Global and European air quality standards, public health and environmental concerns are increasingly hot topics not only for politicians, but also for business success. While pressure relief valves (PRV’s) can be a vital part of industrial processes, they can be expensive to maintain and a major source of process media emissions. By installing Fike bursting discs upstream of your PRV, you not only protect the valve, but greatly decrease emissions, and gain significant cost savings advantages:
•possible exemption from PRV monitoring requirements;
•zero emissions during normal operation means no extra collection and disposal costs;
•can significantly reduce possible fugitive emission fines;
•zero daily PRV emissions allow you to reduce emissions credits for increased profits.
Fike has several bursting discs to choose from when protecting your PRVs, but the Axius offers clear advantages over any other disc on the market. This product features a 95 % operating ratio and a high acceptance to pressure pulsations. The Axius is capable of cycling from full vacuum to 95 % operating ratio in excess of 100,000 times – even at the lowest burst pressures available.
The Axius, as well as other Fike bursting discs, are invaluable for protecting your expensive pressure relief valves. Other bursting discs can fatigue and fail much earlier, leaving the PRV exposed to…
