Balls to emissions

摘要

Over the past year, Honeywell Marine has supplied more than 1,200 vapour control valves for deck installation on tank barges in the US. This represents the majority of all newbuild projects in the country. According to Philippe Despagne, marine general manager at Honeywell Process Solutions, barge owners and operators require environmentally friendly operation, which means eliminating toxic vapour escape during manual verification of tank contents. They are also seeking safer and more reliable operations and measurements due to health, safety and environment (HSE) concerns. "Custody transfer measurement on barges is shifting from traditional methods under open conditions-allowing vapour to escape from ranks-to closed solutions, eliminating vapour release to the atmosphere during tank gauging," says Despagne. "In addition, there is increasing demand in the barge industry to have a ball valve on each tank to enable connection of portable gauging and sampling equipment."