Emerson’s Justin Lannin and Vinson Process Controls’ Mike Stinn teamed up to present, Hex & The City: Ponca City Refinery Reduces Maintenance with Fisher Cavitrol Hex, at the 2022 Emerson Exchange conference.
Ruediger Niebel describes the use of two-stage pressure regulators in high-pressure hydraulic applications to avoid damaging cavitation conditions.
Wikipedia defines cavitation as: …the formation of vapour cavities in a liquid – i.e. small liquid-free zones ("bubbles" or "voids") – that are the consequence of forces acting upon the liquid. It usually occurs when a liquid is subjected to rapid changes of pressure...
At the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin, Emerson's Jonathan Vance presented Outgassing and Cavitation: Not So Good Vibrations. Here's the abstract: Outgassing and cavitation are two of the most common issues associated with control valves. Both phenomena often...
Keith Erskine with Emerson local business partner Puffer-Sweiven and Vince Mezzano with Fluor discuss considerations in selecting control valves versus regulators for uses on various applications.
Those that work or have visited industrial processes know how loud they can be with the fluids flowing through the process. Emerson's Fisher Valves & Instruments team has a great piece, The Silent Treatment—Fisher Solutions to Noise Problems. It addresses common...
Last week, I shared how resonance can contribute to excessive machine vibration in the post, Spotting and Fixing Resonance in Plant Equipment. A colleague pointed me toward another true Emerson Expert, Dr. Allen Fagerlund. Al's expertise is on noise measurement and...
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