Brief resume of Introduction and operating valves course by Petroskills. For more information please contact me and will be pleasure to answer all your questions.
2. Valves Overview
Purpose of valves
Control rate flow
Vary direction flow
CONTENTS
Type of valves
– Gate valves
– Throttling valves
– On/Off valves
– Gauge glass valves
Manual/control Valves
– Different between manual /control valves
– Type of actuators.
Maintaining valves
Operating valves
3. Type of valves
A gate valve stops flow by placing a
metal gate across the pipe
Solid wedge gate
Parallel disc and wedge gate
Solid split gate
Gate valves
Producing a pressure drop or
turbulence
5. Type of valves
Plug Valves Ball valves
ON/OFF valves
Swing Check valves Lift Check valves
6. Type of valves
Gauge Glass valves
• Make sure the valve is completely closed by
turning the handle clockwise as far as possible.
• Open the valve approximately 3/4 of a turn
• Fully open the lower and upper block valves
that isolate the gauge glass system from the
process fluids.
• Wait for the level of fluid in the gauge glass to
stabilize. When the level in the gauge glass has
stabilized, slowly open the valve as far as it will
go.
• Finally, turn the valve handle one full turn
clockwise.
7. Manual / control valves
Manual valves
Easier to troubleshoot
Control valves
Different between a manual and control valves