VALVE MAGAZINE Winter 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS Westinghouse Awarded Contract for NASA-DOE

cessful design work Westinghouse completed during Phase 1 to optimize its contributions to the design of FSP systems and their configuration and begin testing critical technology ele ments. The continued progress under the FSP project can enable NASA’s goal of a lunar demonstration within the next decade. Westinghouse is leveraging its eVinci microreactor technology to develop a resilient and mass-efficient nuclear electric power and propul sion system for satellite, spacecraft and planetary surface power Emerson has won the “Industrial IoT Innovation of the Year” award for its DeltaV Workflow Manage ment software at the 9th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards. The award recognizes Emerson’s next-gener ation, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution to help life sciences compa nies develop, scale and manufacture life-changing cell and gene therapies more efficiently. Designed specifically for companies in early-stage development with limit ed IT infrastructure, DeltaV Workflow Management provides a cloud-based solution that transitions drug recipe workflow data from paper-based records to digital records, providing a simple and scalable solution with no coding experience required. “Life sciences companies have a crucial job: fighting disease by bringing new, safe medicines to market as fast as possible. To do that, they need more agile, flexible and scalable processes to quickly move products through the devel opment pipeline to the commercial

First LNG Produced at Corpus Christi Project Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced that liquefied natural gas (LNG) was produced for the first time from the first train (Train 1) of the company’s Corpus Christi Stage 3 Liquefaction Project, called CCL Stage 3. The commissioning process continues and Cheniere expects substantial completion of Train 1 to be achieved at the end of the first quarter of 2025, more than six months ahead of the guaranteed completion date. Once completed, Bechtel Energy Inc. will transfer care, custody and control of the completed train to Cheniere. Full notice to proceed on CCL Stage 3 was issued to Bechtel by Cheniere in June 2022. CCL Stage 3 consists of seven midscale trains, with an expected total production capacity of over 10 million tons per annum (MPTA) of LNG. Upon completion of all seven trains of CCL Stage 3, the expected production capacity of the Corpus Christi liquefaction facility will be more than 25 MTPA of LNG. Westinghouse Electric Company announced that NASA, working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has selected the company to continue development of a micro reactor design through the Fission Surface Power (FSP) project. The FSP project is focused on developing concept designs for small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactors that could provide astro nauts a reliable power supply for use on the moon and beyond. This con tract, awarded by Idaho National Lab oratory (INL), will build on the suc

applications. The eVinci microreactor generates electricity and heating for remote communities, universities, mining operations, industrial centers, data centers, defense facilities and soon the lunar surface and beyond. These microreactors have very few moving parts, providing versatility for mission types with the reduction of failure points, simple operation and increased reliability for the harsh environment of space.

IoT Breakthrough Awarded to Emerson

market,” says Nathan Pettus, president of process systems and solutions at Emerson. “Our new DeltaV Workflow Management software provides com panies with simple recipe authoring, execution and electronic data capture so they can focus on innovation.” The new Emerson software also generates searchable, exportable digital records for easier analysis and reporting of data. In addition, this dig ital shift minimizes the contamination risks associated with paper records in sterile clean rooms. For more informa tion, visit the Emerson DeltaV Work flow Management software website.

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