Trends In The Valve Product Market

The distribution of the valve market is mainly based on the construction of engineering projects. The largest users of Lined Valve are the petrochemical industry, chemical industry, power sector, metallurgical sector and urban construction sector. The petrochemical industry mainly uses API standard gate valves, stop valves and check valves; the chemical industry mainly uses stainless steel gate valves, stop valves and check valves; the power sector mainly uses high-temperature and high-pressure gate valves, stop valves, check valves and safety valves for power stations and low-pressure butterfly valves and gate valves for some water supply and drainage valves; the metallurgical industry mainly uses low-pressure large-diameter butterfly valves, oxygen stop valves and oxygen ball valves; urban construction departments mainly use low-pressure valves, such as large-diameter gate valves for urban tap water pipelines, center-line butterfly valves for building construction, and metal-sealed butterfly valves for urban heating; flat gate valves and ball valves are mainly used for oil pipelines; the pharmaceutical industry mainly uses stainless steel ball valves; the food industry mainly uses stainless steel ball valves, etc.
Regarding the market trend of valve products, the main trends in the future are as follows:
1. With the transfer of oil development to inland oil fields and offshore oil fields, and the development of the power industry from thermal power below 300,000 kilowatts to thermal power above 300,000 kilowatts, hydropower and nuclear power, valve products should also change their performance and parameters accordingly according to the changes in the application field of equipment.
2. The other side of energy development is energy conservation, so from the perspective of energy conservation, steam traps should be developed and developed towards subcritical and supercritical high parameters.
3. Urban construction systems generally use a large number of low-pressure valves, and develop towards environmentally friendly and energy-saving types, that is, from the low-pressure iron gate valves used in the past, they gradually turn to environmentally friendly rubber plate valves, balancing valves, metal sealed butterfly valves and centerline sealed butterfly valves. Oil and gas transmission projects are developing towards pipelines, which in turn requires a large number of flat gate valves and ball valves.
4. The construction of power stations is developing towards large-scale, so large-caliber and high-pressure safety valves and pressure reducing valves are required, and fast opening and closing valves are also required.
5. To meet the needs of complete sets of projects, valve supply has developed from a single variety to multiple varieties and specifications. There is an increasing trend that all valves required for a project are provided by one valve manufacturer.