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Valves & Actuators Technology

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29/06/2025 - 03/07/2025 WASHINGTON

Introduction

Valves & Actuators Technology

What are the Goals?

The primary goal of this Valves & Actuators Technology training course is to remove the mystery out of valve and actuator technology. Correct product selection is crucial and, bearing this in mind, the goals of the training course would be to assist delegates in:

  • Differentiating between the different types of valves available, and focusing on their advantages and disadvantages
  • Developing a system, using the specific actuators that will provide the greatest benefit, based on their individual advantages and disadvantages
  • Selecting the appropriate additional equipment (and, combinations of equipment, where necessary)
  • Learning to take any installation from the specification and selection process, right through to installation and maintenance phases
  • Sizing valves correctly, whilst identifying and gaining familiarity with ANSI / DIN pipe sizes and pressure ratings

Who is this Training Course for?

This Valves & Actuators Technology training course will be aimed primarily at people in fields associated with valves and actuators. This would be inclusive of instrumentation, electrical, mechanical, process and other disciplines actively involved in either the utilization or the selection and installation of valves and actuators.

This Valves & Actuators Technology training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

  • Instrumentation technicians and engineers
  • Process engineers
  • Maintenance personnel (specifically, from those fields closely associated with the equipment)
  • Supervisory personnel
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Design staff
  • Representatives from the health and safety departments
  • Engineers in other disciplines
  • People from a financial background, who have an interest in cost containment, by using the most effective devices available
  • Management and senior management staff

How will this Training Course be Presented?

The Valves & Actuators Technology training course has been very carefully planned to have a representative breakdown in teaching methodologies that are proven to be effective. Yes, they will be a theoretical component. But, just as importantly, they will be pre-and post-test evaluations, individual assessments per section, group discussions, group and individual practical exercises, as well as computer simulations, where required.

Daily Agenda

Day One: Valve Basics - What happens inside the Valve from a Process Point of View, Valve Types and Associated Hardware
  • Valve purposes, principles, flow conditions and operation
  • Signals, pressure drops, flow profiles and Reynolds numbers
  • Cv, choked flow and flashing and cavitation
  • The requirements, classification and selected associated hardware for valves and actuators
  • The operation, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of an assortment of different types of valves, including cage, split-body, globe, needle, angled, y-styled, 3-way, pinch, gate (including slab gate and expending gate), choke, check (including rubber duck-bill, tilting disc & swing), single-vs double-seated, and balanced valves
Day Two: A Continuation of Valve Types, Associated Equipment and Characteristics
  • The operation, as advantages and disadvantages of an assortment of different types of valves not covered on Day 1 (including butterfly, ball, rotary plug, diaphragm, ARV / ARC, Bellow sealed (both forged and welded), breathe / vacuum release, orbit, pressure seal, fixed cone and annular valves
  • Miscellaneous equipment, closely associated with valves and actuators
  • P&ID diagrams (using valves) and valve seat leakage rates
  • Characteristics associated with valves
  • Inherent versus installed characteristics
Day Three: Manual and Software Valve Sizing, Actuators and Positioners, Trims and Maintenance 
  • Manually sizing a valve
  • Sizing a valve, using software from manufacturers
  • Actuators, benchsetting and valve positioners
  • Cavitation and noise trims and valve material selection
  • Valve maintenance, fault finding, dead band and stiction
Day Four: Pressure Relief, SIS, Valve Action, Combinations, Terminology, Codes and Standards
  • Pressure relief devices and the limitation of safety relief valves
  • Valves associated with safety instrumented systems
  • Valve action (fail safe), ANSI / DN pipe sizes and applicable pressure ratings
  • Optimizing valve-actuator combinations for various applications, terminology used, and valve and actuator maintenance aspects and issues
  • Codes and standards as well as piping & installation guidelines
Day Five: Using Control Valves in an Assortment of Control Strategies
  • PID and loop tuning strategies
  • Feedback, feed forward, cascade and ratio control
  • Dealing with long dead times
  • Non-linear control valve applications
  • Valve control, using a specialized controller such as a PLC

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