Emerson publishes updated natural gas pressure app guide

June 4, 2009

MCKINNEY, Texas  --  The Regulator Technologies division of Emerson Process Management has published Edition VI of its Natural Gas Technologies Pressure Regulator Application Guide.

The 752 page, 4-color guide serves as a reference for technical applications and pressure data for Fisher, Francel and Tartarini brand natural gas regulators and is designed to provide assistance in selecting the right pressure regulator for a broad range of applications anywhere in the world. The Application Guide provides detailed information on the principles of various products and applications such as oil and gas production, transmission, city gates/distribution, commercial/industrial and residential.

The Natural Gas Application Guide’s comprehensive technical section includes several new and updated sections such as Regulator Components, Principles of Direct-Operated Regulators, Principles of Pilot-Operated Regulators, Selecting and Sizing Pressure Reducing Regulators, Over-Pressure Protection Methods, Principles of Relief Valves, Principles of Series Regulation and Monitor Regulators, Valve Sizing Calculations, Valve Sizing, Temperature Considerations, Sulfide Stress Cracking, Conversions, Equivalents and Physical Data.

Enhanced application maps, quick selection guides and indexes make the application guide easier than ever to use. the guide is useful for engineers, maintenance technicians and supervisors, and those in purchasing or production/plant operations. The Application Guide is available through local Emerson Process Management sales offices.