A utility outage is a planned replacement event. Feedwater, condensate, steam and cooling water valves come out in a defined scope, with records, and are usually staged in one place. That makes power plant surplus unusually easy to review.
The material is often high-class: pressure seal gate and globe valves, large butterfly valves on cooling water, and check valves on pump discharge. Documentation is usually better than in process plants.
Valve mix
What turns up in power generation
The workhorse of every plant and terminal. Gate valves are the most common surplus item in a…
Read → Valve type Globe ValvesGlobe valves do the throttling and the frequent operation that gate valves should not. They …
Read → Valve type Check ValvesNon-return valves are bought by the dozen and replaced by the dozen. They are small, heavy, …
Read → Valve type Butterfly ValvesLight, cheap to replace, and produced in enormous numbers. Butterfly valves fill plant store…
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Selling into this sector
What to expect
Equipment from this sector usually arrives with a mix of documentation: some items tagged and recorded, some with nothing at all. Send what exists. A partial record is worth more than a claim that records exist.
Mixed lots are normal. We do not ask you to separate the documented items from the rest before sending a list.
Questions sellers ask
Do you buy valves from plant outages?
Yes. Outage lots are ideal because they are staged and documented.
Are cooling water butterfly valves purchased?
Yes, particularly large lugged and double flanged valves.
What about high-pressure steam valves?
Class 900 and above gate and globe valves are strong items, especially with records.