Valve & Control Valve Masterclass: Design Selection & Sizing

Everything you need to know to design select size operate & maintain your valves actuators positionners & more...

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English

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Engineering

What you will learn

Understand valves and control valves working principles for successful operation of your plant and piping systems

Understand valve construction details (bonnet, stem, disk, seat, packing, body, etc)

Know the characteristics and applications for each valve type (ball, plug, gate, pinch, butterfly, diaphragm, check, needle...)

Know how to choose the correct valve for a certain application

Know how to dismantle and assemble all types of valves using 3D and 2D models

Identify and know the principles of operation of common valve actuators (pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, etc)

Understand how single acting and double acting pneumatic actuators work through graphics and 3D animations

Understand the principle of fail open (FO) and fail close (FC) actuators

Know how to convert a single acting spring return actuator to a double acting actuator and vice versa

Know how to convert a fail close actuator to a fail open actuator and vice versa

Be more innovative in your solutions to valve and control valve problems

Valve & Control Valve Masterclass: Design Selection & Sizing

What you will learn

Understand valves and control valves working principles for successful operation of your plant and piping systems

Understand valve construction details (bonnet, stem, disk, seat, packing, body, etc)

Know the characteristics and applications for each valve type (ball, plug, gate, pinch, butterfly, diaphragm, check, needle...)

Know how to choose the correct valve for a certain application

Know how to dismantle and assemble all types of valves using 3D and 2D models

Identify and know the principles of operation of common valve actuators (pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, etc)

Understand how single acting and double acting pneumatic actuators work through graphics and 3D animations

Understand the principle of fail open (FO) and fail close (FC) actuators

Know how to convert a single acting spring return actuator to a double acting actuator and vice versa

Know how to convert a fail close actuator to a fail open actuator and vice versa

Be more innovative in your solutions to valve and control valve problems

Have an organized approach to the procedure of valve sizing in accordance with the ANSI & ISA recommendations

Be able to size valves for any flow conditions likely to be found in a process plant

Have a general notion about the confidence to be placed in the sizing result conclusions

Understand safety valve manufacturers’ literature better and understand their jargon

Become more aware of the potential benefits and pitfalls of the currently available safety valve technology

Understand the concept of "Air-to-push-up" and Air-to-push-down"

Understand the concept of "direct-acting" and "reverse-acting"

Know how to convert a fail close actuator to a fail open actuator and vice versa

Understand the concept of valve flow coefficient "Cv" and familiarize yourself with the various units

Know how to determine flowrate and pressure drop through control valves for different valve lifts

Know how to match the valve characteristics to the process

Know how to construct the installation curve for a given control valve

Understand the effect of selecting a control valve larger than necessary

Understand the effect of differential pressure on the valve lift and actuator operation

Differentiate between fast opening, linear and equal percentage valve characteristics

Understand how valve positioners operate

Know the different types of valve positioners (P/P, I/P, force balance, motion balance, digital…)

Understand when a positioner should be fitted

Understand the working principles of I/P converters and how they are used in control valves

Put your knowledge to the test at the end of each section with a valuable technical quiz (500+ questions and solved problems)

Download our valuable Valve Sizing Excel Spreadsheet (included in this course free of charge)