Helfer, W.
Wade Helfer is the Rotary Technologist at Emerson Automation Solutions for its Fisher rotary valves, and is responsible for developing and evaluating new technologies. He 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.
Selecting the right rotary control valve
Environment & Safety
/ Maintenance & Reliability
/ Petrochemicals
/ Process Control
/ Refining
/ Compressors
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Equipment
/ Loss Prevention
/ Motors
/ Rotating Equipment
/ Safety
The primary function of a control valve is to regulate flow. Accurate, consistent and reliable performance of this task affects many important process unit or plant metrics,
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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
