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Specially Engineered Valves for Cryogenic Control Valve Process

Written by Christian Conesa • Vice President & General Manager | Sep 20, 2018 7:21:54 AM

In the world of process controls and instrumentation, low temperature applications have a reputation for being amongst the most demanding.

 

For both on/off valves and control valves this means ensuring reliability through a series of features designed and built to guarantee performance under extreme conditions. Trimteck designs, engineers, and manufactures a multitude of low temperature valves that ensure robust, repeatable, precise, and long-lasting performance.

LNG -160 C / -256 F

Both the typical mixed-refrigerant and the less-common cascade natural gas liquefaction processes – and their corresponding regasification processes – have an array of demanding cryogenic valve applications.

Trimteck Valve Applications

  • Vent-to-Flare
  • HP Emergency Flare
  • Compressor Recycle
  • Anti Surge
  • H2S & CO2 Stripper
  • Slug Catcher
  • LP, MP & HP Pre-cooling
  • Letdown
  • Pressure Reduction
  • Joule-Thompson (JT)
  • Sour Gas Removal

LNG Tanker & Terminal

Air Separation -196 C / -384 F

Cryogenic processes are used to separate and extract industrial gases such as oxygen, argon, and nitrogen from air.

Trimteck Valve Applications

  • Cold Box
  • Low flow
  • High Pressure Isolation
  • High Pressure Control
  • High Pressure Let Down
  • Noise Attenuation
  • High Rangeability
  • High Pressure Drop

Air Separation Plant

Aerospace -254 C / -425 F

Ground testing of rocket engines, fuel systems, and components provides some of the most challenging cryogenic valve applications.

Trimteck Valve Applications

  • HP and LP Liquid Oxygen
  • HP and LP Liquid Hydrogen
  • Vacuum Jacketed
  • High Pressure Isolation
  • High Pressure Control
  • High Pressure Let Down
  • Noise Attenuation
  • High Pressure Drop

HP LOx Valve Cryo Test

Trimteck has an extensive offering of valves for cryogenic service