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Engineering Superior Valve Solutions for the World’s Largest LNG Project Podcast
Jan 16, 202500:24:00Tap to summarizeLiquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities require rugged, reliable valves for safe, efficient, and sustainable operations. It’s also critical to reduce complexity and use the right valves for the application across the facility’s lifecycle, from initial engineering through construction, commissioning, operations, and ongoing maintenance. Emerson’s Andrea Sutti and Massimiliano Franco join me in the Emerson Automation Experts podcast to discuss the role of these critical valves and actuators in the world’s largest LNG project. They share the importance of selecting and testing the actuated valves to meet the requirements of safety, isolation and control applications. Give the podcast a listen and visit the Valves, Actuators and Regulators for the Entire LNG Value Chain section on Emerson.com. Transcript Jim: Hi, everyone. I’m Jim Cahill, and this is another Emerson Automation Experts podcast. Today we’re on another episode in a four-part series that explores the role of control technologies in helping drive efficient and reliable LNG production. Emerson’s valves, regulators, and actuators empower the entire LNG value chain from the liquefaction process to transport and terminals, and from project startup and commissioning to long-term facility operations and maintenance. Today I’m joined by Andrea Sutti and Massimiliano Franco to discuss a successful installation, commissioning, and operations of a massive Middle East LNG facility. Welcome, gentlemen. Let’s begin by having you introduce yourselves. Andrea: Hi, Jim, and thank you for this opportunity. Hi, everyone. My name is Andrea Sutti. I’m the Global Product Manager for Vanessa Triple Offset Valves. Max: Hello to all of you. My name is Massimiliano Franco. I’m working for Biffi, a plant located in Italy. I’m responsible for the actuators in the actuation technologies SBU. Jim: Well, with that great background, that’ll really help in our discussion today. So Andrea, let me start with you. Can you give us an overview of this massive LNG project in the Middle East? Andrea: Yes. We are talking about the largest LNG plant to date. It is located in the Middle East, consisting in four mega-trains of LNG production. Each of them has the capacity of 8 million tons of LNG per year, a gigantic installation that is made even bigger by the fact that, differently from the conventional LNG facilities, this one also includes the gas treatment plant being located nearby the gas field. And by the way, there is also plan for further expansion adding two more production mega-trains. Jim: Wow. It’s big already and about to get a lot bigger. That’s very impressive. Can you tell us some of the key challenges that this customer was facing in building this massive LNG facility? Andrea: The customer challenges are reflecting the overall challenges of the entire LNG industry. We know the importance of the LNG for the global energy supply and the importance of the LNG as a key transitional greener fuel for the journey to net zero. All elements that put the LNG industry under the spotlight in terms of production capacity, efficiency, and reduced impact on the environment. All challenges that are reflected into demanding requirements for all the equipment and the components that are part of the LNG facility, among which the actuated valves play a very important role. Max: Yes. Thank you, Andrea. Regarding the actuators in front of the customer, the responsibility to guarantee the performance and the delivery is a key factor. And that means you need to have a very strong cooperation between the actuator maker and the valve maker. Then these aspects, the synergy, and their ability to provide the solution is a crucial role on that type of project in general, but especially when you have mega projects. And Biffi and Vanessa have more than 50 years of cooperation together. And regarding the capability to provide what is requested by mega projects, just to give you some numbers, Biffi in the LNG in the last three years delivered more than 4,500 actuators per year divided by electrical actuators, pneumatic, and hydraulic type. Just to tell you, in terms of U.S. dollar, we are talking about for a total of $120 million. Jim: Wow. That’s an impressive amount in what was sold there. Now, this project used thousands of Vanessa valves and Biffi actuators. Can you tell us about the type of applications they served? Andrea: Yes, I will start by mentioning the emergency actuated valves that are protecting the personnel and the equipment in case of an emergency situation, and for which the quick and reliable response is crucial in order to guarantee safety. And then the on-off actuated valves operating molecular sieve process, that are required to perform thousands of cycles under very demanding process conditions, such as temperature fluctuations and the presence of particulates inside the gas. And finally, the core of the LNG facility, the liquefaction column where the natural gas is liquefied before being handled for transportation. For all these applications, the customer selected the Emerson Vanessa Biffi actuated valves because the recognized capability to release engineered solutions able to meet the demanding requirements of these critical applications. Max: Yes, 100% agree, Andrea, with you. If an actuator valve fails, you can start to have dangerous situations and you can start to lose money. These two aspects in a big project is important, but when you have a mega project, it is a massive situation to avoid. Then the reliability of the actuator is crucial. And then you need to perform the correct sizing selection and the correct actuator selection according to the safety level requested that is different in each part of the plant. Just to give you an example, and Andrea explained and mentioned that is the molecular sieve. In that specific case, you have an extensive number of cycles requested, and then you need to guarantee the combination of actuator and valve with the capability to reduce as much as possible the maintenance interval between each maintenance activity. And the selection is crucial in term of torque and in term of other features. Then you need to know what is requested, you need to know what is the valve performances and the actuator that you can combine. Jim: Yeah, now given all those Vanessa series 30,000 triple offset valves and being such a major component of the project, can you explain what sets these valves apart from traditional valve technologies? Andrea: Let me answer this question by mentioning the four foundational elements of the Vanessa Triple Offset Valve that set this product apart from the competition of the traditional valves design. Starting from the quarter turn rotation that ensures superior performances in terms of fugitive emission containment compared to the traditional raising stem valves. And then, the frictionless design combined with the full metal construction make the Vanessa valve an extremely robust product, versatile, and capable to adapt to a wide variety of industrial applications with minimum maintenance required. And finally, the torque seating design, Vanessa valve requires minimum torque to operate. And this makes the package of Vanessa Biffi actuated valves more compact, cost-effective and reliable compared to the traditional position-seated valves. Jim: Well, those are pretty four strong reasons why there’s so many of those in that project. And I know I’ve seen pictures that this also featured the largest Vanessa Series 30,000 Triple Offset Valves ...
Transcribe →Episodio 53: Innovación y Digitalización en Elementos de Control Final
Dec 16, 202400:24:22Tap to summarizeDescubre por qué el control de válvulas es clave en diversas industrias y cómo las nuevas tecnologías están revolucionando este campo. En este episodio, Jaime Alvarado nos presenta innovaciones como Valve Health App, una herramienta avanzada para la medición y monitoreo de válvulas, y analiza su impacto en la eficiencia y sostenibilidad industrial. ¡No te lo pierdas! Suscríbete a nuestro canal y mantente actualizado con las últimas tendencias en automatización y tecnología industrial. The post Episodio 53: Innovación y Digitalización en Elementos de Control Final appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.
Transcribe →Impulsar la transformación digital en las ciencias de la vida: Oportunidades y retos clave
Dec 6, 2024Tap to summarizeEl sector de las ciencias de la vida se encuentra en una coyuntura crítica, en la que la transformación digital ofrece un camino hacia una mayor innovación, eficiencia y cumplimiento normativo. Para profundizar en las estrategias para impulsar la excelencia digital en las ciencias de la vida, descargue nuestro exhaustivo libro blanco: Descargar el libro blanco: «Excelencia digital en ciencias de la vida» La integración de soluciones digitales en la investigación, la fabricación y la gestión de datos permite a las empresas de ciencias de la vida adaptarse a las crecientes demandas de medicina personalizada, desarrollo más rápido de fármacos y fabricación flexible. Oportunidades en la transformación digital Las herramientas digitales proporcionan la infraestructura necesaria para modernizar los métodos de fabricación, reducir los silos de datos y crear sistemas escalables y seguros. Tecnologías como la fabricación continua y la producción modular no solo agilizan los flujos de trabajo, sino que también respaldan la agilidad necesaria para el rápido desarrollo de productos y el cumplimiento normativo. Principales retos en el camino hacia la excelencia digital Implantar soluciones digitales es todo un reto debido a los requisitos normativos, la dependencia de sistemas heredados, los elevados costes de implantación y la necesidad de un cambio organizativo. Los obstáculos más comunes son: Sistemas heredados: Las infraestructuras antiguas complican la integración y el intercambio de datos. Coste y cumplimiento: Cumplir las exigencias normativas y formar al personal añaden complejidad. Gestión del cambio: Es necesario un cambio cultural para impulsar la adopción y el compromiso del personal. Creación de un enfoque digital unificado Para que la transformación digital de las ciencias de la vida tenga éxito es necesario conectar la I+D con la fabricación comercial, fomentar la colaboración y establecer protocolos coherentes en todas las operaciones. Este enfoque mejora el flujo de datos, el control de calidad y el plazo de comercialización de nuevas terapias. El factor humano en el éxito digital Más allá de la tecnología, el éxito de la transformación depende de una cultura preparada para lo digital, dirigida por un liderazgo fuerte y respaldada por sólidos programas de formación. Este cambio cultural garantiza que la plantilla esté preparada para las nuevas tecnologías, lo cual es esencial para la adaptabilidad y el crecimiento a largo plazo. El papel de Emerson en el apoyo a la transformación digital Emerson proporciona a las empresas de ciencias de la vida soluciones digitales adaptadas al cumplimiento normativo, la integración del legado, la seguridad de los datos y la escalabilidad. La cartera de Emerson ayuda a las organizaciones a construir una infraestructura resistente que conecta I+D y fabricación, agiliza los procesos y permite la toma de decisiones basada en datos. ¿Listo para dar el siguiente paso? Para profundizar en las estrategias para impulsar la excelencia digital en las ciencias de la vida, descargue nuestro exhaustivo libro blanco: Descargar el libro blanco: «Excelencia digital en ciencias de la vida» Este recurso proporciona información práctica para ayudarle a superar los retos, adoptar las tecnologías adecuadas y desbloquear todo el potencial de la transformación digital. No se pierda esta oportunidad de potenciar su organización y liderar un sector en rápida evolución. The post Impulsar la transformación digital en las ciencias de la vida: Oportunidades y retos clave appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.
Transcribe →Driving Digital Transformation in Life Sciences: Key Opportunities and Challenges
Dec 6, 2024Tap to summarizeThe life sciences industry stands at a critical juncture, with digital transformation offering a path to greater innovation, efficiency, and regulatory compliance. To dive deeper into strategies for driving digital excellence in life sciences, download our comprehensive whitepaper: Download the Whitepaper: “Digital Excellence in Life Sciences” Integrating digital solutions across research, manufacturing, and data management enables life sciences companies to adapt to growing demands for personalized medicine, speedier drug development, and flexible manufacturing. Opportunities in Digital Transformation Digital tools provide the infrastructure needed to modernize manufacturing methods, bridge data silos, and build scalable, secure systems. Technologies like continuous manufacturing and modular production not only streamline workflows but also support the agility needed for rapid product development and regulatory compliance. Key Challenges on the Path to Digital Excellence Implementing digital solutions is challenging due to regulatory requirements, reliance on legacy systems, high deployment costs, and the need for organizational change. Common obstacles include: Legacy Systems: Older infrastructures complicate integration and data sharing. Cost and Compliance: Meeting regulatory demands and training staff add complexity. Change Management: A cultural shift is needed to drive adoption and workforce engagement. Building a Unified Digital Approach A successful digital transformation in life sciences requires connecting R&D with commercial manufacturing, fostering collaboration, and establishing consistent protocols across all operations. This approach enhances data flow, quality control, and time-to-market for new therapies. The Human Factor in Digital Success Beyond technology, successful transformation depends on a digital-ready culture led by strong leadership and supported by robust training programs. This cultural shift ensures that the workforce is prepared for new technologies, which is essential for long-term adaptability and growth. Emerson’s Role in Supporting Digital Transformation Emerson provides life sciences companies with digital solutions tailored to regulatory compliance, legacy integration, data security, and scalability. Emerson’s portfolio helps organizations build a resilient infrastructure that connects R&D and manufacturing, streamlines processes, and enables data-driven decision-making. Ready to Take the Next Step? To dive deeper into strategies for driving digital excellence in life sciences, download our comprehensive whitepaper: Download the Whitepaper: “Digital Excellence in Life Sciences” This resource provides actionable insights to help you navigate challenges, adopt the right technologies, and unlock the full potential of digital transformation. Don’t miss this opportunity to empower your organization and lead the way in a rapidly evolving industry! The post Driving Digital Transformation in Life Sciences: Key Opportunities and Challenges appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.
Transcribe →Boosting Efficiency and Safety: The Power of Digitalization in Greenfield LNG Projects Podcast
Dec 4, 202400:33:40Tap to summarizeThe liquefied natural gas industry is active in building new greenfield facilities. These new facilities have the opportunity to take advantage of technological advances in automation and the digitalization of work processes. Valves, actuators, and regulators play a crucial role in this challenging cryogenic process’s overall safety, efficiency, and reliability. In this podcast, Emerson’s Riyaz Ali and Tom Mullins share the story of an LNG producer and how they applied digitalization in their project design and installation to deliver integrated solutions to improve the project schedule and ongoing operational performance. Digitalization enables predictive maintenance practices to avoid unplanned downtime and optimize maintenance budgets. Give the podcast a listen and visit the Valves, Actuators and Regulators for the Entire LNG Value Chain section on Emerson.com for more information on the broadest portfolio of valves, actuators, and regulators with critical isolation and control technologies. Also, visit the LNG Success Podcast page to listen to other podcasts in this series. Transcript Jim: Hi, everyone. I’m Jim Cahill with another “Emerson Automation Experts” podcast. Today we’re on another episode in our four-part series that explores the role of control technologies in helping drive efficient and reliable LNG production. Emerson’s valves, regulators, and actuators empower the entire LNG value chain, from the liquefaction process to transport and terminals, and from project startup and commissioning to long-term facility operations and maintenance. Today we’re talking about digitalization, enhanced efficiency, and safety in an LNG project. And we’ll look at the very compelling customer success story. Our guests today are Riyaz Ali and Tom Mullins from Emerson. Riyaz is a senior director for FIELDVUE Business Development and a subject matter expert for Digital Solutions for Basic Process Control Systems and Safety Instrumented Systems. Tom is the director of Projects and Strategic Accounts with Emerson’s Actuation Technologies business. Welcome, gentlemen. Tom: Hey, Jim. Good to be here. Riyaz: Thank you, Jim. Pleasure to be here. Jim: Well, it’s great having you both with us. So, Tom, I’m going to pick on you to start with. Can you give us an overview of how digitalization is transforming the LNG industry? I guess particularly in Greenfield projects, what role does it play in enhancing efficiency and safety, for example? Tom: Sure, Jim. Today we’re going to be talking more about isolation valves and actuation on top of those valves. And specifically to that point, over the last 10 to 15 years, what’s really changed is our customers are starting to ask for more stringent closure times and opening times around these big valves. That’s derived from the safety instrument loop there that’s being required. So every data sheet now has a specific safe closure time. And now every actuator on every valve needs to meet, or exceed, or do better than what that time is. So 15 years ago, you didn’t see closing times on every valve actuator assembly or data sheet. Now you do. So with that and the use of some of our equipment, like the DVC SIS we’re going to talk about today, we’re able to not only meet and exceed the closing times but also track the fact that the customer, you know, met those times, which is very important to test the safety instrument loop. So that’s some of the ways we’re starting to see just simple on/off valve actuation now gets much more complicated, but not only complicated, the ability to track with our equipment on top. Jim: Oh, that’s interesting about how that’s changing in that way. So, Riyaz, we said we want to talk about a particular success story here. Can you give us a little more information about the customer? Riyaz: It’s a Greenfield Energy project. It’s in North America. It has got two liquefaction trains, two storage tanks, and associated facilities. Jim: Oh, okay. So that’s a pretty good-sized facility. So given their setup and what they had, what were some of the main customer challenges that they faced? Riyaz: As we know that the plant has got a lot of on/off assets and those assets traditionally are non-communicating and the customer are really facing issues because it cannot be integrated closely with the control whole system. Second thing, they would like to have the digitalization diagnostic because the field diagnostic is very key. Like, all we see right now and currently all the digitalization impacts on our regular life, how the digitalization is making those differences. And similarly, they would like to have those kind of information coming out with the field assets directly to the control system to make the operation easy, quick action by button and the better decision-making for them to get the plant highest availability. Jim: Okay. So one of those challenges was the lack of visibility for on/off valves in traditional systems. So how did digitalization help solve this issue in this particular Greenfield LNG project? Riyaz: Yeah, as these devices earlier were non-communicating type, with the digitalization, what we need to, the customer, what they want to manage now is not only the on/off valve body and actuator, plus the associated instrumentation. Now traditionally, the on/off valve and actuators are mechanical item, so they need to have a special skill set for the instrumentation. So their challenges right now is how do we manage multiple vendors with valve body, actuator, accessories, instrumentation and have the skill set so that the package is completely integrated perfectly with the seamless functioning of all the objective they would like to gain through the digitalization. Plus, they would like to standardize and make sure that the plant is uniformly working across all the units with the same kind of instrumentation, same kind of pneumatic schematics, and they get full benefits out of these field assets. One more problem came out was the expertise in the instrumentation required a lot of setting of the parameters and other stuff. And the challenge was how do we make all those things where they can copy-paste all those configuration and parameters across the plant. And the biggest requirement was that how do we get this whole complete integrated package with one reliability assessment report. It means that whosoever supplies me the components of the valve body, actuator, everything, we need to have one complete reliability assessment report coming for the whole final element. And at the same time, they would like to meet the project specs, which means if there is certain guidelines with the project required, is there any way then when they hand over the plan, can they have a kind of a performance certificate for the whole element and single source, single component, single reliability, single guarantee? So that is how they are looking one point of contact with expertise for the whole package. Jim: Yeah, it sounds like that standardization of it was very important, and that single source that you mentioned there at the end, very important to this project. I guess diving a little bit into the technology, what was the impact of the digital valve controllers, the Fisher FIELDVUE DVC6200? Can you explain how their predictive capabilities contributed to the plant’s operational efficiency and safety? Riyaz: Absolutely. The DVC6200 digital valve controller is exactly like what you have...
Transcribe →Valve Services for LNG Startup and Commissioning Podcast
Nov 20, 202400:28:16Tap to summarizeSome of the largest greenfield projects going on throughout the world are liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants. These huge projects liquefy natural gas for transport across the globe. Regasification plants take in the LNG and convert it back into natural gas for distribution throughout the pipeline network. In this podcast, Devin Cloud with one of Emerson’s Impact Partners, John H. Carter, and their ControlWorx Premier Service Provider organization, joins me to discuss one very successful project in the state of Louisiana along the Gulf of Mexico. The teamwork between the LNG producer, engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) contractor, and the Emerson team enabled planning, startup and commissioning challenges to be quickly addressed to keep the project advancing successfully. Give the podcast a listen and visit the Valves, Actuators and Regulators for the Entire LNG Value Chain section on Emerson.com for more information on the important valve solutions for reliable and efficient LNG operations. And, the service provider locator section can help you find your accredited valve, actuator & regulator provider in your area. Also, visit the LNG Success Podcast page to listen to other podcasts in this series. Transcript Jim: Hi, everyone. I’m Jim Cahill with another Emerson Automation Experts podcast. Today, we’re on another episode in our four-part series that explores the role of control technologies in helping drive efficient and reliable LNG production. Emerson’s valves, regulators, and actuators empower the entire LNG value chain from the liquefaction process to transport in terminals, and from project startup and commissioning to long-term facility operations and maintenance. I’m joined today by ControlWorx‘s Devin Cloud to talk about how an LNG liquefaction customer gained confidence in the startup and commissioning of their greenfield plant. ControlWorx is one of Emerson’s premier service providers covering valves, regulators, and actuators, among other Emerson solutions. Devin has been a project manager for valve services for over 12 years. Welcome, Devin. Devin: Hey, Jim. Thanks for having me. I’m happy to be here. Let me say, I’ve listened to several podcasts. I think even my kids have listened to several podcasts in the truck. So, very excited about this opportunity. So, thank you for having me. Jim: All right. Let’s hope we have something that even the kids can get into about LNG here. Devin: Let’s hope so. Jim: So, could you give a brief description of the startup and commissioning services required for control valves, isolation valves, and actuators at an LNG plant? Devin: I think I’ll start off on this one as saying, for the LNGs that we’ve been doing this in our territory, hindsight, looking back is, we had to rethink what we thought we knew. And so, what I mean by that is, when we start…we say startup and commissioning services. And we’ve done this often. We’ve done it at many customer sites. And our company has done it way before I come along, you know? We think about the traditional flushing trim. You may have a control valve in. It comes with flushing trim or hydro trim. We give onsite resources to go out there and change the trim out to running trim. We may have calibrations. A valve gets installed, calibrate it to make sure it’s working properly. Do the loop checks on it. And so, all of those things for the LNG markets in our territory, that still stands true. But we also had to… This being a true greenfield project, EPCs that we haven’t dealt with before, an end user that is a customer that’s not…hasn’t ever been a customer before, there’s a lot of challenges that come up to there. And so, while we’re doing all these things of traditional startup and commissioning, we had to kind of put our mindset in the construction phase, right? As the general contractors are out constructing this, how do we help them install valves? And the simplest things. Install valves the right way. How do we make sure that the preservations of the valves, they’re not laying in the yard getting full of dust? And we’re talking about critical valves, expensive critical valves to the process. Installing bolts and nuts. And so, if you…the general contractor, they’re doing the best they can. And these things are…they’re big, they’re nasty. They’re galling threads, putting them in, which ultimately causes delays, ultimately causes setbacks and, of course, some very costly repairs. And then the spare parts. I think startup and commissioning is also the recommended spare parts that Emerson offers. And not just recommending. It’s what are we doing with the spare parts when they get onsite? Where are they going in the warehouse? How are they being tracked? Again, like I said, really go back to the drawing board and rethink what we thought about startup and commissioning to really put ourselves in if I were the customer and I’m looking for a valve vendor or a partner, what would I want for them to do? And we can say, we can say, here’s the box that everything sits in. But really, we had to think outside of that box as well. So, definitely, a lot of learning and trial and error for us. But really, I would say, the biggest thing we learned is offering solutions and options. Instead of us just saying, “Hey. This is what we can do for you,” it’s listening to the customers and saying, “How can we adapt to your needs with our company and the power of the network and the impact partner network and Emerson behind us to do it?” So, I know that may have been a little lengthy, but just really rethinking the traditional process for us. Jim: Yeah. I want to drill in a little bit more to that construction part because that’s really fascinating to get involved in that. So, how did Emerson’s Premier Service Provider network become involved, I guess, in the first place in the construction of this particular greenfield liquefaction plant? And what are some of the key factors that set us apart from some of the other service providers, I guess, that could do that? Devin: Yeah. This may be a lengthy answer, too. But I have to give all the credit…we have to give all the credit to Kevin White and his Emerson halftime meetings that he puts on. So, what Kevin did in halftime meeting was it brought all of the EPC together, and brought the Impact Partners together. And just by fate, I guess, you would have it is, Kevin is talking about deliveries. And one of the EPC guys was on a Teams call. So, this was about 2020, 2021. So, during the time of COVID, right? A lot of Teams calls. And this one guy kept talking a lot on the Teams call. A lot. And he was from the EPC. And so, I just sent him a direct message. I said, “Who are you? What do you do?” Just as maybe a Hail Mary almost, saying, like, I’m trying to get on site here. So, it turns out that that guy was head of construction for the EPC. The...
Transcribe →Revolutionary Approach to Pressure Relief Valve Monitoring
Nov 18, 2024Tap to summarizeMonitoring pressure relief valves helps producers and manufacturers maintain safe and sustainable operations. In this 12-minute YouTube video, Elevating Safety & Efficiency: Emerson’s Revolutionary Approach to Pressure Relief Valve Monitoring, Emerson’s Ricardo Garcia demonstrates how this monitoring works and introduces the innovative bellows leak detection solution. Transcript Hi, I’m Ricardo Garcia, product manager for digital transformation PRV [pressure relief valve] monitoring. Today I’m here in Stafford, Texas to talk more about our Monitoring Solutions. Why do we do monitoring? Undetected pressure relief events can lead to serious consequences in plants. We’ve categorized these consequences into four main buckets as we see as the reasons why the market is starting to adopt PRV monitoring. The first one and probably the most important one is emissions. When these valves go off we’re putting emissions out into the atmosphere. Number two is productivity. Product losses and energy and process optimization is something we can achieve through PRV monitoring. Number three is reliability and this pertains to how available our process is and how we optimize our asset utilization. And then, number four is safety. PRVs are a compromise between safety and emissions, so we protect personnel by knowing when these PRVs are going off. Next we’ll talk more about the each individual solutions more in depth. This transmitter is capable of detecting pressure relief events when a valve goes off. The Rosemount 708 acoustic transmitter is a wireless only, non-intrusive device that’s also valve agnostic. And what we mean by those two things, non-intrusive means that it can just go strapped on the outlet of any PRV and that it takes us to the other portion—the agnostic type. So it goes on the outlet of a direct spring valve as well as a outlet on a pilot-operated valve. It can go on the outlet of an Emerson valve or a competitor’s valve. And it works the following way. It uses two variables. The first one is it measures the acoustic turbulence at the outlet of the PRV when the valve opens. And then, the second one to validate what’s a positive, a true pressure relief event versus a false positive, it uses temperature validation by measuring the skin pipe temperature at the outlet. Next we’re going to open up the isolation valve underneath this valve to create a pressure relief event and the 708 is going to catch that. In this graph, we’re graphing the system pressure with a different pressure transmitter that’s not part of our solution. We’re also graphing the pressure at the inlet of the Omni PRV. But more importantly we’re graphing the two variables from the 708 mounted at the outlet piping of the Omni. The first one in blue we’re graphing the acoustic counts that go from 0 to 150. This will indicate when there’s acoustic turbulence at the outlet of the pipe. In green, we’re graphing the skin pipe temperature also at the outlet piping of the PRV. For our demonstration, since we’re using compressed air and at ambient temperatures, there will not be a change in skin pipe temperature. But in the real world scenario when we have temperature or product that is hot or cold, we will see a rate of change accompanying the acoustic count change. So as we can see here, the graph shows us when the valve opened and when the valve closed. There is no way to correlate the acoustic counts to how much the valve was opening. So basically, the information that we get from the 708 is discrete. Valve is closed all the way up to here and then it opens and it recloses at this point giving us a time stamp of when the pressure relief event happened, as well as the duration of the pressure relief event. This is our differential pressure transmitter, which we use for our high-pressure and low-pressure Emerson pilot-operated relief valve monitoring. The way that this works is the main valve has a pressure pickup port. We take the high side of the differential pressure transmitter into the pressure pickup port at the inlet of the main valve, and we take the low-side of a differential pressure transmitter into the dome at on top of the main valve. There is a direct correlation between the differential pressure between these two points and the valve lift percent. There’s also a direct correlation between valve lift percent and flow. We’re going to operate this modulating-style pilot valve by opening gradually the regulator upstream of the PRV. First, I’m going to throttle this valve on or about 30% open, and then we’re going to simulate another over-pressure event happening, and the valve will go into further lift, and then we’ll close the valve back down. In this graph, we’re graphing a system pressure with a different pressure transmitter that is not part of our solution, as well as the inlet pressure. But more importantly we’re graphing the lift percent from the Rosemount 3051 that’s attached to our 400 series pilot. In this graphing software we’ve added the mathematical formula to convert differential pressure to lift percent. As you can see from the graph, we just saw the differential pressure gets correlated to that valve percent lift as we track the lift over time. Having this information can help you quantify what was really happening at the outlet of a PRV when your PRV was open so you can quantify the flow through that valve. We use bellows out in the field when there’s cases where variable back pressure is present. But metal formed bellows can fatigue over time because they’re always under constant pressure and exposed to corrosive media and high temperatures. What happens is over time that bellow can break. This is an example of a real-life bellow that broke in the field. Because of preventative maintenance cycles, these bellow ruptures can go undetected for long periods of time. So Emerson has developed a new solution to detect when a bellow leaks in the field. Our solution entails two components. The first one is the backup piston. The backup piston ensures that even in the case of a bellow’s failure, the valve remains balanced against back pressure. It also reduces the fugitive emissions through the bonnet vent by up to 90%. The other component of our solution is a pressure transmitter that’s tubed into the adapter. This pressure transmitter notifies the personnel immediately of a pressure relief event and also gives you the amount of information needed to calculate how much the leak is flowing. For this demonstration, we’re simulating the effects of back pressure with this adapter on the outlet flange. We’re going to open up this line and expose the valve to back pressure. There is a bellows inside this valve that has a pinhole leak. When we open up the back pressure, we’re going to see flow through the bonnet vent and the transmitter and the graph is going to catch that immediately. In this graph, the only thing we’re graphing is the pressure at that secondary chamber that gets created between the bellows and the backup piston. With a undamaged bellows, you should never see any increase in pressure in that secondary chamber. Any increase in pressure that you see in that secondary chamber means that the bellows has been compromised. A customer can interpret this logic and provide instant notification of a bellows failure to their operators. Also they can use the information from this graph as well as the clearances from the piston that we provide to convert this pressure into a flow. We use a Rosemount 3051 or a Rosemount 2051 for our differential pressure transmitter and bellows detection solution. There are some benefits when we use the Rosemount 3051. The first one is accuracy. The accuracy on a Rosemount 2051 is 05% of the span calibration, and the accuracy on the 3051 is slightly better with 04. There’s also the added benefit of advanced diagnostics, which are mostly available on a 3051, which can tell you more information about the health of your transmitter. Finally, there’s the added benefit of Bluetooth connectivity using the 3051, which can help you set up from the comfort of an office if you’re close enough to the transmitter. Or, not having to climb all the way up to where these valves are located. We have the capability of selecting either wired or wireless with all our solutions except for the 708. The 708 is wireless only for all of our other solutions. It’s customer preference and whether they have an already an existing wireless infrastructure. We have different options on how to interpret the data that we get from these devices in the field. For the Rosemount 708, we ...
Transcribe →Local Control for Electrohydraulic Valve Actuators
Nov 13, 2024Tap to summarizeElectrohydraulic valve actuators are used in on/off and emergency shutdown actuation applications to stop process flow upon detecting a command signal or loss of power, protecting personnel, equipment, and the environment. The Bettis EHO Electro-Hydraulic Operator is a self-contained electro-hydraulic actuator designed to actuate quarter-turn valves, including ball, butterfly, plug, and triple-offset valves. It is designed to provide fail-safe actuation for emergency shutdown (ESD) valves. This quick, two-minute YouTube video, Local Operation of a Bettis EHO Actuator, shows how to manually open and close a Bettis EHO actuator while the unit is in local mode. Using time-proven, final control innovation combined with the best in critical shutdown and process shutdown reliability, the Bettis Standard EHO for on/off applications and Smart EHO for modulating applications are effective options for maintaining and operating shutdown valves in severe, inaccessible, and remote locations. Visit the Actuators section on Emerson.com for more information on these and other valve actuation solutions. Transcript Welcome. This video demonstrates the local operation of a Bettis EHO actuator with a backup accumulator. Opening To open the actuator locally, first put the unit in local mode. Then use the left-hand control knob to provide an open command. After receiving the open command, the actuator will flow high-pressure hydraulic fluid from a charged accumulator through the manifold. After passing through the manifold, the fluid flows through an adjustable flow control, which adjusts the speed of operation. The fluid continues into the hydraulic cylinder causing the actuator to open. As the actuator opens, low-pressure fluid stored in the other side of the actuator’s hydraulic cylinder is returned to the reservoir. The return fluid is used to recharge the backup accumulator between operations. When the actuator is in either the local or remote mode, the backup accumulator will automatically recharge when the EHO senses a pressure below its setpoint. To charge the backup accumulator, the electric motor drives a gear pump. The fluid flows from the pump to the manifold, which blocks flow to the actuator and redirects the fluid to the backup accumulator. As the backup accumulator fills and pressurizes, the EHO senses the pressure in the system to shut off the motor when it’s filled. Closing With the unit in local mode, use the left-hand control knob to provide a close command. The closing solenoid will actuate and allow the high-pressure fluid that is holding the spring in compression to be able to return through the manifold flow control to the reservoir. -End of transcript- The post Local Control for Electrohydraulic Valve Actuators appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.
Transcribe →Episodio 52: Medición de caudal no intrusiva – Conoce Flexim
Nov 12, 202400:15:04Tap to summarizeEn el episodio 52, nos adentramos en el mundo de la medición de caudal no intrusiva y cómo la tecnología de Flexim que hoy forma parte de Emerson, está transformando la manera en que las industrias monitorean y gestionan los fluidos. Nuestro experto, Alvaro Muñoz, comparte cómo esta tecnología, que no requiere cortar ni modificar las tuberías, ofrece una solución precisa, eficiente y segura para una amplia gama de aplicaciones industriales. Escucha el episodio completo y suscríbete a nuestro canal para conocer más sobre las últimas innovaciones en automatización y tecnología industrial. The post Episodio 52: Medición de caudal no intrusiva – Conoce Flexim appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.
Transcribe →Episodio 51: Celdas de Flotación
Nov 12, 202400:20:01Tap to summarizeEn este episodio, exploramos el fascinante mundo de las celdas de flotación en las operaciones mineras, de la mano de nuestro experto Jorge Espinoza. Descubre las principales variables que influyen en este proceso y cómo los instrumentos inteligentes y avanzados aportan en su optimización. A lo largo de la charla, abordamos cómo estas tecnologías nos permiten obtener una visión más integral y precisa de lo que realmente sucede en las celdas de flotación, mejorando así la eficiencia y el rendimiento de las operaciones mineras. No te pierdas este episodio y suscríbete a nuestro canal para estar al tanto de las últimas innovaciones en automatización industrial. The post Episodio 51: Celdas de Flotación appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.
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