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Knife Gate valves

If you have a requirement for the design and drafting of a double dump valve or knife gate valve please give us a chance to help you out. We can create a brand new double dump design or provide fabrication drawings so you can build replacements for your existing valves..

We can prove out the clearance and travel for the knife gate valve and examine different types of actuator to achieve the required operating characteristics.

The Double dump valve can be laid out to determine clearances for pneumatic conveyor connections or provision for screw conveyors.

If poppet valves are required layouts can be made to discover if their is proper clearance within the ductwork and room for the actuator used with the poppet valve.

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Wind energy stored in unused high pressure pipe.
Wind energy is supposed to be free and something every country would like to take advantage of. But even if you install windmills there is still the problem of how to store the energy. At the moment, batteries are just not practical for storing the large amounts of energy for later use. A veteran of the canadian pipeline business may have come up with a novel alternative.

Dave McConnell, of Lancaster Energy Systems in Alberta, Canada proposes using windmills to drive a nitrogen compression system. Forcing inert nitrogen gas into unused large diameter gas pipelines, he makes what amounts to a gigantic compressed air tank. Releasing the compressed gas makes it possible to generate power anywhere along the pipeline.

The idea has been extensively researched by top scientists and engineers and may well be implemented in the coming years. It looks like a unique way to take advantage of two things Canada has in abundance. Wind and high pressure gas pipelines.