Valves - Valve PartsValves - Isolation ValvesValves - Isolation ApplicationsValves - Material Introduction and RemovalValves - Throttling ValvesValves - ActuatorsValves - SelectionValves - SizingValves - CV Station Layout

Someone with these skills can:

Name the part of a typical valve
Identify which parts
Move
Contain pressure
Provide valve action on the fluid
Are called trim
List common materials for disks and seats
Define the four common valve actions
Someone with these skills can:

Define and explain the operation of the
following isolation valves:
Ball
Plug
Gate
Butterfly
Define:
Full Port
Explain switching and 3- and 4-way operation
Compare and contrast Quarter-Turn vs Multi-Turn operation
Someone with these skills can:

Identify the main methods of isolation
Explain Block and Bleed isolation of
equipment
Explain Double Block and Bleed valve
assurance of isolation
Explain Car-Sealing of valves in position
Someone with these skills can:

List common applications requiring
materials to be introduced or removed
from process lines
Explain where gases and condensates
will gather in a pipe route
Explain operational access needed for
vents, drains, blow-downs, etc.
Compare and contrast vents and drains
for hydro test vs operations
Someone with these skills can:

Explain the operation of:
Globe valves
Needle valves
Diaphragm valves
Pinch valves
Define the common globe valve body
styles
Explain the preferred orientation of globe
valves for liquids or hot vapors
Someone with these skills can:

List major types of manual and powered
valve actuators
Contrast quarter- and multi-turn actuators
Contrast the speed of powered actuators
Explain the operation of a pilot operated
actuator
Someone with these skills can:

List common considerations in selecting
valves
Describe how throttling vs isolation
service can limit the choice of valves
Describe the effects of chemicals, heat
and pressure can affect recommended
disk and seat materials
Describe how some valve types are
favored in certain conditions
Someone with these skills can:

List the key parameters for valve sizing
Explain the coefficients describing valve
flow
Define available valve characteristic
curves
List the steps in sizing a control valve
for a control loop for initial design
Someone with these skills can:

Name the components and connectivity
of a CV Station layout
Describe precautions taken to prevent
condensate slug from a steam CV
Station
Explain the selection and position of a
bypass valve in the bypass manifold