Australian Water Management Review Vol. 1 2014 | Page 27

Engineered solutions - TOTAL Flow Control TOTAL Flow Control and Singer Valves have been proud to be involved with the upgrade of the Raw Water Inlet Control valve at Shannon Creek Dam. We have worked closely with Clarence Valley Council to achieve engineered solutions to process isolation and control valve problems in its plant and infrastructure. The Singer Solution for the Shannon Creek Dam project was to recommend, supply and install an electronic control valve, with Singer’s Cavitation Control Trim – specifically designed for the operating pressures and flows for the dam inlet control. The Singer DN600 S106 2SC PCO AC Control Valve will effectively control the cavitation occurring due to the significantly high head loss and flow the valve is required to control. Where other valve designs had previously failed, the Singer Valve has performed very well, with Singer providing a guarantee of no damage due to cavitation! TOTAL Flow Control has also been able to work with numerous other clients across a wide range of industries, including Water, Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Petro Chemical etc, to provide them with the correct valve selection based on their specific operating conditions, which has reduced plant failure, downtime and maintenance costs. TOTAL Flow Control welcomes the opportunity to discuss valve and actuator selection and requirements with customers across all industries. We, along with our key supply partners, are committed to providing customers with the correct valve selection and specification based on the clients Process Operating Conditions, by sourcing a range of world-recognised, high-quality valves, actuators and automation products. “It is unfortunate that many purchasing decisions for critical valves in a client’s plant are made based on commercial acceptance, rather than on a technical and / or proven performance-based criteria,” says Andrew Parker. “The overall life cycle cost for installing the correct valve is usually much less than the significant monies wasted on continual plant downtime, valve failure and spares / maintenance repairs required by valves that have been incorrectly selected and installed.” Your Preferred Supplier of Valves, Actuators & Control Equipment TOTAL FLOW CONTROL SUPPLY AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF PROCESS ISOLATION & CONTROL VALVES, ACTUATORS & ASSOCIATED CONTROL EQUIPMENT. We can provide everything from a sta