Blakeborough® X-Stream Trim for Severe Service
X-Stream represents the state of the art in severe service trim. Innovative design and engineering techniques enabled us to deliver a multistage trim for severe service applications. The Blakeborough® X-Stream™ represents the state of the art in severe service trim. Combining different velocity control methods, it eliminates the root problems related to cavitation, erosion, noise or vibration. The concept derives from intuition refined by sophisticated simulation techniques and is validated by accurate testing and hundreds of installations. Its design develops the traditional concept of disc-stack, multistage trim to its maximum potential, combining the effects of three different methods of velocity reduction. At the same time, it minimizes the risk of blockage in case of solids and achieves high capacity, resulting in compact dimensions. X-Stream™ is the only trim that ensures total velocity control: fluid velocity is not limited only at trim exit but throughout the flow path.
... Read more Read less- Elimination of erosion, cavitation, noise and vibration thanks to highly efficient fluid velocity reduction achieved by combining three methods of energy dissipation: 1) change in direction of the fluid imposed by obstacles in the flow path; 2) expansion-contraction imposed by single-passage, venture-style shape; 3) jets self-impingement induced by the intercommunication among contiguous passages. Total velocity control: fluid velocity is controlled and limited throughout the flow path, not only at the trim exit.
- Natural anti-clogging geometry optimized to guarantee no zones of flow recirculation, minimal risk of blockage due to solids. Compact high-capacity design: can be fitted in the same body as a cage trim
- Advanced design validated by CFD simulation, laboratory testing and field experience. Abates aerodynamic noise, preventing shock cells formation through enhanced jet control design that avoid jets recombination at trim exit.
- Suitable for high-temperature gradients, as geometry does not present high stress points
- ISA 75.01
