China Valves Technology has announced that its subsidiary Henan Kaifeng High Pressure Valve Company has developed the capability to manufacture high quality technology-intensive forged steel valves for use in ultra supercritical thermal power generating units.
High quality technology intensive forged steel valves are used primarily by the thermal power industry in ultra supercritical thermal power generators. The new valves that Kaifeng can now manufacture have to be able to withstand extremely high temperatures and pressures, and need to be longer lasting with greater airtight characteristics than ordinary and imported forged steel valve products. The company says that it took 48 months for its research team to develop the ability to manufacture these sophisticated valves.
The newly developed valves underwent testing and were approved for use by Zouxian Power Station in Shandong province and Changzhou Power Station in Jinagsu province. Testing showed that the company's new valves perform as well as similar advanced overseas products. Valves manufactured in Germany and the United States are usually used in China's ultra supercritical thermal power stations. China Valves believes that the company's high quality non-API products can be used in place of imported products.
The Company has received purchase orders worth a total of about USD1.7 million for over 30 types of its new forged steel valves used in ultra supercritical thermal power generating units.