What pressure tests are carried out on valves?

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Answer: Shell-hydrostatic, seat-hydrostatic, seat-pneumatic

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Description : What pressure tests are carried out on valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Shell-hydrostatic, seat-hydrostatic, seat-pneumatic

Description : What are types of gate valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Solid plane wedge, solid flexible wedge, split wedge, double disc parallels seats, double disc wedge, single disc single seat gate or slide, single disc parallel seats, plug gate valve.

Description : What are port types for gate valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Full port and reduced port. Default is reduced bore. Full port has to be specified in bom.

Description : What are types of flush bottom valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Valves with discs opening into the tank and valves with disks into the valve.

Description : What are flush bottom valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Special type of valves used to drain out the piping, reactors and vessels, attached on pad type nozzles.

Description : Where diaphragm valves are used?

Last Answer : Answer: Used for low pressure corrosive services as shut off valves.

Description : What are non-slam check valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Swing check valve, conventional check valve, wafer check valve, tilting disc check valve, piston check valve, stop check valve, ball check valve.

Description : Why ball valves are normally flanged?

Last Answer : Answer: Because of soft seat PTFE which can damage during welding.

Description : What materials are used for construction of valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Cast iron, bronze, gun metal, carbon steel, stainless steel, alloy carbon steel, polypropylene and other plastics, special alloys.

Description : What are special valves?

Last Answer : Answer: multi-port, flush bottom, float, foot, pressure relief, breather.

Description : What are non-return valves?

Last Answer : Answer: check valve.

Description : What are regulation valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Globe, needle, butterfly, diaphragm, piston, pinch.

Description : What are isolating valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Gate, ball, plug, piston, diaphragm, butterfly, pinch.

Description : What are functions of valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Isolation, regulation, non-return and special purposes.

Description : What materials are used for construction of valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Cast iron, bronze, gun metal, carbon steel, stainless steel, alloy carbon steel, polypropylene and other plastics, special alloys.

Description : What are special valves?

Last Answer : Answer: multi-port, flush bottom, float, foot, pressure relief, breather.

Description : What are non-return valves?

Last Answer : Answer: check valve,

Description : What are regulation valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Globe, needle, butterfly, diaphragm, piston, pinch.

Description : What are isolating valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Gate, ball, plug, piston, diaphragm, butterfly, pinch.

Description : What are functions of valves?

Last Answer : Answer: Isolation, regulation, non-return and special purposes.

Description : What is pressure balanced plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: With holes in port top and bottom connecting two chambers on top and bottom of plug, to reduce turning effort.

Description : What is the difference between Stress and Pressure?

Last Answer : Answer: Stress is generated because of internal resistance force. Pressure is generated because of external force. Pressure can be a cause to generate stress.

Description : What is preferred location for pressure instrument nozzle on drum?

Last Answer : Answer: Must be anywhere in the vapor space, preferable at the top section of drum

Description : What are necessary nozzles for pressure vessel?

Last Answer : Answer: Inlet, outlet, manhole, drain, pressure relief, agitator, level gauge, pressure gauge, temperature element, vent and for steam-out.

Description : What are necessary nozzles for non-pressure vessel?

Last Answer : Answer: Inlet, outlet, vent, manhole, drain, overflow, agitator, temperature element, level instrument, and steam-out connection.

Description : How to located temperature and pressure instruments?

Last Answer : Answer: Temperature in liquid space, at down-comer side and pressure in vapour space, in area except down-comer sector.

Description : What is preferred location for steam out nozzle on drum?

Last Answer : Answer: At the end opposite to the maintenance access.

Description : What are the types of bonnets?

Last Answer : Answer: Bolted bonnet, bellow sealed bonnet, screwed on bonnet, union bonnets, A U-bolt and clamp type bonnet, breech-lock bonnet, pressure seal bonnet

Description : What is lantern ring?

Last Answer : Answer: It’s a collection point to drain off any hazardous seepage or as a point where lubricant can be injected; it is in the middle of packing rings.

Description : How to close a gate valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Turn the hand-wheel in clockwise direction.

Description : What is double disc globe valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Has two discs bearing on separate seats spaced apart, on a single shaft, for low torque, used for control valves.

Description : Where WYE body globe valve is used?

Last Answer : Answer: In line ports with stem emerging at 45 degree, for erosive fluids due to smoother flow pattern.

Description : Where plug type disc globe valve is used?

Last Answer : Answer: For severe regulating service with gritty liquids such as boiler feedwater and for blow off service.

Description : What are types of globe valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Angle globe valve, plug type disc globe valve, WYE-body globe valve, composite disc globe valve, double disc globe valve.

Description : What are characteristics of globe valve stem?

Last Answer : Answer: Always rising design, with disk nut at the lower end and handwheel at upper end.

Description : What are globe valve disk types?

Last Answer : Answer: Flat faced type for positive shutoff, loose plug type for plug renewal or needle type for finer control.

Description : What are globe valve port types?

Last Answer : Answer: Full port: More than 85% of bore size, Reducer port: One size less than the connected pipe.

Description : How to install a globe valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Globe valve should be installed such that the flow is from the underside of the disk, Usually flow direction is marked on the globe valve.

Description : What is needle valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Full pyramid disc, same design as globe valve, smaller sizes, sw or threaded, flow control, disc can be integral with stem, inside screw, borged or barstock body and bonnet, manufacturers standard.

Description : What is pinch valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Similar to diaphragm valve, with sleeves of rubber or PTFE, which get squeezed to control or stop the flow, Cast iron body, for very low service pressures like isolation of hose connections, manufacture standard.

Description : What is dimensional standard for plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: API 599.

Description : What are eccentric plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Off center plug, corrosive and abrasive service, on off action, moves into and away from seat eliminating abrasive wear.

Description : What are permasil plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Plug valves with Teflon seat instead of sleeves, for on-off applications, can handle clean viscous and corrosive liquids, Graphite seat for high temperature applications. Drip tight shut off not possible.

Description : What are Teflon sleeved plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: PTFE sleeve between plug and body of valve, low turning effort, minimum friction, temperature limitation, anti static design possible.

Description : What are inverted plug design valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Plug valve with taper portion up of plug. For 8” and higher size.

Description : What are ventury pattern plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Change of section through the body throat so graded to have ventury effect, minimum pressure loss.

Description : What are short pattern plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Valves with face to face dimension of gate valve, as a alternative to gate valve.

Description : What is regular pattern plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: Rectangular port, area almost equal to pipe bore, smooth transition from round body to rectangular port, for minimum pressure loss.

Description : What are three patterns of plug valve design?

Last Answer : Answer: Regular pattern, short pattern and ventury pattern.

Description : What is metal seated lubricated plug valve?

Last Answer : Answer: A plug valve with no plastic material, where grease is applied to contacting surfaces for easy operation.