Helfer, W.
Wade Helfer has 22 yr of industry experience in the design and evaluation of control and isolation valves for a variety of industries, and is an expert in rotary valve seals, butterfly valve flow dynamics and high-temperature valve design. He completed his BS degree and graduate coursework in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University and is the Rotary Technologist at Emerson Automation Solutions, responsible for developing and evaluating new technologies.
Using ball valves in high-temperature applications
Maintenance & Reliability
/ Process Control
/ Refining
/ Heat Transfer
/ Rotating Equipment
/ Valves
Ball valves are often an economical solution for controlling flows in refinery high-temperature applications, but their application can be complex, particularly in high-temperature uses.
- 1
- ... 1 pages
Current Digital Edition
Sign up to Receive Our Newsletter
Latest News
- Asia refineries, petchem firms cut runs as Middle East conflict disrupts feedstock supplies 3/6
- Hungary's MOL says capacity tests on Adria pipeline to start next week 3/6
- Brazil's antitrust watchdog approves private equity firm's controlling stake purchase in Braskem 3/6
- Shell-CNOOC China JV to close 1.2-MMtpy steam cracker due to feedstock disruption 3/6
- India invokes emergency powers, orders refiners to boost LPG output 3/6
- Russia gets export boost from Iran war as price of oil to India surges 3/6
Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction
