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Kelso"s pressure relief valve raises the bar on best available technology from railway equipment suppliers. Our external PRV design for general purpose tank cars improves reliability and performance over the older internal models that allowed active components to come in contact with the commodities being transported. In addition, the maintenance requirements for the Kelso PRV are less frequent due to elimination of contact with the goods inside the car, and the inspection process each time the tank car is loaded is far less time-consuming due to the Kelso PRVs location outside the car.  With thousands of units in service the Kelso external PRV has demonstrated reliable operations in many tough service conditions without need of maintenance or unscheduled repair.

The development of Kelso"s vacuum relief valve was driven by customer demand for better performance due to high failure rates of older models of VRVs. The Kelso VRV features constant force pressure springs and meets DOT-117 tank car specifications. Kelso"s VRV is available as 1.5, 3 or 4.5 psi with a 2.5 inch threaded connection or flange.

Kelso Technologies Inc. develops, produces, and distributes proprietary equipment used in transportation applications in the United States and Canada. The company offers railway equipment, such as bottom outlet, pressure relief, vacuum relief, and check valves, as well as one-bolt manways, pressure cars, pressure differential parts, tank gauges, laboratory test equipment, and wheel cleaners; emergency response kits; and fueling valves. It also provides trucking components, including one-bolt manways and pressure/vacuum safety valves for tank trailers; and suspension systems for fleet vehicles to access wilderness worksites. The company was formerly known as Kelso Resources Ltd. and changed its name to Kelso Technologies Inc. in July 1994. Kelso Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Surrey, Canada.

Some people have proposed a “safety valve” to control the costs of a cap-and-trade policy to fight global warming. This post explains what a safety valve is, and why it provides only an illusion of cost management.

The “safety valve” or “escape hatch” is meant to address this. It specifies that when prices reach a predetermined dollar value, businesses no longer have to rely on the established supply of allowances available in the market. Instead, the federal government makes new allowances available for sale at a specified price – potentially in an unlimited quantity.

There are two problems with this approach:A safety valve destroys the cap. The hard limit on emissions is the cornerstone of a cap-and-trade policy. Without a solid cap, we can’t be sure our emissions will go down enough to avoid the worst consequences of global warming. A safety valve gives the illusion that we are controlling emissions while allowing more greenhouse gas pollution into the atmosphere.

A safety valve limits the economic opportunity of those who develop cleaner technology. Higher permit prices signal the market to invest more in innovative low-carbon technologies – happy news if you’re in the business of inventing and selling ways to cut pollution. A safety valve would sharply curtail incentive for innovation. This drives up costs in the long run, and discourages the development of the clean technology we need.

A safety valve seriously undermines the main advantages of a cap. Its ability to control costs is an illusion, it lets more pollution into the atmosphere, and discourages entrepreneurs from investing in pollution-cutting technology.

Kelso Technologies Inc. develops, produces, and distributes proprietary equipment used in transportation applications in the United States and Canada. The company offers railway equipment, such as bottom outlet, pressure relief, vacuum relief, and check valves, as well as one-bolt manways, pressure cars, pressure differential parts, tank gauges, laboratory test equipment, and wheel cleaners; emergency response kits; and fueling valves. It also provides trucking components, including one-bolt manways and pressure/vacuum safety valves for tank trailers; and suspension systems for fleet vehicles to access wilderness worksites. The company was formerly known as Kelso Resources Ltd. and changed its name to Kelso Technologies Inc. in July 1994. Kelso Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Surrey, Canada.

Of all the challenges you face keeping your customers’ plants operating at full capacity, safety and relief valves shouldn’t be one of them. NASVI’s job is to give you the confidence that your valve supply chain is rock solid regardless the pressure it’s under.