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• Category: Control Valves
  • Industrial Control Valve Basics
  • Ball Sector Valves
  • Operating Principle – Solenoid Valve
  • Eight Process Control Valve Selection and Application Criteria
  • Specialized Gate Valve For Control Applications
  • Industrial Control Valve Basics – An Introduction
  • Control Valve Application Checklist
• Category: Cooling Towers
  • What is a Cooling Tower?
  • Forced Draft Cooling Tower With 20 Year Warranty
  • Wet Bulb Temperature and Cooling Tower Performance
  • Cooling Towers: Advantages, Operating Principles and Applications
  • Dual Application for Cooling Tower
  • Closed Loop Cooling – Alternative Setup Delivers Benefits
  • New Anti-microbial Cooling Tower From Delta Cooling Towers
  • Corrosion Resistant Cooling Towers Allow Aggressive Water Treatment
  • Cooling Tower Case Study: HDPE vs. Metal Clad
  • Guide to Cooling Tower Corrosion Resistance
  • Wet Cooling Towers
  • Plastic Cooling Towers Offer Significant Advantages
  • Cooling Towers for Exothermic Reactions in Corrosive Atmospheres
  • Cooling Tower Terms and Definitions
  • Natural Draft and Mechanical Draft Cooling Tower Fundamentals
• Category: Heat Transfer
  • Considerations When Selecting an Industrial Heat Exchanger
  • Heat Exchanger Basics
  • Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
  • Case Study From CSB: Industrial Plant Heat Exchanger Explosion
  • Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Refurbishment
  • Replacing Heat Exchanger Tube Bundles
  • Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Fundamentals
  • Replacing Finned Tube Heat Exchangers…When There Is No Documentation
  • Industrial Steam Coils and Unit Heaters – Specify For Longevity
  • Heat Exchangers for Liquid-Gas Vaporization
  • Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers for Industrial & Commercial Application
• Category: Industrial Valves
  • MSEC – Your Source for Pipeline Valves
  • Valves for Oil & Gas Processing
  • Pipeline Valves
  • Duo-Chek Check Valves Compared to Conventional Swing Check Valves
  • Sentinel Segmented Control Valve for Severe Service Applications
  • Introduction to Gas Pipeline Block Station Valves
  • Crane FKX 9000 Butterfly Valve: Triple Offset Explained
  • What is an Industrial Gate Valve?
  • Guide to Industrial Diaphragm Valves
  • Plug Valves – Right For Your Application?
  • When to Use a Globe Valve for Fluid Process Control
  • Trunnion vs. Floating Ball Valves
  • Metal Diaphragm Valves – Best Applications
  • Introduction to Valve Parts or Components
  • Trunnion Mount Ball Valves
  • Floating Ball Valves
  • Stainless Steel Globe and Gate Valves For Industrial Process Control
  • Severe Service Valves – Application Targeted
  • Applications For Metal Seated Ball Valve
  • Wellhead Valves Meet Special Application Challenges
  • Check Valve Incorporates Useful Features For Industrial Process Fluid Systems
  • New Triple Offset Valve From Crane
  • Video Demonstration of Weir Diaphragm Valve Operation
  • Sleeved Plug Valves – Design Features and Variants
  • Valve Preparation For Oxygen or High Purity Service
  • A Close Look at Butterfly Valve Seat
  • Pipeline Strainers: Proper Selection and Application
  • Triple Offset Valves – Some Advantages and Considerations
  • When is a Diaphragm Valve Your Best Choice?
  • Selecting the Right Valve Type – Plug Valves
  • Is a Butterfly Valve Right for Your Application?
  • Selecting The Right Valve Type – Ball Valves
  • Selecting the Right Valve Type – Gate Valves
  • High Performance Butterfly Valve Seating Principles – Metal Seats
  • High Performance Butterfly Valve Seating Principles – Soft Seats
  • Selecting a Stainless Steel Globe or Gate Valve
  • Advantages of a Wafer Check Valve
  • Metal Body, Industrial Diaphragm Valves
  • Introduction to Ball Valves
  • The Virtues of Angle Seat Valves
  • Resilient Seated and High Performance Butterfly Valves
  • Basics of Swing Check Valve Operation
• Category: Instrumentation
  • CCS Pressure Switches for Oil, Gas and Pipeline Applications
  • Trace Vs. Snap-Action Mechanisms in Pressure and Temperature Switches
  • Process Tuning
  • Multivariable Flow Measurement For Liquids, Gases, and Steam
  • Orifice Plate – Primary Flow Element
  • Technologies Used For Continuous Liquid Level Measurement in Industrial Process Control
  • Continuous Liquid Level Measurement Using Bubbler Method
  • Pressure & Temperature Switches for Demanding Industrial Applications
  • Easy Pressure Switch Installation for Hazardous Areas
  • Reduce Process Downtime With Device Protection
  • Pressure Switches for Industrial Applications
  • Pressure and Temperature Switches: Important Terms to Know Part 2
  • Pressure and Temperature Switches: Important Terms to Know Part 1
  • Pressure Measurement for Industrial Applications
  • Level Measurement
  • Basics of Flow Meters
  • Basics of Electromechanical Pressure, Differential Pressure & Temperature Switches
• Category: Pressure Protection
  • Emerson/Kunkle Pressure Relief Valves: Operating & Safety Instructions
  • Pressure Relief Valves – Safety Sentry
  • Basics of Safety Relief Valves
• Category: Steam Specialties
  • 8 Reasons Your Steam Trap is Failing
  • Importance of Prepping Your Steam System for Winter
  • Guide to Steam for Industrial Processes
  • Contaminated Steam Affect Your Food & Beverage Production Quality
  • Understanding the Various Kinds of Steam Traps
  • Steam – Desuperheating and Attemperation
  • Steam Trap For Heavily Contaminated Steam
  • Thermodynamic Steam Traps
  • Methods of Measurement For Boiler Drum Water Level
  • Thermocompressor Breathes New Life into Low Pressure Waste Steam
  • Pressure Motive Condensate Pumps
  • Steam Traps
  • Steam Trap Maintenance Made Easier With Pipeline Connector
  • New High Pressure Float Type Steam Trap
  • Knowledge Base for Steam System Components
  • Clean Steam Generator Packaged and Ready to Run
  • Understanding Condensate Pumps on a Steam Distribution System
  • Steam Condensate Return Systems – Basic and Essential
  • Operation of the Spirax-Sarco 25P Pressure Reducing Valve
  • Steam Use in Industrial Process Control
  • The Importance of Auditing and Maintaining Your Steam System
  • Pressure Reducing Valves for Steam Opimization
  • Explaining Heat Exchanger Stall
• Category: Tips and Tools
  • Pipeline Cyber Security
  • Wireless Communications in Industrial Process Control
  • Keep Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Top of Mind
  • Power Generation Conversion From Coal To Gas – Impact on Valves
  • Developing a Useful Alarm Strategy for Industrial Process Control
  • Learn From History: Analysis of West, Texas Fertilizer Explosion
  • A Framework For Thinking About Process Instrument Protection
  • Process Control Enclosure in a Hazardous, Explosion-Proof Location
  • Basics of Heat Transfer
  • Handy Conversion Formulas for Process Control
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Understanding Pigging and Pig Valves in Industrial Pipelines
  • Valve Actuator Basics
  • Regenerative Turbine Chemical Pumps
  • Compressed Air as a Motive Force
  • Valve Positioners
  • Added Safety For Pneumatic Actuators
  • Self Contained Temperature Regulators
  • Rack and Pinion Actuator – Double Acting vs. Single Acting
  • The Rack and Pinion Style Pneumatic Actuator
  • Applications for Pressure Regulator Valve and Back Pressure Regulator
  • Pressure Regulating Valves
  • Regenerative Turbine Pumps
  • Applications for Back Pressure Regulator Valve
  • Limit Switches On Valve Actuators Are A Valuable Option
  • Pneumatic Actuator For Corrosive Environments
  • Special Solenoid Valve for Pneumatic Valve Actuators
  • Economical Suction Diffuser Provides Industrial Pump Protection
  • Differences Between a Regenerative Turbine Pump and a Centrifugal Pump
  • Introduction to Electric Valve Actuators
  • Introduction to Actuators
• Category: Valve Automation
  • Valve Automation for Industrial Process Flow Control