as
chairman of VMAs Education & Training Commit-
tee, is a member of the VMA Communications
Committee and is president of the Manufacturers
Standardization Society. Reach him at
greg1950@unitedvalve.com.
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T
he key to successful sizing or selec-
tion of the right valve actuator for
a job is communication. That communi-
cation occurs between the specifier of
the automated valve, the valve supplier
and the actuator supplier. The selection
process itself is straightforwardactu-
ator manufacturers publish selection or
technical data charts. The task of the
person who is sizing or selecting con-
sists of comparing the projects valve
actuation requirements against the
actuator manufacturers published
data.
THE DATA
The information required to properly
select an actuator comes in two parts.
The first part consists of the application
requirements such as the ambient condi-
tions, enclosure requirements, operating
time or speed, and control interface.
These criteria are defined in the actua-
tor specification and related documents.
That specification describes the detailed
features the designer requires of the
actuator.
Sometimes the specification includes
critical actuator sizing requirements
such as a factor of safety to be applied
to the unfactored valve operating
torque. Because this is a crucial part of
communication, its critical that the
valve supplier pass along that actuator
specification to the actuator supplier.
The specification usually consists of
a written document with control
schematics, and in the case of electric
actuators, a wiring diagram. Another
critical piece of information is the actu-
ator power mediumthe available air
or hydraulic pressure for a fluid power
actuator or electrical mains power
(voltage, phase and frequency) for an
electric actuator.
The second part of the information
required consists of valve operating
requirements. Typically, valve operating
criteria consist of: valve type and size,
type of actuation (multi turn, part turn
or linear), and torque and thrust
required over the full cycle of valve
operation. The torque/thrust require-
ments include the seating and unseating
positions and the run torque required
during mid-travel, valve stem charac-
teristics including diameter, key dimen-
sions, and thread pitch and lead as
appropriate.
Other necessary information might
include required valve and actuator
mounting interface and dimensions,
space considerations, and gearboxes
provided by the valve supplier that can
turn a part-turn requirement into a
multi-turn requirement. These criteria
vary by valve type and vary from manu-
facturer to manufacturer. The valve
manufacturer is the best and most reli-
able source for that information.
Sometimes the information given to
the actuator supplier is not complete or
the actuator supplier has additional
questions. Unfortunately, many written
specifications are not as clear as they
should be or have conflicting require-
ments. The actuator supplier is trained
to identify those discrepancies. Thats
when additional two-way or three-way
communication among the specifier,
valve supplier and actuator supplier is
necessary.
THE SELECTION
When the actuator supplier has all the
required information, the selection
process is usually clear-cut. The actua-
tor supplier combines the specification
needs with the valve operating criteria
and determines the overall valve actua-
tion requirements. Those requirements
are then compared with the appropriate
actuator manufacturers published tech-
nical data or selection charts.
Actuator manufacturers have specif-
ic products and resulting charts for
multi-turn, part-turn and linear actua-
tors. Those charts list specific actuator
ACTUATORS
&CONTROLS
Sizing Actuators: Its All about Communication
BY RICH OAKS
When the actuator
supplier has all the
required information,
the selection process
is usually clear-cut.
The supplier
combines the
specification needs
with the valve
operating criteria and
determines the overall
valve actuation
requirements.
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models and the performance criteria of
those models. Criteria include torque
rating, thrust rating as appropriate,
stem diameter acceptance, available
operating speed or closing time, mount-
ing flanges and weight. Any of those cri-
teria can be critical or determining fac-
tors in selecting the particular model.
For example, a specific actuator
model may meet the valve operating
requirements for torque and thrust, but
the valve stem diameter is too large for
that model. That causes the actuator
selection to be increased to accommo-
date the stem diameter. In this case, the
valve stem diameter is the critical factor
in selecting the actuator.
Again, communication comes into
playdialog between the valve supplier
and actuator supplier on the subject of
stem diameter could lead to the valve
supplier decreasing the stem diameter,
allowing the smaller, more optimal
actuator to be selected.
When an electric actuator is select-
ed, the stall torque of the selected actu-
ator should receive attention. Position
limit sensors, torque sensors and phase
correction devices furnished in state-of-
the-art electric actuators protect the
valve from motor stall, provided the
actuator was properly commissioned on
the valve. There are isolated cases, how-
ever, where the valve may encounter the
stall torque of the actuator, which is up
to 50% above the published torque rat-
ing, particularly if the actuator motor
controls are not provided by the actua-
tor supplier. For this reason, assuring
the valve and valve actuator mounting
interface can withstand that stall torque
is critical.
Open communication of all specifica-
tion and valve operating data will result
in proper actuator selection and
achievement of the ultimate goal: a cor-
rectly applied automated valve. VM
RICHARD OAKS is marketing manager for
AUMA Actuators, Inc. (www.auma-usa.com),
located in Canonsburg, PA. He is a member of the
VMA Market Trends Committee and serves on the
Valve Magazine Editorial Review Board. Oaks is also
the recipient of VMAs highest honor, Man of the
Year. Reach him at rich.oaks@auma-usa.com.
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Q: Why are cast titanium
valves commonly offered in
grades different than my
wrought pipe?
A: As previously discussed in Q & A
columns, this is not an uncommon prac-
tice; certain alloy groups have cast
grades that differ in availability from
the wrought grades, a situation that is
especially true for titanium. For cast
chemical process valves, three titanium
grades are commonly used: C-3, C-8
and C-12. The cast titanium grades use
the prefix C to designate a casting,
while the wrought specifications typical-
ly use just numbers. For wrought titani-
um, if you look at ASTM B381 for
forgings, 38 grades are listed. Are that
many really needed or actually used?
Probably not. For cast titanium, 12
grades are listed in ASTM B367, but
only the previously mentioned three
grades are commonly supplied as valves.
Most of the other cast grades are used
for light weight and strength in aero-
space or medical applications.
Cast grade C-3 is commercially
pure titanium, and like 316 for the
stainless steels, C-3 is the most used of
the cast titanium grades. Frequently,
customers will ask for grade C-2 cast
valves because they are familiar with
grade 2 for their wrought components
such as piping, tubing, plate, etc. The
only difference between grade C-2 and
C-3 is strengthC-3 is about 35%
higher in yield strength than C-2 (Table
1), which helps with the pressure-
temperature rating of the valve. No
difference exists between the two
grades in corrosion resistance. Its
likely that the wrought producers pre-
fer grades 2 and 7 because the lower
strength and better ductility would
make these grades more formable;
whereas, formability is not a manufac-
turing concern with castings.
Cast grade C-8 is the palladium sta-
bilized grade of titanium. It is simply
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THE SOLUTION
Failure of the example standard actua-
tor is a certainty in this case. While
there is nothing in the above example
that is not obvious to every designer and
user, the solution to avoid failure is to
apply what we know.
Metals
For example, metals that have a brittle
transition temperature that falls within
the range of possible application tem-
peratures should not be used unless
absolutely no impact loads can occur.
Examples of suitable metals are 300
series stainless steel and aluminum
neither has brittle transition tempera-
ture. Because of its greater strength,
stainless steel may be the best choice for
larger actuators.
Figures 3 and 4 show a simplistic
representative impact test performed on
a notched steel bar. One end was locked
in a vice, and a hammer blow served to
provide an impact. At room tempera-
ture, the hammer blow bent the speci-
men, but there was no fracture.
Figures 5 and 6 show an identical
specimen that was brought to a temper-
Figure 3. Test specimen No. 1 at room
temperature
Figure 4. Test specimen No. 1 after hammer
blow

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grade C-3 titanium with an addition of
0.12% minimum palladium added to
enhance general corrosion resistance
and improve resistance to crevice
corrosion in acid-chloride environments.
This small amount of palladium creates
a more stable oxide layer on the sur-
face, thus making this titanium grade
more corrosion resistant. Grade 7 is the
commonly used wrought palladium
stabilized grade but C-8 is typically the
most offered cast grade. Like with
grades 2 and C-3, grade C-8 is about
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and there is no difference in corrosion
resistance between C-7 and C-8. Figure
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benefit of adding palladium to titanium
for increasing its resistance to crevice
corrosion.
GRADE C-12
Grade C-12 was added to the ASTM
specifications a few years ago, theoret-
ically to provide a less expensive alter-
native to the palladium grades. C-12
contains a small addition of molybde-
num and nickel, which makes it more
corrosion resistant than pure titanium
but not quite as corrosion resistant as
the palladium grades. While the
additions of molybdenum and nickel do
not affect the ability to produce
wrought products in this grade, these
additions do adversely affect the casta-
bility of grade C-12. In addition, all
welds on this grade must be stress
relieved to avoid brittle intermetallic
compounds that form during the weld-
ing process. Wrought grade 12 may be
less expensive than the palladium
grades but cast C-12 is not likely to
have a similar cost advantage because
it is more difficult to cast than grade
C-8. Some titanium foundries will
actually price C-12 the same as the
palladium grades since the palladium
grades are easier to cast and dont
require a post-weld heat treatment.
To summarize, there are differences
in the availability between cast and
wrought grades, and it is not always
necessary to match the valve alloy to the
piping alloy. However, if you feel that
titanium grades C-2 or C-7 are actually
needed, valve manufacturers should be
able to supply those grades. VM
THOMAS SPENCE is director of material engi-
neering for Flowserve Corp. (www.flowserve.com),
Dayton, OH. Reach him at tpensce@flowserve.com.
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THE SOLUTION
Failure of the example standard actua-
tor is a certainty in this case. While
there is nothing in the above example
that is not obvious to every designer and
user, the solution to avoid failure is to
apply what we know.
Metals
For example, metals that have a brittle
transition temperature that falls within
the range of possible application tem-
peratures should not be used unless
absolutely no impact loads can occur.
Examples of suitable metals are 300
series stainless steel and aluminum
neither has brittle transition tempera-
ture. Because of its greater strength,
stainless steel may be the best choice for
larger actuators.
Figures 3 and 4 show a simplistic
representative impact test performed on
a notched steel bar. One end was locked
in a vice, and a hammer blow served to
provide an impact. At room tempera-
ture, the hammer blow bent the speci-
men, but there was no fracture.
Figures 5 and 6 show an identical
specimen that was brought to a temper-
Figure 3. Test specimen No. 1 at room
temperature
Figure 4. Test specimen No. 1 after hammer
blow

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min, ksi (MPa) 0.2 % Offset, in 1-in. Gage
min, ksi (MPa) Length, min,%
C-2 50 (345) 40 (275) 15
C-3 65 (450) 55 (380) 12
C-5 130 (895) 120 (825) 6
C-6 115 (795) 105 (725) 8
C-12 70 (483) 50 (345) 8
C-7 50 (345) 40 (275) 15
C-8 65 (450) 55 (380) 12
C-16 50 (345) 40 (275) 15
C-17 35 (240) 25 (170) 20
C-18 90 (620) 70 (483) 15
C-38 130 (895) 115 (794) 10
ing power plant tem-
perature and pres-
sure requirements.
The first decade
of the 20th century
saw the introduc-
tion of cast steel
as a valve materi-
al. Improvements
in steel-making
processes
brought steel
casting capabilities to the
plant floor of the major valve manufac-
turers. Although steel valves were avail-
able during the early part of the centu-
ry, iron and bronze still were the most
popular valve materials.
THE TRIM
The materials for valve trim or trim-
mings as it was called a century ago
were limited as well. Valve stems, seats
and discs were made of bronze, brass or
iron. The first improvement in trim
materials was the introduction of
copper-nickel alloys, essentially Monel.
This Monel metal, as it was called,
was very useful because it was harder
than anything yet available and also
highly corrosion resistant.
The next valve-trim material to gain
popularity was Martensitic, 400 series
stainless steel. These alloys were highly
durable because of their ability to be
heat-treated into an extremely hard
condition. The 400 series stainless
steels, by virtue of the 11-13% chrome
content, also were corrosion resistant,
and they would be the trim material of
choice for 30-40 years until supplanted
by cobalt-based Stellite materials
after World War II.
As the temperatures and pressures
increased in the power industry in the
1920s and 1930s, a need arose for
higher performance cast steel. The car-
bon-moly steel alloy was a stopgap that
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THE HISTORY OF
VALVES
As the Valve Manufacturers Association gears up to celebrate its 75th anniversary
in 2013, we present this series of articles on the history of valves, with the final
installment scheduled to appear in mid-2013. The celebration of this milestone
event will culminate at the associations 75th annual meeting, Oct. 3-5, 2013 at
The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL.
{
A History
Made in
Metal
BY GREG JOHNSON
T
odays valve material choices are
like a Chinese buffet: Everything
imaginable is on the menu. The multi-
tude of choices has grown in response
to the demands of customers and their
expanding process requirements.
The first Roman valves were made
from a bronze alloy very similar to
todays ASTM B62
bronze chem-
istry. These
valves were used
in plumbing sys-
tems in houses
and public build-
ings. The bronze
valves and other
engineering discov-
eries of the Roman
period would disap-
pear under the thick
cloak of the dark
ages, and it wasnt
until the steam era
that valve materials
became a topic of
interest again.
The 19th century
was the era of bronze
and iron valves and piping. Looking
through that centurys valve catalogs
shows that valve material choices were
just those two: bronze or iron. As the
century neared an end, advances in
irons were made including higher-
strength cast irons, called ferro-steels,
which were developed to meet the ris-
Making
patterns for
iron valves
A bronze valve for
locomotives is shown
on the front page of
American Machinist
in 1885.
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raised the continuous operating tem-
perature of steel valves to 850 F
(454 C). Although the carbon-moly
steel was useful at higher temperatures,
it suffered from creep problems. The
pre-WWII period also saw the intro-
duction of the first austenitic stainless-
steel alloys (304ss and 316ss), which
were vastly superior to the 400 series in
corrosion resistance.
Additional alloy steels made their
debut as valve materials during the
decade following WWII. The
chrome/moly steels helped to raise the
operating temperatures of cast steel
valves above the 1000 F (538 C)
range; 1-1/4 Cr. (WC6), 2-1/4 Cr.
(WC9), 5 Cr. (C5) and 9 Cr. (C12) were
all developed during this period. The
first ASTM standard to address these
materials was ASTM A157, Alloy Steel
Castings for Valves, Flanges and Fit-
tings for High Temperature Service,
which was issued in 1950. This stan-
dard would later be superseded by
ASTM A217. All these alloys also are
produced as forgings, with most listed
in the ASTM A182 material standard.
During the 1950-1960 time period,
new processes in the chemical industry
were outstripping the ability of stain-
less steels to cope with corrosion issues.
As a result, higher grades of stainless
steels were developed and tried. Alloy
20, stabilized stainless steels (347 &
321) and low-carbon grades (316L and
304L) became popular. However, the
ability of these metals to perform satis-
factorily would soon be surpassed by
the needs of industry yet again. New
super alloys were developed to meet
those needs, including the Hastelloys,
Inconels and duplex stainless steels.
These materials were very strong at
high temperatures and also had impres-
sive corrosion resistance.
Twenty-first century valve manufac-
turers are still using the popular metals
of the past 150 years, but newer mate-
rials are always under development.
The latest alloy steel to attain great
popularity is the super 9 chrome
C12A cast steel and F91 forged steel,
which allow for valve working tempera-
tures of 1200 F (649 C), while pro-
viding better creep resistance than C12
material.
PACKING IT IN
Valves that have shafts or stems that
move in and out of the pressure enve-
lope require a packing to keep the pres-
sure contained inside the valve. These
packings must be flexible, reasonably
resilient and able to withstand the high-
est temperature the valve will see in
service. Early packing materials were
rope derivatives such as jute and flax.
But as operating temperatures rose,
these materials proved inadequate. The
answer was found in a unique mineral
called Chrysotile, which gave us
asbestos.
The long fibers of asbestos combined
with its temperature resistance made it
an outstanding packing and gasket
material. Asbestos packing was
installed in virtually all commodity
steel valves from the 1920s through the
1980s. The material was superior for
forming and filling the packing or stuff-
ing box area, and it provided an excel-
lent seal. Unfortunately, some of the
same characteristics that made
asbestos good packing, such as its fiber
shape and size, also made it an unwel-
come resident in the human lung. Since
virtually every valve manufacturer used
asbestos packings or gaskets, all of
them have been drawn into lawsuits
involving asbestos litigation and
mesothelioma.
The replacement of asbestos packing
and gaskets took some time, as imme-
diate replacement materials did not
work well. Finally, the industry perfect-
ed carbon/graphite-based products that
have now been the norm for nearly 25
years when high-temperature packing
and gasket materials are required.
For low-temperature applications,
Teflon is an excellent corrosion-resist-
ant sealing material. Teflon packing
and gaskets are standard in todays
nickel alloy and stainless-steel valves.
Teflon is also used for other valve com-
ponents such as ball valve seats. The
history of Teflon and ball valve seats is
itself an intriguing tale but that tale is
for another article. VM
GREG JOHNSON is president of United Valve
(www.unitedvalve.com), Houston, and is a con-
tributing editor to Valve Magazine. He serves as
chairman of VMAs Education & Training Commit-
tee, is a member of the VMA Communications
Committee and is president of the Manufacturers
Standardization Society. Reach him at
greg1950@unitedvalve.com.
As the Valve Manufacturers Association gears up to celebrate its 75th anniversary
in 2013, we present this series of articles on the history of valves, with the final
installment scheduled to appear in mid-2013. The celebration of this milestone
event will culminate at the associations 75th annual meeting, Oct. 3-5, 2013 at
The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL.
Pouring bronze
in a valve
foundry
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SEALING TECH-
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metallic and non-
metallic piping
systems with the
addition of its
3504 Gylon Stress Saver gasket for
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duction, and pulp and paper. Also
being added is the 3505 Gylon
Stress Saver for potable water appli-
cations.
The new gaskets are designed to
seal lightweight metallic, plastic and
fiberglass flanges that cannot pro-
vide the proper loads required to
compress conventional fiber or
PTFE gaskets. The molded, raised,
concentric ribs allow for a more con-
centrated gasket load, creating a
tighter seal with less torque on both
flat and raised face flanges.
METSO has created the new Rapid-
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model generator that allows users to
quickly create realistic, to-scale, 3D
valve assemblies and export them to
any CAD program for use in plant
piping diagrams.
RapidDraw3D automatically dis-
plays the linkage available for that
combination, allowing the user to
then specify the orientation of the
actuator and pick accessories such
as positioners, solenoids, etc.
The final step is selecting the
appropriate file output based on the
users CAD program. A realistic 3D
rendering can then be downloaded
from the Internet for importing into
the chosen CAD program.
PENTAIR VALVES & CONTROLS
has a new pilot-operated pressure-
relief valve, the Anderson Green-
wood 5200. It is designed to with-
stand the high temperatures and
pressures that are prevalent in heat
recovery steam generators in
combined cycle power
plants, while meeting ASME
requirements.
The valve is
designed to meet
increasing tempera-
tures and pres-
sures and give
plant owners
the security of
premium seat
tightness close
to set point.
The 5200 offers a
metal main valve
seat, as opposed to the resilient seat
commonly used in pilot-operated
pressure-relief valves. The metal seat
allows the valves to withstand higher
temperaturesup to 1000 F (538
C). In addition, the 5200 is a modu-
lating pilot-operated valve, rather
than a spring-loaded or snap-acting
pilot valve.
FLOWSERVE now offers the Limi-
torque MXa electric actuator with
up to a SIL 3 safety rating. After
passing rigorous failure mode effects
design analysis and total time in
service tests, the SIL 3 capable rat-
ing was obtained from Exida Certifi-
cation Services.
The SIL 3 capable rated MXa is
designed to provide reliable actua-
tion in critical environments without
compromising customers Safety
Instrumented Systems. The actuator
carries the safety rating in a one out
of two configuration, requiring two
actuators and valves to be installed
into a SIL 3 rated environment.
The MXa features LimiGard tech-
nology that automatically monitors
the health of the each coded signal
and ensures no component
failure can cause the actua-
tor to move unexpectedly.
HENRY PRATT CO. manu-
factures a plunger valve, the
Series 300, which is
designed to reduce cavitation
and stagnant water creation
to help water systems improve
operational safety, efficiency and
flow control. This valve features a
field-replaceable control insert that
enables water systems to effectively
reduce flow pressure while reducing
cavitation levels. It contains a valve
actuator mechanism that provides
non-linear closure with precise surge
resistance and effective control
ranges as high as 96%.
INDEX TO
ADVERTISERS
31 American Foundry
www.americanfoundry.com
15 ASCO
www.ascovalve.com/LowPower
13 ASCO
www.asconumatics.com/RightNow
51 A-T Controls
www.a-tcontrols.com
C3 AUMA
www.auma.com
23 Badger Meter
www.badgermeter.com/valvefam27.aspx
29 Caplugs
www.caplugs.com/pipeandflange
33, 57 Check All Valve
www.checkall.com
C4 Crane Energy Flow Control
www.cranechempharma.com
7 Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company
www.cwfc.com
28 Eii Valve
www.eiivalve.com
5 Farris Engineering
www.farris.cwfc.com
C2 Flexitallic
www.flexitallic.com
25 Flowserve
www.flowserve.com
9 GE Energy Services
www.ge-energy.com/GTC
57 Hart Industrial Unions, LLC
www.hartindustries.com
34 Highland Foundry
www.highlandfoundry.com
53 Key Bellevilles
www.keybellevilles.com
35 KimRay
www.kimray.com/top65
38 Manufacturers Standardization Society
www.ms.hq.org
32 Miller-Stephenson Chemical
www.miller-stephenson.com
24 PDC Valve
www.pdcvalve.com
11 Pentair
www.pentair.com
42, 49 The Wm. Powell Company
www.powellvalves.com
47 Power Gen
www.power-gen.com
19 Roto Hammer
www.rotohammerinc.com
1 Rotork Controls, Inc.
www.rotork.com
39 Samson Controls, Inc.
www.samson-usa.com
52 Scientific Linings and Coatings
www.weathercap.com
26 Solon Manufacturing Company
www.solonmfg.com
22 U.S. Alloys
www.usalloys.cc
27 United Valve
www.unitedvalve.com
45 Valve World
2 Velan
www.velan.com
HART
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FireChek
Thermal
Activated
Emergency
Shutoff
When FireChek senses excessive heat
from a nearby fire, it immediately vents the
pneumatic actuator and closes the actuator
air supply line. FireChek triggers quickly,
securing pneumatically operated process
line valves.
FireChek Features:
Rapidly responds to temperature rise,
NOT flames
Vents actuator air pressure
Closes actuator air supply line
Needs no power source, self-activates
Compatible with ALL pneumatic actuators
No contact with process fluids
Easy to test and reset
Reliable, intrinsic triggering
Easily retrofit, installs in minutes
Manual resets for routine testing
FireChek is made in the USA
FM Approved
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CHECK-ALL VALVE
INTRODUCES THE BUTT
WELD (B4) CHECK VALVE
Machined from
bar stock, this
one piece bodied
valve is designed
for use with ASME/ANSI B16.25 for
schedule 40 pipe (other schedules on
a per quote basis). The design elimi-
nates porosity concerns and provides
a uniform density for more consistent
welds. Standard materials of construc-
tion are 316SS and carbon steel. They
are also available in more exotic mate-
rials such as Alloy C-276, Monel, Alloy
20, Titanium and more. With their
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this valve will stand up to the most
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Allagash International
Portland,ME
www.allagashinternational.com
Allagash Valves & Controls
www.allagashvalve.com
Forbes Marshall
www.allagashinternational.com
Nor East Controls
www.noreastcontrols.com
American Valve, Inc.
Greensboro, NC
www.americanvalve.com
ASCO Valve, Inc. - Emerson
Industrial Automation
Florham Park, NJ
www.ascovalve.com
A-T Controls
Cincinnati, OH
www.at-tcontrols.com
AUMA Actuators, Inc.
Canonsburg, PA
www.auma-usa.com
Automation Technology, Inc.
Houston
www.atiactuators.com
Babbitt Steam Specialty
Company
New Bedford, MA
www.babbittsteam.com
Harold Beck & Sons, Inc.
Newtown, PA
www.haroldbeck.com
Bernard Controls, Inc.
Houston
www.bernardcontrols.com
Cameron
Houston
www.c-a-m.com
Flow Control
Houston
Valves & Measurement
Houston
Check-All Valve Mfg. Co.
Des Moines, IA
www.checkall.com
Conval, Inc.
Somers, CT
www.conval.com
Cornerstone Valve
Houston
www.cornerstonevalve.com
Crane Co.
Stamford, CT
www.craneco.com/business/
crane_valves.cfm
Crane Energy Flow
Solutions
The Woodlands, TX
www.craneenergy.com
Crane ChemPharma
Flow Solutions
Cincinnati
www.xomox.com
www.resistoflex.com
www.saundersvalve.com
Curtiss-Wright Flow Control
Corporation
Falls Church, VA
www.cwfc.com
DeltaValve
South Jordan, UT
Enertech
Brea, CA
Farris Engineering
Brecksville, OH
Peerless Instrument Co.
East Farmingdale, NY
Tapco/Enpro
Houston
Target Rock
East Farmingdale, NY
DeZURIK
Sartell, MN
www.dezurik.com
APCO Willamette
Schaumburg, IL
www.apcovalves.com
Hilton Valve
Redmond, MN
www.hiltonvalve.com
DFT Inc.
Exton, PA
www.dft-valves.com
Eii Valve Company
Houston, TX
www.eiivalve.com
Elliott Manufacturing
Binghamton, NY
www.elliottsafeoperator.com
Emerson Process Management
Marshalltown, IA
EIM Company, Inc.
Missouri City, TX
www.eim-co.com
Fisher Controls
Marshalltown, IA
www.fisher.com
TopWorx
Louisville, KY
www.topworx.com
Valve Automation Division
St. Louis
www.emersonprocess.com/
valveautomation
Flowserve Corp.
Irving, TX
www.flowserve.com
Flowserve, Cookeville
Cookeville, TN
Flowserve, Springville
Springville, UT
Flowserve, Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
www.edwardvogt.com
Flowserve, Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA
www.limitorque.com
Flowserve, Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs, TX
www.nordstromaudco.com
FluoroSeal Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
www.fluorosealvalves.com
Forum Energy Technologies -
Valve Solutions
Stafford, TX
www.f-e-t.com
Franklin Valve LP
Houston
www.franklinvalve.com
GE Oil & Gas
Houston
www.ge.com
Consolidated Safety and
Safety Relief Valves
Alexandria, LA
Masoneilan Control Valves
Avon, MA
Regulation and Control
Houston
Groth Corporation
Houston
www.grothcorp.com
Hemiwedge Valve, Division of
Chromatic Industries, Inc.
Conroe, TX
www.hemiwedge.com
Indelac Controls, Inc.
Florence, KY
www.indelac.com
ITT Engineered Valves
Lancaster, PA
www.engvalves.com
Kinetrol USA, Inc.
Plano, TX
www.kinetrolusa.com
Kingston Valves
Torrance, CA
www.kingstonvalves.com
Kitz Corporation of America
Stafford, TX
www.kitz.com
KOSO America, Inc.
West Bridgewater, MA
www.kosoamerica.com
Lined Valve Company, Inc.
Woodland, WA
www.knifegatevalves.com
Mastergear, Division of
Regal-Beloit Corporation
Clinton, WI
www.mastergearworldwide.com
Metso Automation USA Inc.
Shrewsbury, MA
www.metso.com
Moog Flo-Tork, Inc.
Orrville, OH
www.flo-tork.com
Mueller Water Products
Atlanta, GA
www.muellerwaterproducts.com
Anvil International
Portsmouth, NH
www.anvilintl.com
Henry Pratt Company
Aurora, IL
www.henrypratt.com
Hydro Gate., Henry Pratt Co.
Denver, CO
www.hydrogate.com
Milliken Valve Company
Bethlehem, PA
www.millikenvalve.com
Mueller Co.
Chattanooga, TN
www.muellercompany.com
NIBCO
Elkhart, IN
www.nibco.com
PBM, Inc.
Irwin, PA
www.pbmvalve.com
Pentair Valves & Controls
Houston
us.valves.pentair.com/valves
Portland Valve
South Portland, ME
www.portlandvalve.com
The Wm. Powell Company
Cincinnati
Process Development &
Control, Inc.
Coraopolis, PA
www.pdcvalve.com
QTRCO, Inc.
Tomball, TX
www.qtrco.com
Richards Industries-Valve
Group, Inc.
Cincinnati
www.jordanvalve.com
Roto Hammer Industries, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
www.rotohammerinc.com
Rotork Controls, Inc.
Rochester, NY
www.rotork.com
Flow-Quip, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
www.flowquip.com
K-TORK Actuators
+ Controls
Dallas
www.ktork.com
Rotork Controls
Canada Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rotork Controls
Canada Ltd.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Rotork Gears
Rochester, NY
VMA MEMBER
ROSTER
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Rotork Controls Providence
N. Kingstown, RI
www.rciactuators.com
Rotork Process Controls
Milwaukee, WI
www.jordancontrols.com
R.S.V.P. Actuators & Controls
Hempstead, TX
www.rsvpactuators.com
Rupture Pin Technology
Oklahoma City, OK
www.rupturepin.com
Samson Controls, Inc.
Baytown, TX
www.samsoncontrols.com
SMG Valves, a Unit of Southern
Mfg. Group, Inc.
Morrison, TN
www.smg-global.com
Spirax Sarco, Inc.
Blythewood, SC
www.spiraxsarco-usa.com
Spirax Sarco Canada Ltd.
Concord, Ontario, Canada
Townley Engineering &
Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Candler, FL
www.townley.net
UniTorq Actuators & Controls
Duluth, GA
www.unitorque.com
ValvTechnologies, Inc.
Houston
www.valv.com
Victaulic
Easton, PA
www.victaulic.com
Velan Valve Corporation
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
www.velan.com
Weir Valves & Controls-USA
Ipswich, MA
www.weirvalveusa.com
WEY Valve
Nettleton, MS
www.weyvalve.com
Associate Members
A.W. Chesterton
Groveland, MA
www.chesterton.com
All-Pro Fasteners, Inc.
Arlington, TX
www.all-profasteners.com
American Foundry Group
Bixby, OK
www.americanfoundry.com
Auge Industrial Fasteners
Houston
www.augeusa.com
BelleFlex Technologies, LLC
Freeport, PA
www.belleflex.com
Delta Centrifugal Corp.
Temple, TX
www.deltacentrifugal.com
Enthone Inc.
West Haven, CT
www.enthone.com
Fenner Advanced Sealing
Technologies
Humble, TX
EGC Critical Component
www.egccomponents.com
CDI Energy Products
www.cdiproducts.com
The Flexitallic Group, Inc.
Houston
www.flexitallic.com
Garlock Sealing Technologies
Palmyra, NY
www.garlock.com
Grede Holdings LLC
Southfield, MI
www.grede.com
Harrison Steel Castings
Attica, IN
www.hscast.com
Highland Foundry Limited
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
www.highlandfoundry.com
Leechburg, PA
www.keybellevilles.com
Lone Star Fasteners
Spring, TX
www.lonestarfasteners.com
Matrix Metals LLC
Richmond, TX
www.matrixmetalsllc.com
Quadrant EPP
Reading, PA
www.quadrantplastics.com
Scientific Linings & Coatings
San Antonio
www.weathercap.com
Solon Manufacturing Co.
Chardon, OH
www.solonmfg.com
VanAire, Inc.
Gladstone, MI
www.vanaireinc.com
Watson Grinding & Mfg.
Houston
www.watsongrinding.com
Allied Valve
Chicago
www.alliedvalveinc.com
AVP Valve, Inc.
Lakeland, FL
www.avpvalve.com
Bay Valve Service, Inc.
Seattle
www.bay-valve.com
Cameron
Houston
www.c-a-m.com
CCI Houston (Repair Center)
Houston
www.ccivalve.com
CFM/VR-TESCO LLC
Elgin, IL
www.globalfield.net
Chalmers & Kubeck North
Westfield, MA
www.candknorth.com
Cleveland Valve & Gauge/ Renew
Valve & Machine Co.
Cleveland/Carleton, MI
www.clevelandvalve.com
www.renewvalve.com
CWFC Farris Engineering
Brecksville, OH
www.cwfc.com
Dayton Precision Services
Dayton, OH
www.daytonprecisionservices.com
DMC Carter Chambers
Baton Rouge, LA
www.dmc-cc.com
Dowco Valve Company
Hastings, MN
www.dowcovalve.com
GE Oil & Gas
Houston
www.ge.com
Consolidated and
Masoneilan Aftermarket and
Field Service
Deer Park, TX
Consolidated Safety and
Safety Relief Valves
Alexandria, LA
Masoneilan Control Valves
Avon, MA
ECI/ICE Valve and Instrument
Services
Monessen, PA
www.service-solution.com
Emerson Process Management -
Fisher
Marshalltown, IA
www.fisher.com
Flotech, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL
www.flotechinc.com
Flowserve Corporation
Houston
www.flowserve.com
Formosa Plastics USA
Point Comfort, TX
www.fpcusa.com
Furmanite
LaPorte, TX
www.furmanite.com
Gulf Coast Modification, LP
Houston
www.gulfcoastmod.com
Gulf Coast Valve, Inc.
Corpus Christi, TX
www.gulfcoastvalve.net
J&S Machine and Valve, Inc.
Nowata, OK
www.jsmachineandvalve.com
Kirksey Machine
Houston
www.kirkseymachine.com
Metso Automation
Shrewsbury, MA
www.metso.com
Midwest Valve Services, Inc.
Minooka, IL
www.mwvalve.com
Pentair Valves and Controls
Stafford, TX
us.valves.pentair.com/valves
The Wm. Powell Company
Cincinnati
Precision Pump &
Valve Service
Charleston, WV
www.ppvs.com
Southeast Valve Inc.
Charlotte, NC
www.sevalve.com
Southern Valve Service, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA
www.southernvalve.com
Thorco, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
www.thorcoinc.com
United Valve
South Houston
www.unitedvalve.com
Universe Machine Corporation
Edmonton, AB Canada
www.umcorp.com
Valve Reconditioning
Service Co.
Melvindale, MI
www.vrsinc.net
Wal-Tech Inc.
Mobile, AL
www.wal-tech.com
V RC A S S O C I A T E ME MBE R
Quality Valve
Mobile, AL
www.qualityvalves.com
For more information, contact Marc Pasternak at 202.331.0104 (mpasternak@vma.org).
MEMBERS OF THE VALVE REPAI R COUNCI L An affiliate of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America
For information on joining the Valve Manufacturers Association, contact Bill Sandler at 202.331.8105 or wsandler@vma.org.
C O N V E R S A T I O N W I T H
V
MAs new chairman for 2012-13, Mark
Cordell, first attended VMAs annual meeting
in the year the association was celebrating its 50th
anniversary. It is perhaps fitting, then, that Cordell,
who is president of Distributed Valves for Cameron
Valves & Measurement, is taking over the reins
during another momentous occasion: the 75th
anniversary of VMAs founding.
Its amazing to think that 74 years ago a group
of people got together to begin the process of figur-
ing out what our industry needs. Those needs have
changed tremendously over the years, but the association has
remained a vital factor, Cordell says.
One thing that hasnt changed is the associations value as a
source of networking, which Cordell says is one of VMAs
greatest strengths.
I think when youre coming up through the ranks, youre
very focused on your competition and in your mind, they are
the foes. But what I saw from the beginning is that we are all
human beings trying to accomplish the same things, and we
are much stronger as a group than individuals, he says.
FROM SALES TO LEADERSHIP
Cordell is an example of the many people in the valve industry
who start with a strong background in sales, then work into
other areas while working on their own professional skills and
eventually running a major division or company.
Cordell, who graduated from Oklahoma State University in
1974 with a business degree, went to work out of college for
Dover Corporation. He was hired for the Norris Butterfly
Valves division in sales, then moved up the ranks until he was
in charge of the whole divisions sales efforts. In 1991, he
moved to Bettis Corporation, where he started as the U.S.
sales manager and where he stayed many years, eventually
becoming a senior vice president. In 1998, while at Bettis,
Cordell got his Harvard Advanced Management Program
degree. In 2004, Cordell went to work for Cameron Valves &
Measurement group starting in sales, but eventually entering
the operations arena for Cameron and now serving as presi-
dent of the Distributed Valves Division for Cameron Valves &
Measurement.
Now Cordell will use his extensive experience with the
industry as well as his many years of association experience to
help VMA meet the changes that have occurred since his first
meeting.
THE INDUSTRY EVOLVES
Cordell says the two most momentous changes that have
occurred are the geographic spread of business and the
increased demands from end users for products that
can do more.
As far as going global, I think as Americans,
we tend to have this idea that everyone should con-
duct business the way we do, but that is simply not
true. We have a lot to learn from what happens in
China, in France, in Nigeria, in Romania, to name
just a few. Each place has a different way of look-
ing at specifications, needs, the ability to market
products and to deliver those products, he says.
One way VMA can help is to continue to build
strong links with other international valve associations such as
the British Valve & Actuator Association.
Its important for us to attend their meetings and for them
to attend ours so we can swap notes about what they are see-
ing and what we see here, he says.
As far as end-user changes, Cordell says that the techno-
logical innovations weve seen as a result of end-user indus-
tries giving us more and more challenges are staggering; how-
ever, our industry has kept pace. VMA keeps us informed and
gives us an opportunity to exchange ideas on what we know.
ASSOCIATION GOALS
Besides addressing globalization issues and reporting on tech-
nological innovations, Cordell says VMA has a couple of addi-
tional major challenges ahead.
The first is to find a way to deepen the membership.
BVAA recently opened its membership to distributors, and
Ive proposed that we do the same here in the U.S. The distri-
bution network has become a key part of this industry, and
they are truly on the front line with our productsthey see
what the end users around the world are demanding as each
area has different needs, different situations, even different
purchasing methods, Cordell says.
The second is to find a way to address another of the big
changes hes seen since the 50th: the graying of the industry.
We need to appeal to the youth of our business because if
we dont, no one will be there to take over as we retire, he
says. For this reason, VMAs educational efforts, including the
Valve Basics courses, have become a key part of what the
association offers.
A lot of VMA board members now recognize how vital it is
for us to find ways to bring new blood into the group. That can
include new reaches such as suppliers and distributors, but it
also must include the young people who are the future of this
association, he says. VM
GENILEE PARENTE is managing editor of Valve Magazine. Reach her at
gparente@vma.org.
Mark Cordell
KEEPING PACE OVER THE YEARS
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