The main drain of an automatic sprinkler system is actually the water flow control valve. It's important to test the functioning of this value at least once per year to ensure proper water flow and ...

Flow reversal in piping systems can degrade equipment performance and cause significant water hammer, potentially resulting in catastrophic failure. Power plant condenser cooling water systems—or ...

It takes a large number of control valves to run a power plant, and while some valves are more critical to plant operations than others, it always follows that when a severe service valve fails, the ...

North Andover, MA-based Watts Water designs, manufactures and sells various water safety and flow control products to promote ...

A one-way water valve with no moving parts invented over 100 years ago by Nikola Tesla could be adapted to pump fluids around motors using otherwise wasted energy. Tesla patented his “valvular conduit ...