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VALVES

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VALVES
Valves or taps are devices
fitted to piping or equipment
and designed to control the
flow of fluids.
ex: a 3 gate, ball or butterfly
valve, means a 3 ID

VALVES
HIGH pressure
(5000 psi and above)

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MEDIUM pressure LOW pressure
(~1500 psi)
(~180 psi)

Flowhead
Choke manifold, Sand-trap
Heater & Steam-exchanger
1)GATE valves
2)NEEDLE valves (~sampling~)

Separators
Oil/Gas manifolds
Pumps, Burners
1)BALL valves
2)PLUG valves

1)WOM
new, (McEvoy,
Malbranque, Sereg
old)
2)Kerotest, Autoclave

1)Mapegaz, Gachot
2)Texseal, Balon

Tanks

1)BUTTERFLY
2)GLOBE valves

GATE valves
Used for shut off, (on/off function)
High pressure (5, 10, 15, 20Kpsi)
ex: FH, CM, Steam-exchanger,
Sand-trap
Sealing method:
-metal/metal for WOM valve
-grease sealing compound for
McEvoy valve
Standard sizes= 3 1/16 to 4 1/16

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valves
WOM

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valves
WOM

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GATE
valves
GATE

WOM
metal/metal seal

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GATE
valves
McEvoy

(pressure trapped)

Sealing done
with the special
grease

Grease fittings for

Special sealing
compound grease

Grease fitting for

standard grease
VALVE CLOSED

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GATE
valves

reservoir

seat

McEvoy
possibility to
inject grease
under pressure
selfgreasing/sealing
under pressure
with valve closed

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gates

seat
bottom grease
fitting for normal
grease only

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NEEDLE valves
Used for shut off, (on/off) + Flow
control (bleed off part of flow)
High pressure (5, 10, 15, 20Kpsi)
ex: instrumentation on FH, CM,
Steam-exchanger, Sand-trap
Kerotest (up to 10Kpsi)
Autoclave Engineers (10, 15, 20K)
Sealing method: metal/metal

(~sizes= , , )

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BALL / PLUG valves

Used for shut off, (on/off)
turn
Medium pressure (~1500 psi)
ex: separator, burners,
pumps, etc.
Sealing method:
-PTFE (Teflon) seal ring or
seat
Standard sizes= 1 to 4

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BALL valve (spherical)

Mapegaz
Sealing=
white teflon
ring seal

Cross Section of a Mapegaz valve

(white teflon
ring)
(Spherical)

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BALL valve (spherical)

Gachot
Medium pressure
Sampling / bleedoff points
Sealing= white
teflon seal ring
Standard sizes=
, , , 1

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PLUG valve (cylindrical)

top
hexagonal
nut

O-ring

Texseal

stem
Seats (black teflon)

Sealing=
black teflon seat

Plug (cylindrical)

BUTTERFLY
valve
Weco
Used for shut off, (on/off)
Low pressure
Tanks
Sealing= rubber seal
Standard sizes= 1, 2 3

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GLOBE valves
Used for control of flow and shut off
Low pressure
Rig Water / air lines
Sealing= metal/metal
Standard sizes= 1, 2 3

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Control valves
Fisher
Used for flow control +
throttle action
Medium pressure
Separator, Surge tank
Sealing (not 100%)=
metal/metal
Standard sizes= 1, 2, 3,4

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valves

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Flow through valve

To allow flow in one direction

only
High/Medium/Low pressure
Separator inlet, pump outlet
Sealing= metal/metal
Standard sizes= 1, 2, 3,4
CHECK valves

Flow ceases or fails below back pressure

RELIEF valves
Farris
Spring loaded and set to open at a
given pressure to protect systems
from over pressure
High/Medium/Low pressure
Separator, flowlines, Steamexchanger, Surge-tank
Sealing= metal/metal
Standard sizes= 1, 2, 3,4

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RELIEF valves
Anderson Greewood
Piloted safety relief valves
High/Medium/Low pressure
New Separator and Surgetank
Sealing= metal/metal
Standard sizes= 3,4, 6

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GATE / BALL / PLUG valves:

must not be used for throttling (i.e.:
must be fully open or fully closed)
because a restricted flow through it
will erode the seal or gate or seat,
and the valve will not seal correctly /
reliably.

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GATE valves:
it is common practice to count
the number of turns taken to
open / close a valve because the
operator can tell if the valve has
become plugged or is not seating
correctly.

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GATE / GLOBE valves:

it is best to close the gate and globe
valves by turn after they are fully
opened and vice-versa because over
tightening the valve upon closing may
damage the disk and seat. Leading to
seizure or leakage.

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NEEDLE valves:
when used with an instrument, the
valve should only be opened enough:
- to permit flow and allow the
instrument to register correctly.
- to allow a quick closure of the valve
and to isolate instrumentation in case
of a sudden increase of pressure.
One or two turns is usually sufficient.

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VALVES
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