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    Undersea Pipe Standard

    Thanks to all for answers.
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    Undersea Pipe Standard

    DSP123 thanks for comments. Actually as the plant is an old one and documents were not delivered thru the take over we dont have documentation. Same is valid for other items like valves etc. I believe there could be an api standard that describes such pipes.
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    Undersea Pipe Standard

    I would like to receive comments for the below pipe and standards. We have an undersea pipeline inside a chemical tank terminal. It is an old BP terminal. Fluid : paraxylene and similar product Size : 8" Wall thickness : 12 mm It is an isolated pipe. Pipeline is damaged and we need to replace...
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    Valve Material Selection

    I know selecting the valve material for a specific application is not easy but are there any literature that I can work on? I have Norsok Material Selection doc, api 553 refinery control valves doc which indicates some guideways. Any further advises will be appreciated.
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    Steam Control Valves

    Does anyone have an idea about activities of Zikesch? Are they a manufacturer or engineering firm? There are many companies like A-T Armaturen, Bomafa, Schroeder, etc who seems to be manufacturers, but are they for real? I know companies like CCI, Fisher, are active for such applications but...
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    High Pressure Valve Vendors

    Thanks to you all for your advises. JonGD, regarding SG or SU, have you worked with them ever? Can you p ls. share your comments? I guess they are mostly focused to oil&gas. For power and steam side, I dont hear them too much.
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    Valves for FLNG / FPSO

    Adams Armaturen in Herne Germany has the largest Cryogenic Test Center in the world as far as we understood. I have never seen but they have many references in Qatar like countries for LNG. I guess you should check them.
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    High Pressure Valve Vendors

    I am collecting offers for high pressure valves for steam lines in natural gas power plant. Most manufacturers are limited to Class 2500 but I am looking for manufacturers who can build till Class 4500 and also using forged material. Sizes are around 4-6-8". I could only locate Raimondi and...
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    Hydropower ball valve - High Head, silty water

    As far as I know there some ball valves for hydro plants called spherical valves. There are very few manufacturers for this application. One is Adams Armaturen CH Plant. This plant is only for Hydro valves and they have also references in USA and Europe.
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    Dry shaft shaft design

    I am working on a project specs and it asks for butterfly valve with dry shaft design. Media is seawater. As I searched on the web, I saw that mostly concentric btv vendors are naming their product as dry shaft design. Is it so? Personally I can not accept that shafts are can stay dry...
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    Api 6a Trim Material

    I am not sure. The valves will be used for wellhead of geothermal wells. If you can advise for both cases that would be highly appreciated. Regards
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    Api 6a Trim Material

    One further question, does anyone know what kind of classification is T3 geothermal trim selection?
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    Api 6a Trim Material

    I have been searching the web for locating the correct definitions of different trim material options defined by api6a but many different sources indicate something else. Is there anyone that can inform me about the accurate trim materials defined by api 6a? I am trying to select a correct api...
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    Api 6d Gate Valve - Soft or metal seat?

    I am new to Geothermal plant and working for a company as a purchase engineer. I received quotation Expanding conduit Gate Valves for the well section and some vendors quoted metal seats some quoted r-ptfe seats. R-PTFE seats are a bit cheaper and I know that they can operate till 450 F. To...
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    Rubber-Lined Valves for Sea Water Service

    maybe it has been some time from the last thread but Adams armaturen from germany have many references for such applications. They have also facilities in US. You can ask them for help. We also applied them to Iron steel factory cooling lines. New valves will be delivered in may DN1400

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