In the current dynamic landscape, specifiers and valve buyers often spend a significant portion of their time, ranging from 67% to 80%, searching for information. This can result in unproductive use of time. This workshop aims to address this challenge by providing practical solutions. The industry requires a streamlined process for selecting the most suitable valves, ensuring the desired quality is met while maintaining efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The workshop offers a practical approach to valve selection, encompassing various aspects such as function, servicing, sizing, installation, repair, overhaul, upgrading, and modifications. While valves may appear simple in form and operation, such as manual Off-On valves, check valves, or fixed valve types like orifice and blind valves, this workshop will delve into their complexities and equip participants with the necessary knowledge and skills for effective valve selection and utilization.

Course Objectives:

This workshop has been structured to show how more than 32 basic types of Valves operate and how they are configured for their many applications.

With over 400 classifications for valves produced by more than two thousand manufacturing companies, which Valve do you select? It will be shown how valves should be specified and selected.

This workshop will present many accessories such as actuators and how they are made available and selected. Other amenities such as proportional controllers, solenoids, positioners and indicators will also be presented.

In light of the many liability cases held throughout the world, selecting the proper valve can have majar consequences for a com pany's safety, economy and viability.

With this in mind, this workshop is designed to give both the new and experienced user some insight to problems that valve designers and manufacturing facilities encounter in the real world.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is intended for Maintenance Engineers, Application Engineers, Inspection Engineers, Elect/Electronics Engineers, Control Systems and Instrumentation Engineers, Production Engineers, Well-Head & Drilling Engineers and the new Valve Designers. This workshop is primarily for those who are new to the field, but it will also serve as a refresher workshop for those who have many years of experience

Course Outlines:

Basics of the Valve Technology

Types of Valves
Valves characteristics
Sealing performance
Leakage Criterion
Leakage Classifications
Sealing Mechanisms
Valve stem seals
Flow characteristics
Flow through valves
Valve flow characteristics
Linear & equal %

Manual versus Automatic Valves

Functions of manual valves
Methods of regulation
Valve Types:
Stopping/starting valves
Control valves
Valve end connections
Valves rating
Valves seating
Types of manual valves
Gate Valves
Plug Valves
Ball Valves
Butterfly Valves
Pinch Valves
Diaphragm Valves

Check Valves

Applications
Types of Check Valves
Lift check valves
Swing check valves
Tilting-disc check valves
Diaphragm check valves
Check Valves Operation
Selection of Check Valves

Relief and Safety Valves: Function and Operation

Relief Valves Types
Pressure-relieving devices
Automatically operated valves
Direct-acting & piloted pressure relief valves
Modulating, full-lift, and ordinary pressure relief valves
Valve Loading
Safety Valves
Operation of Direct-acting pressure relief valves
Blowdown
Relief valves problems

Rupture Valves

Applications of Rupture Discs
Rupture discs vs. Pressure relief valves
Rupture discs in gases and liquid service
Temperature and bursting pressure relationship
Pressure tolerances
Design and performance of ductile metal rupture discs
Types of Rupture discs:
Prebulged rupture discs
Reverse buckling discs
Vent panels
Graphite rupture discs
Double disc assemblies
Rupture disc and pressure relief valve combinations
Selection of rupture discs
Operation of Rupture Discs

Valves Problems and Troubleshooting

High-Pressure Drop
Pressure Recovery Characteristics
Cavitation in Valves
Incipient and choked cavitation
Flow curve cavitation index
Cavitation-elimination devices
Flashing versus Cavitation
Flow Choking

Filters