selected resources
Design & Selection
In this article, ESA member Francisco Montero looks at the background and challenges in gasketed flanged unions.
Design & Selection
TA-Luft is well-known in the German and European processing industries as the guarantee for high quality stem sealings. But what guarantee do customers get from TA-Luft compliant Industrial Valves and
LDAR
Jeff Partridge explains why double block and bleed is often misunderstood, and also suggests that sometimes double isolation and bleed might be a better alternative.
LDAR
This paper describes a test procedure for valve emissions and presents results of tests on typical refinery valves.
Standards
Fred Turco (Turco Valve Supply) discusses how standards relating to for example fugitive emissions are becoming more and more important.