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Válvulas en Plantas de Ciclo Combinado HRSG

May 13, 2019

LOS USUARIOS INFORMAN QUE LAS VÁLVULAS OFRECEN UN DESEMPEÑO SUPERIOR EN PLANTAS DE CICLO COMBINADO HRSG. Cuando las plantas de ciclo combinado de generador de vapor de recuperación de calor (HRSG) fueron diseñadas y construidas hace ya varias décadas, muchos de los paquetes válvula/actuador instalados incluían válvulas esféricas, de compuerta y de bola de baja calidad, construidas en el extranjero. El tiempo y la experiencia hoy nos demuestran que estas válvulas inferiores solo duran 4

Valves in HRSG Combined Cycle Plants

April 11, 2019

Users report that Conval valves offer superior performance in HRSG combined cycle plants. When Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) combined cycle plants were first designed and built several decades ago, many of the originally-installed actuator/valve packages included lower-quality, foreign made globe, gate and ball valves. Time and experience have now shown that these inferior valves only last 4-5 years or less. By comparison, where Conval’s were specified and installed, typical valve life has

Product Brochures Now Available On-Line

April 11, 2019

Conval’s family of product literature is now available to download in pdf format. Click here to view our CLAMPSEAL® CAMSEAL® and other product brochures

Application Spotlight: Power Plant

April 11, 2019

A two year old power plant originally chose a competitor’s globe and gate valves. However, the Plant Engineering Department wasn’t satisfied with the valves. By October of that year the valves had pressure seal gasket and packing leaks, forcing the plant to replace the faulty valves. Having used Conval’s CLAMPSEAL® globe valves at other power plants in the past, they turned to Conval. Their Conval sales representative informed them about the Conval Swivldisc® Gate valve;

Servicing Manuals Available

April 11, 2019

To better serve our customers, our Conval CLAMPSEAL® Valve Servicing Instructions are included on our website. Our main goal is to provide our customers with up-to-date information, which enables them to maintain our CLAMPSEAL® valves, in a timely manner. We hope the information contained in our Servicing Instructions will give customers the instant support that they require. Click here to view our CLAMPSEAL® Valve Servicing Instructions