TECH TALK Valves for Vacuum Service Background: ‘A leak iso flow of gos (or Baud) trough an unintended coc, hole or poet or 2 sealing element in pressure vessel ora flange joint. Leaks cou iter be from inside 0 presue vessel to ctmosphee or from atmosphere to inside on evacucted pressure vessel [1]. The units of measurement could be volumetric flow rate (st.e/ Second), mass flow rate (ng/second) or concentration in pats per milion (ppm). There ore many leak detection methods available for valves nomely Decay, Bubble Sing, Accumulation and Vac. In this oil, wel se te elferences in the ocuun test used inves, appliceity, tet porometers and valve design consider ‘tions for vacuum seice 1 By Jeisingh Jha, Moreson Bos & Rom Viswanathan ~ LET Valves any vss, e perfect vacuum cannot be tion calls fr valves tobe stable from bat) in vacuum servis, Further, fom to 10 Pe can be categorized os low of medium vacuum [3] Though valves do ned for tgiveelsions coud! per form well in vacuum service there are fof whan designing valves Valve Design for Vacuum Service [As er ASME Section Vil Divison 1 Mandotory spendx 3, "ull acuum ie 1 condition where the internal absolite pressure is 0 psi (0 KPal and the exter, is 15 po (100 Kal A vessel whi ie designed and constructed to Code re ahi is equied tobe designed for an ‘xternalpressute a 15 pir less need not be designed to Code rus forthe ‘extemal pressure condition [2 Special focus should be gion to the sealing ‘laments used instr, body joint and ‘obturator. shoud banat that cond tion of offal vacuum fs not practicable ‘ue to the limitations of ovscuation ‘saipment and at vitally impos 1.Use of cup and cone packing rings ton eo that the vacuum inside the Toc highulte high vacaum applestons 3.Use of proven geskaing materia for seaabliy. Soenergiod elastomer tector measures the flow of hem eaping though the stem gee Th lak mthod is aleo called the global math Tes toe om a 4 Cats TE00 Gat Valve ie seats nd met! C oO rings could be considered for highligh vae- 4.Use of lantern ing esa water sealing pasion packings waters pumped ft the corectprescura, it provents the stuting box, and thereby keeps ' clean environment inside the stuf pressure chember in whish on exer a fide prossried o 9 pressure yt pressure to prevent any leak 50 ofthe syst uid to the ose ‘Types of Vacuum Tests Conducted in Valves ard Vacuum Method This mathod ie rfernced in ISO 15848 Par Annex A, where the tet involves rected to the mass. spectrometer for removing sir from the camber The deLocation Use Cont aa ASME See, Trceryrbe eae eCN, Vacum —Leetnglak ——_Otioin ASME Ses . = Vecwumtond AMES Veewm Messing lak Outed 15010, fartactam —SOTPHEI.—csiy Meng eak ——_niecut ASME Sec\ Arle Datcturprabe 1, Aop ISD. Prossure —Lactnglesk—_Inslout 15811 Aone Spraying Method ‘mont tesinique andthe leak cannot be Toeated with this method ‘This method referenced in ASME See Varna set Poke pliablt of Vacuum Tests cor moter posse he dccon t0 Real Word Applications Sees fhm ges low fromthe ye the hard vacoum method (hohe promare aid f very ee oper ne Nand acum, Nethod inge tough the evacusedervelone oF Ps meant lor Clee AH iakge cls Darr soaring two enon wage amt tas Ai lage fest promis Taio sium wate aiesons the serayng exact shoud note cone aioe where the valves are usedin 7 ‘acim sane either in fl or pari Vacuum Hood Method acum nein This mithod ie rferenced in ASME 1. FalNacuum con occur dota condense Sree 10, ApponaeX.vacuum tonofsaemsubequet tester Hood Teeniqus. The vacuum hoes tperaton in eas ther te inutoent Imathod volves cemeving alt {om ets pan othe vere re oad pe {hevalve,comectngittoamoespec. muceract evens ae low oe [nomen oreeve eer aioewbone, Dror ves opening or maonnen Sd inepaston or rove sri ha vests ‘re: Hood tbo (SPE 77207 Production tating aes in sui se) Tracer Probe Pern To Pratt ob Cnet tang mm me semen Opto nee a rn render Tex tasn ion i itn = — tren = NA ‘10Pascal Sinan APS oa a ‘Di minutes (NPS 24) Lattet Sieepeeipwnny MEMSNRE See Te ona oa 2.ull vacuum can also occur when there i column seperation in a pipe lin. This commonly occurs wien there is loss of poner oF rapid eo- sure of an upstzeum valve, ‘Vacuum is also an imponant param ‘teria Condensete Hoos in # power plant The main purposes ofthe con ‘aneer ae to condense the exhaust team from the turbine for rus tho cyte and to maize turbine of. felony by maintaining propor vaou- tum. A the operating pressure ofthe Condenser is lowered (acim is asad, the enthalpy drop of tho ox TECH TALK pending steam in the tcbine wil also Increase. Thiel neraaes the amount ‘of avalable werk om tha turbine ‘horoforevory advantageous to oper ta tha condansar atthe lowest por ‘So precsuretighes vacuum. REFERENCE(S) la connotea ai test [Pm er ae 4h an Ge Dimemfeterncamcon