Why Attend This Training Course?

This intensive training course will discuss the terminology of valve types. All aspects of Safety Relief Valves will be also included in the course.

What Is The Training Course Methodology?

This training course methodology depends on enabling participants to interact and exchange experiences, explore their competencies and achieve their career aspirations, using forward-thinking training arts, such as theoretical lectures and/or open discussion to exchange opinions and experiences, scenarios, innovative thinking brainstorming. Participants will receive an agenda including training material as a reference, in addition to some extra notes and booklets. 

Who Should Attend This Training Course?

The course is designed for Chemical & Petroleum Engineers, Project Engineers, Senior Operators, Maintenance & Inspection Supervisors and Process Engineering Personel.

What Are The Training Course Objectives?

What Is The Training Course Curriculum?

Terminology of Valve Types as Defined by ANSI b95.1

• Safety relief valves

• Conventional type

• Balanced type

• Pilot operated type

Pressure Parts of a Safety Relief Valve

• Pressure Relief Valve dimensional characteristics

• Operational Characteristic of Pressure Relief Valves

Valves Types

• General Valves

• Safety Valves

Codes & Standards

• Quality assurance to ASME & understanding of international standards

• Understanding capacity testing

• ASMI VIII, ASMI code section I, API 520, API 521, API STD 526 & API RP 527

Valves Operation

• Gases & vapors, Liquid & critical factors affecting performance

• Discussions on major types of back pressures including the effects

• Constant back pressureBuilt up back pressure

• Superimposed back pressure

• Effects on standard valves

• Bellows valves & pilots general selection on manufactures catalog

Maintenance

• Reasons for Inspection

• Provisions of safety

• Condition of safety valves

• Causes of Improper Use

• Corrosion

• Damage seat surface

• Broken springs

• Improper setting & testing

• Plugging & sticking

• Identification

• Rough handling

• Operating ressure

• Pre pop, Strip, Machine, Lap, Build & Test

• Pre- testing of valve to be overhauled

• Dismantling, Inspection

• Machining of the disk

• Machining of the Nozzle

• General machining

• Lapping by hand

• Lapping by blocks

• Reconditioning plates

• Lapping procedures

• Micro finshing of valve surface

Assembling Valves after Cleaning

• Adjusting & testing

• Test Stand Procedures

• Test apparatus

• Leakage rates APT 527 body & bellow test

• Cold different test

• Spring setting

• Changing set pressure

• Ring setting