Full-featured valves for today’s hydropower facilities
Valve designs for high flow capacity include anti-cavitation features for superior performance in hydropower applications. In addition, our expertise in materials engineering allows us to assist you in selecting the proper metals, elastomers and hardened trim materials for longest service life and maximum value.
Designed for your applications
DeZURIK engineers spend many hours in the field listening to customers so that they fully understand the intricacies of each application and incorporate that knowledge into each valve design. Using the latest advancements in technology such as Solid Modeling, Finite Element Analysis, 3D Rapid Prototyping and Computational Fluid Dynamics, DeZURIK engineers create valves that offer superior installed performance in some of the toughest applications in the hydropower industry.
Products for the Hydropower Industry
DeZURIK manufactures a wide variety of valve styles used in the Hydropower Industry, including Jet Flow Gates, Throttling Gate Valves, Hydro Guard Gate Valves, Fixed Cone Valves, Butterfly Valves, Rotary Control Valves, Ball Valves and Cone Valves. To see details on each valve style, choose one of the following product categories:
Download dezurik’s valve solutions guide for hydropower
DeZURIK’s Valve Solutions Guide for the Hydropower Industry is designed to assist users in navigating the valve selection process. The guide features information on DeZURIK/APCO/Hilton’s innovative valves for hydropower applications including jet flow gate, fixed cone valves, throttling knife gate valves, knife gate guard valves, resilient seated
butterfly valves, eccentric plug valves, high performance butterfly valves, rotary control valves, ball valves, cone valves, air release valves, air/vacuum valves, combination air valves, and swing check valves. The Valve Solutions Guide for the Hydropower Industry is designed to serve as a starting point in the valve selection process. DeZURIK’s global team of representatives and application engineers are readily available to assist in selecting the right valves and materials for each specific application.
DOWNLOAD THE OUTLET VALVE INDUSTRY PAPER
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en choosing a valve to control water release from a reservoir, many factors must be taken into consideration. This article discusses the variety of valves available, consideration for their operation, and advantages and disadvantages based on application.
U.S. BUILT VALVES FOR HYDRO APPLICATIONS
Since 1976, when DeZURIK built its first jet flow gate for a Bureau of Reclamation dam in New Mexico, the company has served the hydro industry, primarily supplying valves for releasing water from dams through low-level outlets. The custom valve designer and fabricator is especially known among hydro industry owners, engineers, and consultants for its popular throttling knife gate valve. In this interview, Doug Hartsock, DeZURIK’s hydro applications engineer, talks with Hydro Leader about the company’s products, which are manufactured in the United States.
HYDRO APPLICATIONS FOR THE THROTTLING KNIFE GATE VALVE
Although conventional engineering wisdom holds that gate valves are not to be used to throttle flow, not all gate valves are the same. The throttling knife gate valve has a proven record in the hydro industry when installed in inlet and outlet works as a guard valve or intake valve, or as an economical alternative to the fixed cone valve or jet flow gate in low- to medium-head applications.
