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Conditions provided by the process to the instruments

2019-03-01View Original

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I would like to ask: when working, how do you determine the conditions for adjusting control valves and shut-off valves? Most importantly, how do you determine the pressures before and after the valve? Could you give an example? Thank you
Reply #22019-03-01
This pressure is originally set based on the process conditions.
Reply #32019-03-01
Specify according to the process parameters. For example, for the discharge control valve at the bottom of a distillation column, if the operating pressure of the column is 2 kilograms and the pressure in the storage tank is 1 kilogram, then the pressure before the valve will be 2 kilograms and the pressure after the valve will be 1 kilogram. Of course, it is necessary to indicate whether the values refer to absolute pressure or gauge pressure when specifying these conditions. Attached is a table of conditions for control valves that I use regularly – an instrument condition table. Project name: Control Valve Monitoring and Automation Design Conditions Table (Pressure Regulation). Prepared by: [Name]; Number: [Number]; Design project: [Project name]; Reviewed by: [Name]; Design stage: [Stage]; Construction drawings: [Status]; Page number: [Page number] of [Total pages]; Serial number: [Number]; Instrument tag number: [Number]; Purpose: [Description]; Medium name: [Name]; Operating flow rate: [Value]; Operating pressure: MPa(A): [Value]; Operating temperature: (℃): [Value]; Operating density: kg/m3: [Value]; Dynamic viscosity: cp: [Value]; Gas compressibility factor: [Value]; Saturated vapor pressure: MPaA: [Value]; Saturated vapor temperature: (℃): [Value]; Critical pressure: MPaA: [Value]; Fault status code for the valve position: [Value]; Whether it has a handwheel: Y/N: [Value]; Installation location: [Description]; Minimum value, Normal value, Maximum value; Unit: [Unit]; Pressure before the valve, Pressure after the valve; Pipe section number: [Number]; Outer diameter/Inner diameter: (mm): [Values]; Material: [Material]; Flow diagram number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. Notes: 1. The “Instrument symbol” in column 2 should be filled in by the automation team. 2. In column 11, enter the “standard density” value when the medium is a gas; for other conditions, enter the density value under operating conditions. 3. Column 18: Valve position status code in case of fault: Fully closed (C), Fully open (O), Hold position (L).
Reply #42019-03-01
Data tables include, basically, various parameters such as the medium, temperature, pressure, flow rate, pipe diameter, and the mode of operation

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