Integrating Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Automation

Automatic Recirculation Valves for Centrifugal Pump Minimum Flow Protection

Integrating Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Automation

Automatic Recirculation Valves for Centrifugal Pump Minimum Flow Protection

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Providing Effective Protection from Serious Damage Resulting from Temperature Rise or Instability if Operated Below the Required Minimum Flow.

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A high-efficiency, cost-effective solution powered by proven technology and validated by thousands of installations.

HBE automatic recirculation valves are highly cost-effective. They combine the multiple functions of main flow check valve, flow sensing, minimum flow control, pressure reduction, and pulsation dampening into a single valve body.

We offer single and multistage pressure breakdown orifices for pump minflow protection and warmup.

Anti-flash valves for bypass piping protection. All HBE products are available in carbon steel, various grades of stainless steel, low-temp and specialty alloys.

Why Our Valves?

  • Multiple features per valve

  • Available in specialized materials

  • Automatic operation

Industries Using Our Valves

HBE Engineering provides specialized pump-protection and flow-control solutions for a wide range of heavy industrial applications. Our automatic recirculation valves, anti-flash valves, and pressure-reducing devices help maintain safe minimum flow conditions and protect centrifugal pumps in demanding environments. These solutions support operations in Oil & Gas/Petrochemical, Power Generation, Chemical Processing, Water & Wastewater, Pulp & Paper, Steel/Heavy Manufacturing, and Marine/Offshore industries, helping improve system reliability, reduce equipment wear, and ensure stable fluid handling in critical process systems.

Oil & Gas/Petrochemical

Power Generation

chemical Processing

Boiler Feed

Pulp & Paper

Steel/Heavy Manufacturing

Marine/Offshore

Pump Protection

For over 35 years, HBE Engineering has been manufacturing the HPM Series Automatic Recirculation Valve made for high-pressure centrifugal pump protection. This valve is perfect for boiler feed water, petroleum, and the chemical manufacturing industry.

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Some of Our Clients

Airport Fueling

  • Detroit Metro
  • Dulles International
  • Indianapolis International
  • Kansas City International
  • San Jose International

Engineering Firms

  • Bechtel
  • Black & Veatch
  • Burns & Mcdonald
  • Burns & Roe
  • Fluor
  • Foster Wheeler
  • General Electric
  • Indeck Power
  • Jacobs Engineering
  • KBR
  • Kiewet
  • MECS
  • Shaw Group
  • Siemens
  • Vogt / Babcock
  • Worley Parsons

Institutions

  • Bowling Green State University
  • Colby
  • Dartmoth
  • Michigan State University
  • MIT
  • Purdue University
  • UCLA
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Missouri
  • University of North Carolina
  • Western Michigan University

Paper Companies

  • Georgia Pacific
  • International Paper

Power Generation

  • Calpine
  • CMS Energy
  • Con Edison
  • Delmarva Power
  • DTE Energy
  • Duke Energy
  • Dynegy
  • FPL
  • Georgia Power
  • IPA Operations
  • NYSEG
  • Nova Scotia Power
  • Progress Energy
  • Southern Company
  • TVA

Pump Companies

  • CLYDEUNION Pumps
  • FLOWSERVE
  • ITT Goulds Pumps
  • KSB Pumps
  • Sulzer
  • Sundyne

Refineries

  • Aramco
  • British Petroleum
  • Chevron
  • Chinese Petroleum
  • Conoco Phillips
  • ExxonMobil
  • Husky Energy
  • Irving Oil
  • Occidental Petroleum
  • Shell Oil
  • Texaco
  • Valero