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Valve
Double Block & Bleed Valve (DBBV)
• On/Off Valve
Valve position
indicator
Gear Unit
Spreader – With
tapered &
Body dovetailed
surface
Segment
Seal-In situ
bonded with
Segment
Top Cross
section view
Bearing Bush – To
Joint seals support Spreader
Bottom plate
Exploded view of the Valve
Drain Plug
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Construction of the Valve (Contd.)
Operator mechanism
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Cavity Pressure Relief System
1. SS Tubes
2. Needle Valve – for relieving Manually
3. Check Valve – for relieving at set
pressure
4. Fittings
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Standard Compliance
Design and Manufacture - API 6D / ISO 14313
Marking - API 6D
• No lubrication is required.
• The Obturator is supported rigidly by bushings on both top & bottom side. These
bushings helps to hold the Obturator exactly in-line with the vertical axis of the valve,
which helps to extended life of the valve by reducing wear.
• Fire-safe
Gasket
O-ring
O-ring
Gasket
Gland Flange
O-ring
Packing
Stuffing box
Working of Valve
The at the end of closing, the clockwise rotation of the handwheel moves the Obturator downward. As the
Obturator moves down, the taper in the same forces the Segment (with moulded seal) against the body until the
seals compressed completely and Metal to Metal contact place.
Rotating the handwheel in anti-clockwise, the tapered Obturator begins to move up, which enables the Seals to get
retracted from body.
3. Rotating
Rotating the handwheel in anti-clockwise further, the Obturator and Segement begins to rotate, without rubbing or
touching the body bore.
4. Full Open
Rotating the handwheel in anti-clockwise further, the ports in the Obturator is kept parallel to the flow path which
helps the flow to happen.
Working of Valve (contd.)
8 O-Ring Viton B
16 Actuator Electric
Simulation-Double Block & Bleed Valve
Valve portion
Spreader Segment
Performance validation
The following tests as per API 6D were conducted to validate our design,
1. Hydrostatic shell test - No leakage is allowed
4. Test of cavity pressure relief– Between 1.1 and 1.33 times the rated pressure
6. Cycle test-Valve operated for 1500 cycles at differential pressure – And the pressure
tests conducted inbetween.
All the tests were witnessed by the Third Party Inspector from TUV
Performance validation (Contd.)
1. Hydrostatic shell test
Valve position: In Partial open condition
Duration:
Valve Size, NPS Test duration, min
1/2" to 4" 2
6" to 10" 5
12" to 18" 15
≥ 20" 30
- Test pressure was applied at one end (upstream side) of the valve and
observed leak through vent/drain – To study the behavior of upstream side
seat.
- The same was repeated to study about the downstream side seat.
- Valve break torque was measured and recorded.
- Test pressure was applied at one end (upstream side) of the valve and
observed leak through vent/drain – To study the behavior of upstream side
seat
- The same is repeated to study about the downstream side seat
- Rated pressure was applied at one end of the valve to pressurize the
body cavity.
- Then the pressure was also applied in the body cavity gradually.
- The check valve in the cavity relief system system relieved the pressure to
upstream side when the pressure in the cavity exceeds 1.1 to 1.33 times
the pressure in the upstream side.
- All the other conditions are same as that of SI No.2, except that the test
pressure was applied on both the ends of the valve simultaneously. 24
6. Cycle Test
- Valve was operated (ON/OFF)
for 1500 cycles at differential
pressure.
1. Antistatic test
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