Self-Actuating Thermostatic Temperature Control Valves

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Temperature control is critical for many industrial processes and equipment such as safety showers, eyewash stations, process lines, hydraulic and lube oil systems, pumps, piping, and valves. Temperature changes can affect fluid viscosity in equipment and can cause fluid to freeze or overheat.

SPS West is the exclusive distributor for ThermOmegaTech’s industry-leading self-actuating Thermostatic Temperature Control Valves which saves billions of dollars of equipment from extreme temperature damage. At the heart of each of ThermOmegaTech’s valves is a paraffin wax actuator, an “engine” that phase changes from solid to liquid, liquid to solid, in response to temperature variations. This produces a defined and repeatable valve modulation, allowing for precise thermal control based solely on temperature.

Temperature Control for Safety Showers

Emergency safety showers and eyewash stations are a necessity in a facility where chemical spills pose a potential threat. Exposed water lines on safety shower and eyewash stations are often left unprotected from freezing and overheating conditions. This can cause an extremely high or low temperature at the point of use. Relying on personnel to manually open valves to prevent freeze damage or scalding allows for human error. ThermOmegaTech’s HAT/FP or the IC/FP thermostatic freeze protection valves can be installed at the lowest point on the station to monitor either the ambient or water temperature. Once the temperature reaches the valve’s set point it will open to bleed off the cold water and allow warmer water to backfill to prevent the pipes from freezing. These valves automatically protect emergency equipment from freeze damage and malfunctioning. These self operated valves require no external power source and can be used as a primary protection or fail-safe backup.

Installed at the highest point on the emergency shower and eyewash stations to monitor either the ambient or water temperature, is the HAT/SP or the IC/SP valve. These valves will bleed off the excessively hot water and allow cooler water to backfill to prevent an individual from being scalded while using the shower.

Temperature Control for Industrial Facilities

ThermOmegaTech manufactures compact and reliable thermostatic valves used for heating, cooling, or control/activation applications in various industries including Oil & Gas, Pulp & Paper, Power Generation, and Chemical/Petroleum.

Being 100% mechanical, these valves rely solely on fluid or ambient temperature to operate.

The HAT valves or the Heat Actuated Trap valves control the fluid temperature in dozens of applications to keep systems warm and prevent freeze damage. The thermal actuator inside the valve continuously senses the temperature in the line and will modulate open to initiate flow if the temperature falls below the valve’s set-point. If the temperature rises back above the set-point, the HAT valve modulates closed to maintain constant discharge temperatures and minimize waste. The HAT valves can be used for steam traps, glycol heat tracing, and for freeze protection on condensate systems, float traps, and tank heating coils.

TV/HAT or Tube Valve/Heat Actuated Trap Valve operates the same as HAT valves but are used in conjunction with tubing and tracing systems using pre-traced tubing bundles. These versatile valves are ideal for replacing conventional steam traps on winterization tracing, instrument tracing, condensate freeze protection, process tracing, and other applications requiring in-line flow control based on temperature.

HST or High Sample Temperature thermal shutoff valves protect electronics in sample analyzers from over-temperature in the event of a sample cooler failure. Installed after the sample cooler in a sampling system, the HST continuously senses the media temperature and will automatically close if the desired sample temperature is exceeded to prevent damage to expensive sensors and analyzers. Once the temperature cools to 10°F below the valve’s set-point, the HST opens and the flow resumes.

Temperature Control for Pumps and Pump Seals

ThermOmegaTech offers self-operating thermal relief valves to protect a variety of pumps and mechanical seals from over-temperature damage and to prevent scalding. Thermal relief is needed to regulate the flow of glycol, water, or any other media that flows through high-pressure pumps to remove heat from equipment or processes, essentially protecting the pump and pump seals from over-temperature damage and scalding incidents. The thermally actuated ECONO/HAT-RA and HAT/RA-HP thermal relief valves protect booster pumps, fire pumps, high-pressure water pumps, and pump seals used in both industrial and residential applications, from over-temperature damage while reducing water waste and increasing overall system efficiency.

ThermOmegaTech has over three decades of experience in designing and manufacturing valves for freeze and scald protection, mixing and diverting, steam traps, ambient temperature control, surface sensing applications, and custom-designed valves. These valves can be found in hotels and condominiums, commercial dishwashers, boiler systems, commercial laundries, safety showers and eyewash stations, thermal solar panels, and more.

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