Overview

Part-turn intelligent electric actuators from Rotork were installed at gas pressure reducing stations in Belgium to provide reliable flow control without the release of undesirable greenhouse gas emissions.

Challenge

Fluxys Belgium is an energy infrastructure group, specialising in gas transmission and storage. They operate 4,000 kilometres of pipeline, a liquefied natural gas terminal and an underground storage facility in Belgium.

Fluxys operate unmanned gas pressure reducing stations across Belgium that reduce the pressure of natural gas so that it can flow through a network operated at a lower pressure or be transferred to an end consumer’s facilities.

Solution

Existing actuators on these sites used gas in the pipelines as the control medium, resulting in undesirable venting of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. A control solution was required that would not release emissions while operating.

Result

IQT actuators were chosen to replace the existing pneumatic actuators. Rotork Site Services retrofitted IQTs onto existing valves on the multiple sites. Actuators from the IQ3 range are electric and do not release emissions.