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Valve and Actuator Technologies - IC-72

Discipline: Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical
Level: Intermediate
Instructors who teach this course:


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  • You will learn
  • Course Content
This workshop provides a total in-depth insight into valve and actuator technology, covering: control valves, check valves, shut-off valves, solenoid valves, and pressure relief valves. A methodology is presented to ensure the optimum selection of size, choice of body and trim materials, components, and ancillaries. Whilst studying both liquid and gas valve sizing, delegates will also learn the correct procedures for calculating the spring 'wind-up' or 'bench set'. Maintenance issues also include: testing for dead-band/hysteresis, stick-slip, and non-linearity; on-line diagnostics; and signature analysis. Throughout the workshop, participants will learn through active participation using exercises, questionnaires, and practical sessions covering: systems choice; basic sizing calculations; computer-based sizing; and maintenance diagnostics.


"Liked I&C portion with positioners." - Design Engineer, United States





Facilities, chemical, electrical, instrumentation, maintenance, and mechanical engineers and technicians involved in designing, selecting, sizing, specifying, installing, testing, operating and maintaining shutoff, pressure relief, and control valves.
How To:
  • Compare the major technologies used in the final control element
  • Calculate the valve flow coefficient Cv
  • Perform flow and system pressure head loss calculations
  • Contrast the different types of control, shut-off, and check valves
  • Describe the principles of cavitation control and noise reduction
  • Select optimum materials of construction to avoid corrosion and erosion
  • Identify the correct requirements for trim selection
  • Differentiate between inherent and installed characteristics
  • Identify ANSI/DN pipe sizes and pressure ratings
  • Explain the control valve seat leakage classifications
  • Evaluate the optimum valve-actuator combination
  • Apply on-line valve testing and diagnostics for deadband and hysteresis, stick-slip, and non-linearity
  • Examine the principles of preventive maintenance through the application of signature analysis
  • Perform a bench set and calculate actuator spring wind-up
  • Pick the correct positioner using our set of guidelines
  • Choked flow
  • Pressure recovery
  • Flashing and cavitation
  • Seat leakage
  • Sizing for liquids and gases
  • Valve construction
  • Cavitation control and noise reduction
  • Valve types
  • Valve trim and characterization
  • Valve selection
  • Actuators and positioners
  • Valve testing and diagnostics
  • Maintenance and repair
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Valve and Actuator Technologies - IC-72
Discipline: Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 5 days
Instructor(s): Mick Crabtree
This workshop provides a total in-depth insight into valve and actuator technology, covering: control valves, check valves, shut-off valves, solenoid valves, and pressure relief valves. A methodology is presented to ensure the optimum selection of size, choice of body and trim materials, components, and ancillaries. Whilst studying both liquid and gas valve sizing, delegates will also learn the correct procedures for calculating the spring 'wind-up' or 'bench set'. Maintenance issues also include: testing for dead-band/hysteresis, stick-slip, and non-linearity; on-line diagnostics; and signature analysis. Throughout the workshop, participants will learn through active participation using exercises, questionnaires, and practical sessions covering: systems choice; basic sizing calculations; computer-based sizing; and maintenance diagnostics.


"Liked I&C portion with positioners." - Design Engineer, United States
Designed For:
Facilities, chemical, electrical, instrumentation, maintenance, and mechanical engineers and technicians involved in designing, selecting, sizing, specifying, installing, testing, operating and maintaining shutoff, pressure relief, and control valves.
You Will Learn:
How To:
  • Compare the major technologies used in the final control element
  • Calculate the valve flow coefficient Cv
  • Perform flow and system pressure head loss calculations
  • Contrast the different types of control, shut-off, and check valves
  • Describe the principles of cavitation control and noise reduction
  • Select optimum materials of construction to avoid corrosion and erosion
  • Identify the correct requirements for trim selection
  • Differentiate between inherent and installed characteristics
  • Identify ANSI/DN pipe sizes and pressure ratings
  • Explain the control valve seat leakage classifications
  • Evaluate the optimum valve-actuator combination
  • Apply on-line valve testing and diagnostics for deadband and hysteresis, stick-slip, and non-linearity
  • Examine the principles of preventive maintenance through the application of signature analysis
  • Perform a bench set and calculate actuator spring wind-up
  • Pick the correct positioner using our set of guidelines
Course Content:
  • Choked flow
  • Pressure recovery
  • Flashing and cavitation
  • Seat leakage
  • Sizing for liquids and gases
  • Valve construction
  • Cavitation control and noise reduction
  • Valve types
  • Valve trim and characterization
  • Valve selection
  • Actuators and positioners
  • Valve testing and diagnostics
  • Maintenance and repair
Instructors:

MR. MICK CRABTREE has spent the last eight years running industrial workshops throughout the world in the fields of: Process Control and Instrumentation; Data Communications; Fieldbus; Emergency Shutdown Systems; Project Management; On-Line Analysis; and Technical Writing and Communications. He has trained over 5,000 engineers, technicians and scientists. Mr. Crabtree formerly trained in aircraft instrumentation and guided missiles in the Royal Air Force, having completed his service career seconded to the Ministry of Defense and he was responsible for ensuring the reliability, maintainability and functional usefulness of specific equipment entering the RAF. He is the former editor and managing editor of Pulse magazine, South Africa's leading monthly journal dedicated to the general electronic and process control instrumentation industries. He has written and published six technical handbooks on industrial process control. Mr. Crabtree holds a MSc (Research) in Industrial Flow Measurement and an HNC in Electrical Engineering (with distinctions).


In-House Course Presentations
All courses are available for in-house presentation to individual organizations. In-house courses may be structured the same as the public versions or tailored to meet your requirements. Special courses on virtually any petroleum-related subject can be arranged specifically for in-house presentation. For further information, contact our In-House Training Coordinator at one of the numbers listed below.
Telephone 1- 832 426 1234
Facsimile 1- 832 426 1244
E-Mail inhouse@petroskills.com

Public Course Presentations
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Telephone 1-918-828-2500
Facsimile 1-918-828-2580
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