Author: Phil Mahoney
FSA Member, A.W. Chesterton Co.
Currently, two test procedures could be requested to qualify a quarter-turn valve design for fugitive emissions service: International Standards Organization (ISO) 15848-1 (2nd Edition, 2015) and American Petroleum Institute (API) 641 (1st edition, 2016). Both standards are technically viable options that can be used for valve qualification. Both could be considered good engineering practice since they clearly spell out conditions and procedures that help ensure the test is repeatable, and that it can be considered representative of the valve’s real life operating conditions.
Download this whitepaper paper by Phil Mahoney; an FSA Member, from A.W. Chesterton Co.; to learn more about International Standards Organization and American Petroleum Institute.