Economic indicators

In the cost of modern world GDP, transport accounts for approximately 6.2–6.4%. Of its total cost, 13% is accounted for by pipeline transport (PT). It should be noted that this percentage varies greatly from country to country. For example, in the Russian Federation it is 48.5%. In Canada, it is 31%. Due to the specifics of the economy and the size of the countries. Based on less generalized sources (API data, statistics from PJSC Gazprom, research data from the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas), 10% of PT turnover goes to the reconstruction and creation of new pipeline infrastructure facilities. And with a fairly high degree of reliability, it is possible to allocate 4.5–4.8% of the costs in the 'remaining' amount to control valves. This is an amount of approximately 4 billion US dollars per year (2021). The collection of statistical data from open sources also comes to this amount. The volume of this market segment in the Russian Federation is 260–275 million dollars per year.

At the heart of any pipeline structure are, naturally, pipes and pipeline fittings. Pumps, filters, instrumentation, etc. are also the most important elements of the systems, but they are specific to different TP purposes. Water, oil, gas, steam, chemical products imply different equipment designs. At the same time, pipes and pipeline fittings differ mainly only in the material they are made of.

Although the range of fittings for TT is huge, only 4 main types are distinguished:

1. Shut-off. Ball valves, dampers, gate valves, etc. Countless types of shapes and designs. The most common type of valves for TT. Always a two-position design: open — closed;

2. Safety. As the name suggests, it is aimed at preventing abnormal modes. Also a two-position design: open — closed;

3. Mixing (separating). As a rule, narrowly focused on a specific environment or technical requirement. Often developed for the conditions of a specific technological process. Rarely universal;

4. Regulating. The most complex in terms of variations in positions during operation. Most often, it moves through working positions with a step of 1%. A number of specific features have reduced the types of basic designs to 4 or 6 (depending on the adopted nomenclature).

Several years ago, a group of Russian specialists developed a fundamentally new gas (steam) flow regulator. Our product has no analogues in the world in terms of design, it was created as a result of long-term work to improve the flow part, the main problem area of ​​this type of equipment. Provides a significant reduction in operating losses, much more durable than standard regulators currently used by service and pipeline companies in the Russian Federation and in the world. As shown by the operation carried out for more than a year at one of the main underground gas storage facilities in the Russian Federation, the economic efficiency indicators differ by an order of magnitude (almost 10 times).