Rotork provides actuators for new India gas pipeline
Published by Elizabeth Corner,
Senior Editor
LNG Industry,
The swift delivery of a total of 82 large GP range pneumatic valve actuators has assisted the completion of a natural gas pipeline owned by the Gas Authority of India Ltd many months ahead of schedule.
The order represents the largest supply of actuators from a single manufacturer on the entire pipeline.
The Kochi-Koottanad Bangalore-Mangalore Pipeline
Manufactured at the Rotork Fluid Systems factory in Lucca, Italy, the actuators have been supplied to valvemakers in India for installation on Phase 2 of the Kochi-Koottanad Bangalore-Mangalore Pipeline project.
The actuators will operate above ground and buried service ESD (emergency shutdown) ball valves along the length of the 30 in. diameter, 879 km pipeline, which runs from a new 5 million tpy capacity LNG import terminal constructed by Petronet at Kochi, on India’s south-west coast.
Rotork’s contract
Rotork’s contract included packaging the actuators with cabinet mounted limit switches and controls, together with gas storage tanks for the ESD duty.
GP actuators are manufactured in double-acting and spring return configurations with torque outputs up to 600 000 Nm (5 000 000 lbf-in). Certifications include IP66M/67M, ATEX94/9/EC and PED 93/27/EC and the actuators are also suitable for use in SIL2 and SIL3 rated safety systems.
Adapted from press release by Elizabeth Morant
Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/29082013/rotork_provides_actuators_for_new_india_gas_pipeline_444/
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