Valve actuators specified for big ethylene plant

Rotork valve actuators have been specified for installation throughout what is thought to be the world's largest ethylene plant, at Joffre in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Rotork valve actuators have been specified for installation throughout what is thought to be the world's largest ethylene plant, at Joffre in the Canadian province of Alberta.

The $1.1 billion E3 plant, a joint project between Nova Chemicals Corp and the Union Carbide Corporation, is designed for a production capacity of 1,275 kilotonnes (2.8 billion lbs.) of ethylene per year.

Rotork's Canadian sales office at Calgary was awarded a 'preferred supplier' agreement with Nova which has resulted in orders valued at over $2.5 million for the E3 project.

The majority of the Rotork orders involve IQ range intelligent electric valve actuators, together with P and R range pneumatic actuators and Exeeco gearboxes.

Rotork Pakscan 2-wire digital control systems are also being supplied to monitor and control many of the installed actuators.

The E3 ethylene plant is the largest single component in the $2 billion Joffre expansion project, which also encompasses a 380 kilotonne polyethylene plant, a 416 megawatt cogeneration power plant, a linear alpha olefins (LAO) plant for BP Amoco and a new pipeline to the Joffre site from Fort Saskatchewan.

Rotork Canada has supplied valve actuators to every part of the project.

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