Surface Testing
VALVES
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Surface Testing
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
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VALVE Surface Testing
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HIGH pressure MEDIUM LOW pressure
(5000 psi and pressure (~180 psi)
above) (~1500 psi)
Flowhead Separators Tanks
Choke manifold, Sand- Oil/Gas manifolds
trap Pumps, Burners
Heater & Steam-
exchanger
1)GATE valves 1)BALL valves 1)BUTTERFLY
2)NEEDLE valves 2)PLUG valves 2)GLOBE valves
(~sampling~)
1)WOM new, 1)Mapegaz,
(McEvoy, Malbranque, Gachot
Sereg old) 2)Texseal, Balon
2)Kerotest, Autoclave
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GATE valves Surface Testing
•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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Surface Testing
GATE
valves
WO
M
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Surface Testing
GATE Gate
Seal assembly with 0-ring
valves
WOM
Grease Fitting
(for storage
metal seals only)
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GATE
valves
GATE
WO
M
metal/metal seal
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Surfac
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GATE e
valves
Testin
g
McEvo (pressure trapped)
y
Sealing done Grease fittings for
with the special
Special sealing
grease
compound grease
Grease fitting for
standard grease
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VALVE CLOSED
reservoir
Surfac
Surface Testing
GATE
valves
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Testin
reservoir
seat g
McEvo
y gates
• possibility to
inject grease
under pressure seat
bottom grease
• self- fitting for normal
greasing/sealin grease only
g under
pressure
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with
valve closed
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Surface Testing
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)
(~sizes= ¼”, ½”, ¾”)
•Autoclave Engineers (10, 15,
20K)
•Sealing method:
metal/metal
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Surface Testing
BALL / PLUG valves
•Used for shut off, (on/off)
•¼ turn
•Medium pressure (~1500
psi)
•ex: separator, burners,
pumps, etc.
•Sealing method:
-PTFE (Teflon) seal ring
or seat
Standard sizes= 1” to 4”
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Surface Testing
BALL valve (spherical)
Mapeg
az
•Sealing (white teflon
= ring)
(Spherical)
white
teflon
ring seal
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Cross Section of a Mapegaz valve
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Surface Testing
BALL valve (spherical)
Gacho
t
•Medium
pressure
•Sampling /
bleed-off points
•Sealing=
white teflon
seal ring
•Standard
sizes=
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top
PLUG valve hexagonal
nut
(cylindrical)
Texsea
O-ring
stem
l Seats (black teflon)
•Sealing=
black teflon Plug (cylindrical)
seat
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BUTTERFL Surface Testing
Y 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”
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Surface Testing
Automatic Control
valves
Fisher
•Used for flow control +
throttle action
•Medium pressure
•Separator, Surge tank
•Sealing (not 100%)=
metal/metal
•Standard sizes= 1”,
2”,
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3”,4”
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Surface Testing
Swing Flow through valve
check
valves
•To allow flow in one
direction only
•High/Medium/Low
pressure
•Separator inlet, pump Flow ceases or fails below back pressure
outlet
•Sealing= metal/metal
•Standard sizes= 1”,
2”, 3”,4”
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CHECK valves
Surface Testing
RELIEF
Farrisvalves
•Spring loaded and set to
open at a given pressure to
protect systems from over
pressure
•High/Medium/Low pressure
•Separator, flowlines,
Steam-exchanger, Surge-
tank
•Sealing= metal/metal
•Standard sizes= 1”, 2”,
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3”,4”
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RELIEF valves
Anderson
Greewood
•Piloted safety relief
valves
•High/Medium/Low
pressure
•New Separator and
Surge-tank
•Sealing= metal/metal
•Standard sizes=
3”,4”, 6”
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SAFETY
GATE / BALL / PLUG valves:
• must not be used for
throttling (i.e.: must be fully
open or fully closed)
because a restricted flow
through it will erode the seal
or gate or seat, and the
valve will not seal correctly /
reliably.
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Surface Testing
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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Surface Testing
SAFETY
GATE / GLOBE valves:
• it is best to close the gate
and globe valves by ¼ turn
after they are fully opened
and vice-versa because over
tightening the valve upon
closing may damage the disk
and seat. Leading to seizure
or leakage.
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Surface Testing
SAFETY
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
the dial gauge in case of a sudden
increase of pressure, above the
range of the gauge.
One or two turns is usually sufficient.
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VALVES
The END
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