**Please note the following course has been postponed to the fall of 2024**
Selecting and sizing control valves
Control valves are a very important part of your plant. The proper selection and sizing of these valves is essential in optimizing your process, ensuring product quality and maximizing production.
This three-day course will cover the different valve technologies available, their specific applications and how to size them correctly. A French manual will be supplied with the course, as well as a sizing software package.
At the office of :
Everest Automation
2109 boul. Saint-Régis
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC H9B 2M9
Daily: 8.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Price : $995 /pers. for 3 days
*includes snacks and lunches
Includes book: Control valve selection, by Marc Côté
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Training agenda
Day 1: Sizing control valves
- Origin of the CV calculation equation
- Definition of Cv
- Calculating Cv for liquids
- Collection of operating conditions
- Velocity limit in control valves
- Vaporization and cavitation in valves
- Throttling flow
- Cavitation point calculation
- Anti-cavitation measures
- Cv correction for non-turbulent liquids
- Cv correction for piping effects
Day 2: Sizing control valves
- Origin of calculations for gases and steam
- Cv calculation for gases and steam
- Noise in control valves
- Noise control measures for gases and steam
- Tightness and construction limits
- Tightness in control valves
- Material limits
- Corrosion
- Valve selection and families
- Performance and characteristics
- Installed vs. inherent characteristics
- Gain
- Linearize your existing installations
- Actuators:
- Pneumatic, electric, hydraulic, which one to choose?
- Control or On-Off actuators
- Spring and diaphragm
- Piston
- Fault position
- Orientation
Day 3: Sizing control valves
- Positioners and accessories
- Conventional positioners
- Intelligent and diagnostic positioners
- Position switch
- Locking mechanism
- Manual handwheel
- Stroke limiter
- Installation and maintenance
- Proper installation
- Maintenance
- Introduction to Nelprof
