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Introductiontosolenoidvalve
Thesolenoidvalveisanelectromagneticpartofacontrolvalve.Asolenoidvalveisanelectromechanicallyoperatedvalveusedfor
controllingliquidorgasflow.Solenoidvalvesaretheprimemeansofenabling/disablingairsupplytopneumaticactuatorsandareacritical
elementinthepneumaticactuationcircuitsofsingleanddoubleactingpneumaticactuators.Solenoidvalvesmaydeenergizedorenergized
fromthesafetyorcontrolsystemresponsibleforoperatingthevalve,dependingontheprojectspecifications,todrivethemainisolation
valvetothedesiredposition.

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Solenoidvalve

Constructionofsolenoidvalve
Themostcommontypeofsolenoidvalveareavailableintwoportdesignwithoneinlet&outletport.Specialdesignmayhavethreeor
moreports&alsomanifoldtypedesign.

Differentpartsofatwoport,normallyclosed,directactingsolenoidvalveare:

1. Valvebody
2. Inletport
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3. Outletport
4. Coil/Solenoid
5. Coilwindings
6. Leadwires
7. Plunger
8. Spring
9. Orifice

Twoport,normallyclosed,directactingsolenoidvalve

Aspringishousedinthecoilwhichkeepstheplungerinposition.Innormallyclosedpositionthespringpressestheplungertipagainstthe
orificeopeningduetowhichthereisnoflowofthefluidformtheinletporttotheoutletport.Whentheelectriccurrentispassedthrough
thecoilthespringisenergizedallowingtheplungertoliftupfromthepositionandallowingthepassageoffluidthroughtheorifice.When
theelectricalcurrentisremoved,thevalvereturnstoitsdeenergizedstate.

Besidestheplungertypeactuatorwhichisusedmostfrequently,pivotedarmatureactuatorsandrockeractuatorsarealsoused.

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Workingofsolenoidvalve
Solenoidvalvesaretheprimemeansofenabling/disablingairsupplytopneumaticactuatorsandareacriticalelementinthepneumatic
actuationcircuitsofsingleanddoubleactingpneumaticactuators.Solenoidvalvesmaydeenergizedorenergizedfromthesafetyorcontrol
systemresponsibleforoperatingthevalve,dependingontheprojectspecifications,todrivethemainisolationvalvetothedesiredposition.

Unlessotherwisestated,forshutdownvalvesandonoffvalveswithfailsafeaction,thesolenoidshallbedeenergizedtoventairoutof
theactuatoranddrivethevalvetothesafe(closedoropen)position(springforceshouldpushtheactuatortothedesiredposition).

Forblowdownvalves,thesolenoidmaybedeenergizedorenergizedbythesafetysystem,dependingontheprojectspecifications.This
aspecthastobecriticallyworkedoutwiththeProcessDept.,takingintoaccounttheadequacyoftheblowdownvalvetailpipeandflare
headersizing,aswellaswhenandhowtheblowdownvalvesaresupposedtooperate.Forblowdownvalveswithsolenoidssupposedto
energizetofailopenthevalve,thesolenoidcircuitsshouldbelinemonitored.

Specificationofsolenoidvalves
Unlessotherwisespecified,solenoidvalvesshouldbeoftheuniversaltype,withClassHcoilinsulation,lowpowerrated(consumption6
W),withcoilvoltageof24VDCandcertifiedflameproofasperIEC600791fortheapplicablehazardousarea.

Checkpointsforsolenoidvalves
TheInstrumentationengineershouldcheckthatthemaximuminstrumentairpressureexpectedatthesolenoidvalvelocationshouldbe
sustainablebythesolenoidvalvebody.Solenoidvalvesshouldbefittedwithquenchdiodessuitableforcontinuousoperation.Ventportsof
thesolenoidvalvesshouldbefittedwithsinteredStainlessSteeldustexcluders.Flyingleadsshallnotbeusedinsteadterminalsshallbe
specifiedforsolenoid.

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