Control Valves Technology : Ports, Actuators, Sealing

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OG002 April 28, 2024 - May 2, 2024 Al-Doha $ 5000

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OG002 July 7, 2024 - July 11, 2024 Madrid $ 5000

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OG002 October 27, 2024 - October 31, 2024 Dubai – UAE $ 5000

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OG002 January 5, 2025 - January 9, 2025 Online $ 1500

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Objectives

  • Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Recognize and understand how a valve works
  • Appreciate the different types of valves available
  • Apply valve sizing techniques, using software and other methods of calculation
  • Appraise the advantages and disadvantages of various types of positioners
  • Experiment with correctly tuning a control valve .
  • Have an understanding of the different types of pumps .
  • Be able to operate pumps as close as possible to the design efficiency.
  • Will be able to monitor pump efficiency, availability and reliability.
  • Be able to troubleshoot pump problems.

The Delegates

  • This course would primarily be aimed at people within the Instrumentation, Electrical, Mechanical, Process disciplines, who are actively involved in the utilization of valves (control or shut-off) and actuators, as well as those people who have the additional responsibility of sizing the valves, and making a decision on the composition and make-up of the valve.
  • It would also be of great value to those individuals who either have a keen interest in the field, or who have to manage the people working on the various valves , actuators and pumps . (In this respect, one could think in terms of Process Control Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Industrial Engineers, Designers and the like.).

The Contents

  • Introduction .
  • Day One :
  • Understanding the purpose of a control valve
  • The principles of a control valve
  • The various flow conditions that can be experienced, inside a control valve
  • Dealing with pressure drops, inside a control valve
  • Laminar flow & Turbulent flow
  • Reynolds numbers
  • Understanding vortices and flow separation
  • What happens to pressures and flows, in a liquid application, controlled by a valve?
  • What happens to pressures and flows, in a gas application, controlled by a valve?
  • Understanding Cv, Choked flow, the vena contracta & Vapour pressure
  • Flashing & Cavitation
  • The requirements of a control valve
  • The broad classification of control valves
  • The classification of valves, by operation and by function
  • Various hardware, associated with valves
  • Cage valves, Split-body valves
  • Globe valves, Needle valves
  • Angled valves, Y-styled valves & 3-way valves
  • Pinch valves & Gate valves
  • Choke valves & Check valves
  • Single-seated versus double-seated valves
  • Balanced valves
  • The principles of valve guiding
  • Butterfly valves & Ball valves
  • Rotary plug valves & Diaphragm valves
  • Day Two
  • Pinch valves
  • Valve type selection, making use of a flow chart
  • Additional equipment, associated with valves
  • Valves and how they fit into the greater scheme of P&ID diagrams
  • Leakage in valves
  • Calculation of seat leakage rates
  • Equal percentage characteristics
  • Linear valve characteristics
  • Quick opening valve characteristics
  • Inherent versus installed characteristics
  • Manually sizing a control vale, for a liquid application
  • Understanding valve sizing software, what it can do, and what you can achieve
  • Actuators, and how they fit into the greater scheme of control valves
  • Pneumatic actuators
  • Diaphragm pneumatic actuators
  • Piston pneumatic actuators
  • Rotary vane pneumatic actuators
  • Electric actuators
  • Hydraulic actuators
  • Day Three
  • Benchset and stroking of a control valve
  • The purpose of a valve positioner
  • Using SMART positioners
  • Cavitation, within a control valve
  • Cavitation control trims
  • Disc stacks, used for cavitation control
  • Other examples of devices used for cavitation control
  • Dealing with noise in a valve
  • Making use of low-noise cages
  • Making use of diffuser plates
  • Gas diffuser silencers
  • Sonic chokes
  • Choosing the best form of noise limitation
  • Materials that are used, in the construction of various valves
  • Dealing with corrosion and erosion
  • Control valve maintenance
  • Backlash, inside a valve
  • Stiction as found in some valves
  • Pressure relief devices
  • Safety Instrumented System (SIS) valves
  • The PID controller, as used with various control valves
  • Selecting the right controller action for a control valve (as some valves fail in the OPEN position, whereas others fail in the CLOSED position)
  • Understanding the Proportional Band Percent / Gain option, of a PID controller which will be used to operate a control valve
  • Understanding the Reset / Integral option, of a PID controller which will be used to operate a control valve
  • Combining various aspects, such as PI control, when operating a control valve
  • Day Four
  • Understanding the Rate / Derivative option, of a PID controller which will be used to operate a control valve
  • How to tune a PID controller, by making use of an open-loop tuning methodology, when you are working with a control valve that operates on a self-regulating process
  • How to tune a PID controller, by making use of a closed-loop tuning methodology, when you are working with a control valve that operates on an integrating process
  • Non-formalised (and therefore well suited to times when you do not have access to a calculator / computer) methods of tuning a controller, for a control valve out in the field
  • Control valves that can be used, in cascade loops
  • Control valves that can be used in ratio-control loops
  • Dealing with control valves, which are subject to long dead times, and how to get around this
  • Dealing with a control valve that has been installed in a process, which responds in a non-linear fashion, and which has different Process Gains in different regions
  • Making use of a PLC, to implement the required control of a control valve
  • Day Five
  • Pump definition, pump categories: dynamic and displacement reciprocating & rotary
  • Centrifugal pumps: theory of operation of a centrifugal pump, casings and diffusers, radial thrust, hydrostatic pressure tests
  • Impeller, axial thrust, axial thrust in multistage pumps, hydraulic balancing devices, balancing drums, balancing disks
  • Centrifugal pumps general performance characteristics, cavitations, net positive suction head and requirements
  • Engineering of system requirements, fluid type, system head curves, alternate modes of operation, margins, wear, future system changes
  • Selection of pump and driver, pump characteristics, code requirements, fluid characteristics, pump materials, driver type
  • Pump specification, specification types, data sheet, codes and standards, bidding documents, technical specification, commercial terms, special considerations, performance testing, pump drivers
  • Special control requirements, drawing and data requirements form, quality assurance and quality control, bidding and negotiation
  • Public and private sector, bid list, evaluation of bids, cost, efficiency, economic life, spare parts, guarantee/warranty, simple bid evaluation
  • Course summary.

 Notes:

  • Great Discount for companies and governmental Organizations .
  • All programs are held in five star hotels .
  • All lecturers have sufficient knowledge and experience to implement the programs at an optimal level .
  • Large package of services is offered to the participants .

The Discount

10% in case of Three P. (or more)

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