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2. High Performance Gland Packing To Control Fugitive Emission 2. High Performance Gland Packing To Control Fugitive Emission
Test as per ISO 15848 - 1
Tested for different packing
materials like graphite, PTFE etc.
Cyclic test at different
temperatures upto 350 deg C for
graphite and 200deg C for PTFE
Test medium He
Has CC1 certification for PTFE
and CC2 for graphite
(20000/ 60000 - Mechanical cycles)
Modern Trends in Control Valve Design
CTP April 2012
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
FUGITIVE EMISSION TEST- AN OVERVIEW
Significance of Fugitive Emission
Control
The US Federal Clean Air Act 1990
Amendment prohibits fugitive emission
of specific gases and chemicals from
plant equipment including control valves
exceeding 500 ppm. This limit is to be
made more stringent to 100 ppm. Control
valves have been identified as one of the
potential emission causing equipment in a
plant, with a share of 60% approx.
VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds)
emissions are of significant environmental
concern because of its potential for Global
warming, Ozone depletion, Toxicity,
carcinogenicity etc. Apart from Safety,
Health and Environmental aspects, it
also represents a huge loss of potentially
valuable materials and is a cause for plant
inefficiency.
Leakage potential in a control valve
The intermittent contact of the valve stem
with the service fluid and the atmosphere
during its continuous up and down motion
makes rising stem valves highly vulnerable
to leakage compared to the rotary motion
valves. When the stem moves upwards,
it drags the fluid inside along with it to
the packing; and when the stem moves
downwards, it draws dirt, dust and other
particles from the atmosphere onto the
packing box.
Packing and emission control
Packing is a resilient material, which is
forced into the void between the stem and
the packing box. Any leakage should pass
through the space between the packing and
the stem. Modern packing systems with
PTFE or Graphite is virtually impermeable
and arrests the primary leakage that occurs
between the stem and the packing.
For limiting the Fugitive emission, MIL
employs its Eco-Lock Packing System which
offers exceptional sealing capabilities. Disc
or coil springs are provided in gland studs
or in the gland itself in the stuffing box to
maintain a constant load. The springs exert a
constant load on the packing that eliminates
the need for packing box adjustments.
MIL has successfully provided such designs
to various customers including The Nuclear
Power Corporation of India Ltd., where
the valves handle radioactive fluids. In
such cases emission control requirements
are very stringent and live loading is
mandatory.
Recently, a Fugitive Emission test was
successfully conducted on an MIL control
valve fitted with Eco-Lock packing at FCRI
as per ISO 15848-1 with four thermal cycles
in the temperature range (-29
o
C - 200
o
C) and
one lakh mechanical cycles under the class
CC3 as per the international standard.
FE Test on MIL Control Valve at FCRI using MSLD
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LE design consists of anti-extrusion rings on both
sides.
Moulded V / double V rings
Variable density rings used to ensure low friction
and good sealability uniform compression of
packing rings.
Low Emission (FE) Packing Design Low Emission (FE) Packing Design
Cross-section of the special LE Gland Packing System