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.

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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. 

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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.

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What Are The Training Course Objectives?

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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