This five day course will address all aspects of Selection, Operation and Maintenance and Troubleshooting of industrial valves.

This five day course will address all aspects of Selection, Operation and Maintenance and Troubleshooting of industrial valves.

Engineers and Technicians of mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering will benefit largely from this workshop. Maintenance, Operation, and People in R and D department are recommended to attend this course.

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Day 1 - Basics of the Valve Technology

Valves 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 %

Day 2 - Manual versus Automatic Valves

Manual 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

Day 3 - Relief and Safety Valves: Function and Operation

Relief and Safety Valves

• 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

Day 4 - Valves Troubleshooting

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
• High Velocities
• Water Hammer

• • • What causes water hammer?
    • Water Hammer Calculations
    • Solutions for water hammer

• Surge Protection
• Check valve slamming
• Noise problems
• Clean air standards
• Life loading
• Packing for fugitive-emission control
• Troubleshooting the Control Valves

Control Valves & Actuators

• Control Valves Types
• Linear Valve Features
• Rotary Valve Features
• Control Valve Flow Characteristics

• • • Quick Opening Characteristics
    • Linear & Equal %

• Actuation systems
• Types of actuators

• • • Pneumatic Piston Actuator
    • Electric motors
    • Electrohydraulic Actuators

• Actuator Performance
• Valve Positioner
• Operation of Positioners

• • • Positioner calibration

Day 5 - Valve Sizing and Selection

Valve Sizing & Selection

• Valve-sizing criteria for manual valves
• Valve-sizing criteria for check valves
• Valve-sizing criteria for throttling valves
• Incipient and advanced cavitation
• Terminal pressure drop ratio
• Percent of Flashing
• Pressure Recovery Coefficient
• Valve Sizing & Selection Procedure
• Selecting a valve type
• Different valves characteristics
• Examples

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.

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