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Control Valve – Sizing, Selection & Applying

DURATION: 1 Day

INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Ahmad Emadi

STATUS: COMING SOON

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This course reviews the design and operating principles of control valves for different applications. It presents the sizing and selection methods for a broad variety of control valve assemblies. This course also provides methods that can be used to identify specific valve problems and arrive at acceptable solutions within engineering tolerance.
Students will solve several demonstration sizing and selection problems using published materials and participate in equipment demonstrations as well as hands-on workshops. Students who complete this course will:

  • Select the proper valve characteristic for a given process.
  • Choose suitable styles of control valves for an application.
  • Size control valves for different services.

This course is for engineers, technicians, and other personnel responsible for the selection, sizing, and application of control valves, actuators, and control valve instrumentation.

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • Compare various types of final control elements.
  • Differentiate between various types of valves and the benefits of each.
  • Analyze a control system to determine control valve needs.
  • Apply ISA standards for control valve specification and selection.
  • Appreciate the difference between cavitation and flashing.
  • Understand the difference between controlled and choked flow.
  • Control valve sizing for liquid service.
  • Control valve sizing for gas service.
  • Control valve sizing for two-phase service.
  • Choose between different characteristics on offer.
  • Understand the advantages and disadvantages of different seat leakage rates.
  • Know different types of actuators with relative advantages of pneumatic, hydraulic and electric types.
  • Understand the failure modes for control valves and demonstrate new approaches to troubleshooting.

Mr. Ahmad Emadi is an IChemE Fellow and Lead/Principal Process Engineer with more than 18 years of engineering design experience in international consultant engineering companies such Technip, Jacobs, WorleyParsons, KBR, Uhde, WoodGroup PSN, and Hyundai in different engineering stages (Basic & FEED, Detail Design, Pre-commissioning, Commissioning) as well as in operations. Ahmad has got a unique experience in diverse plants: FPSO, offshore platforms, onshore gas plants, compressor stations and multi-phase pipelines.

Ahmad has worked for the top Oil & Gas operator companies in the world: Shell, ExxonMobil, TOTAL, Chevron, BP, BG, BHP Billiton, and Eni, through different projects over his 18-year experience. These opportunities have enabled him to select and adopt the optimum design for each specific equipment in the Oil & Gas plant as per client specification and requirement.

Ahmad is also a part time lecturer in Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and delivers a number of training courses for the RMIT Chemical Engineering students.

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