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VALVES
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VALVES
Valves or taps are devices
fitted to piping or equipment
and designed to control the
flow of fluids.
ex: a 3 gate, ball or butterfly
valve, means a 3 ID
VALVES
HIGH pressure
(5000 psi and above)
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MEDIUM pressure LOW pressure
(~1500 psi)
(~180 psi)
Flowhead
Choke manifold, Sand-trap
Heater & Steam-exchanger
1)GATE valves
2)NEEDLE valves (~sampling~)
Separators
Oil/Gas manifolds
Pumps, Burners
1)BALL valves
2)PLUG valves
1)WOM
new, (McEvoy,
Malbranque, Sereg
old)
2)Kerotest, Autoclave
1)Mapegaz, Gachot
2)Texseal, Balon
Tanks
1)BUTTERFLY
2)GLOBE valves
GATE valves
Used for shut off, (on/off function)
High pressure (5, 10, 15, 20Kpsi)
ex: FH, CM, Steam-exchanger,
Sand-trap
Sealing method:
-metal/metal for WOM valve
-grease sealing compound for
McEvoy valve
Standard sizes= 3 1/16 to 4 1/16
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GATE
valves
WOM
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GATE
valves
WOM
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GATE
valves
GATE
WOM
metal/metal seal
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GATE
valves
McEvoy
(pressure trapped)
Sealing done
with the special
grease
reservoir
GATE
valves
reservoir
seat
McEvoy
possibility to
inject grease
under pressure
selfgreasing/sealing
under pressure
with valve closed
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gates
seat
bottom grease
fitting for normal
grease only
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NEEDLE valves
Used for shut off, (on/off) + Flow
control (bleed off part of flow)
High pressure (5, 10, 15, 20Kpsi)
ex: instrumentation on FH, CM,
Steam-exchanger, Sand-trap
Kerotest (up to 10Kpsi)
Autoclave Engineers (10, 15, 20K)
Sealing method: metal/metal
(~sizes= , , )
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(white teflon
ring)
(Spherical)
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top
hexagonal
nut
O-ring
Texseal
stem
Seats (black teflon)
Sealing=
black teflon seat
Plug (cylindrical)
BUTTERFLY
valve
Weco
Used for shut off, (on/off)
Low pressure
Tanks
Sealing= rubber seal
Standard sizes= 1, 2 3
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GLOBE valves
Used for control of flow and shut off
Low pressure
Rig Water / air lines
Sealing= metal/metal
Standard sizes= 1, 2 3
Automatic
Control valves
Fisher
Used for flow control +
throttle action
Medium pressure
Separator, Surge tank
Sealing (not 100%)=
metal/metal
Standard sizes= 1, 2, 3,4
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Swing check
valves
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Flow through valve
RELIEF valves
Farris
Spring loaded and set to open at a
given pressure to protect systems
from over pressure
High/Medium/Low pressure
Separator, flowlines, Steamexchanger, Surge-tank
Sealing= metal/metal
Standard sizes= 1, 2, 3,4
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RELIEF valves
Anderson Greewood
Piloted safety relief valves
High/Medium/Low pressure
New Separator and Surgetank
Sealing= metal/metal
Standard sizes= 3,4, 6
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SAFETY
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SAFETY
GATE valves:
it is common practice to count
the number of turns taken to
open / close a valve because the
operator can tell if the valve has
become plugged or is not seating
correctly.
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NEEDLE valves:
when used with an instrument, the
valve should only be opened enough:
- to permit flow and allow the
instrument to register correctly.
- to allow a quick closure of the valve
and to isolate instrumentation in case
of a sudden increase of pressure.
One or two turns is usually sufficient.
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VALVES
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