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What is a Block Valve and How Does It Isolate Fluid Systems?
How to Isolate a Fluid System with a Block Valve What is the Function of a Block Valve? A block valve isolates a specific section of a fluid system to prevent flow and pressure from reaching downstream components. This is important because a single line’s pressure or flow inside represents a hazard ...
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What is a Valve: Types of Valves & Functions Explained
Industrial Valves 101: Basic Functions and Types of Valves Small-bore fluid systems play an important role in keeping industrial companies operating productively around the world, and valves play an important role in the function of these systems. There are many types of valves that control f...
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Fitting Training: How to Install Tube Fittings
Tube Fitting Installation: Everything You Need to Know Reliable industrial fluid systems are essential for safety, efficiency, and profitability in your plant—and their ability to operate dependably relies on many factors. Some of the most important include proper tube and tube fitting installation...
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API 682: Building Better Mechanical Seal Support Systems
API 682 and You: Building Better Mechanical Seal Support Systems Sean Hunsicker, Market Manager, Chemical & Refining Market Mechanical seals became the dominant sealing technology in refineries and chemical plants in the 1980s, causing the American Petroleum Institute (API) to establish a committe...
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8 Common Process Analyzer Accuracy Challenges
Sampling Systems: 8 Common Process Analyzer Accuracy Challenges Tony Waters, Sampling Systems Expert and Instructor Sampling systems are among the most complex systems in a plant. They feature numerous components and processes that must work together to produce an analytical reading of process str...
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What is Grab Sampling
Grab sampling… …also known as spot sampling, laboratory sampling, field sampling, or sometimes just sampling—involves the collection of a sample fluid in apipeline, tank, or system. The sample is then analyzed to help operators validate process conditions, evaluate products for environmental emissi...
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Sampling Probe, Calibration & Switching Modules to Simplify Sampling
Sample Probe Modules & More Ways to Simplify Sampling with Standard Subsystems Standard pre-engineered subsystems can bring efficiency to an operation by simplifying the design of fluid sampling and control systems. Using standard systems has the added benefit of significantly reducing installation...
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3 Rules for Analyzer Accuracy
3 Rules for Analyzer Accuracy Stacey Phillips, Field Engineering Manager (Americas) In most applications, operators trust analyzer results to indicate whether their product is meeting specifications. But when analyzer results are not accurately reflecting an end product’s characteristics, it’s lik...
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4 Areas to Inspect When Measuring Time Delay in Sampling Systems
4 Areas to Inspect When Measuring Time Delay in Sampling Systems In a process analyzer sampling system, there is always a delay between the moment you grab the sample and the time you obtain a reading. Time delay is cumulative, accounting for the total amount of time it takes for a sample to trave...
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Tips to Maintaining a Representative Sample in an Analytical Instrumentation System
Tips to Maintaining a Representative Sample in an Analytical Instrumentation System The objective of an analytical instrumentation (AI) system is to provide a timely analytical result that is representative of the fluid in the process line at the time the sample was taken. If the sample is altered ...