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 of process safety is that most all use two slide-gate valves.  Maybe some other people on this list with more experience could speak to their experience in this regard.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">William (Bill) L. Mostia, Jr PE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:paul_e.bennett@topmail.co.uk">paul_e.bennett@topmail.co.uk</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, February 17, 2021 11:09 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:systemsafety@lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de">systemsafety@lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SystemSafety] LOPA</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 16/02/2021 at 5:56 PM, "W.L. Mostia" <wlmostia@msn.com> wrote:<br>
><br>
>It is fairly common industry practice to have two slide gate <br>
>valves for this service.<br>
<br>
I am glad that it is, at least, fairly common practice, but I would hope<br>
that it might be more widespread practice than that.<br>
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Regards<br>
<br>
Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET<br>
Systems Engineer<br>
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