Isolation
Emergency Shutdown Valve (ESDV)
An actuated isolation valve that moves to a defined safe position when an emergency shutdown function is triggered.
Why it matters
ESDVs establish emergency isolation boundaries and are central to ship-shore transfer, process-unit isolation and consequence limitation.
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