2ort2i2019 How to Choose a FaltSate Postion for your Vales aH” CRANE WENGINEERING \ 920-733-4425 Search PRODUCTS SERVICE MARKET RESOURCE: SUCCESS STORIES CONTACT US OTHER LINKS ge. St a HOW TO CHOOSE A FAIL-SAFE POSITION FOR YOUR. VALVES Author: Jake Spence | June 15, 2016 | Category: Valves netnow-o-choose-2‘a-sale-positonforyourvalves 192ort2i2019 How to Choose a FaltSate Postion for your Vales It's no secret that valves are essential to any control process. But what happens when your plant loses power? You're left in the dark with no easy way to control your fluid process, That's why it's important to have a fail-safe status set up for your valves. A fail safety status is how the valve should operate when there is a loss of power or . signal. The valve's fail position is a safety precaution that protects your process in emergenc\ situations. There are a few different fail scenarios; each having its own consequences and safety effects. Itis important to remember that valves are generally pneumatic, meaning that their function is based off of air pressure. Air has to be added in order to open or close the valve, depending on how itis set up. The air pressure acts on pistons, diaphragms, or springs inside of an actuator, creating force to move the valve stem. This allows for pneumatic actuators to be spring-closed or spring-opened, with the air pressure overpowering the spring to provide movement. If you lose power or air pressure, how do you want your valve to react? Your decision is dictated solely by your process. Every process is unique, so you need to analyze your process and consider the consequences of what could happen downstream. Let's go over the common fail positions. Fail Open (FO) — Air to Close Fail open means a valve would open at a loss of signal or power. These types of valves require air pressure to stay closed. Once the required air pressure is gone, the valve will naturally open. Under a power outage, the source of the air pressure would be lost and the valve would “fail” open. Fail Closed (FC) - Air to Open Fail closed means the valve will close when signal is interrupted or lost. This is the opposite of the scenario above. Since air pressure is needed to keep the valve open, it would automatically close when power is lost because there would no longer be a functioning air source. htps:blog.craneengineering neUhow-to-choose-2‘ai-sale-positonforyour-valves 292ort2i2019 How to Choose a FaltSate Postion for your Vales FAIL OPEN FAIL CLOSED (Air to Close) (Air to Open) 2001 it G Levi tae / Fail in Place This scenario is a little different because it only applies to a ball valve or control valve that doesn't react to loss of power. This would be useful when the process can’t be shut down or where it is unnecessary to halt the process. Let's go over some hypothetical situations. Imagine that you have a valve controlling the flow rate of a treated wastewater stream that is being released into a nearby river. Would you want this valve to fail-open or fail-close? You would definitely want this valve to fail closed. The fluid would no longer be receiving proper treatment, potentially allowing toxic fluid to be released. If the valve closed during the loss of power, it would prevent untreated fluid from being released. It would also store the fluid to be treated after the power outage issue has been remediated. Now imagine that you have a valve controlling the flow of cold water entering a heat exchanger. Would you want this valve to fail-open or fail-close? You would want it to fail open so the remaining warm process fluid could be cooled by the cold water. This would prevent the process from overheating and damaging critical components. Feel free to contact us with any questions. We'd be happy to make sure you get valves that will operate safely when power is interrupted or lost! A htps:blog.craneengineering neUhow-to-choose-2‘ai-sale-positonforyour-valves a92ort2i2019 How to Choose a FaltSate Postion for your Vales ULTIMATE GLOSSARY OF Download Now! Jake Spence Jake is a member of the blogging team at Crane Engineering. 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