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Gate Valves and Pigging

Gate Valves and Pigging

Gate Valves and Pigging

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Are all gate valves used in the Petroleum Industry capable of being pigged, particulaler with an intelligent pig?

What should I be looking for to determine if my existing gate valves are suitable for pigging?

RE: Gate Valves and Pigging

All of the design drawings I've seen over the years show gate valves as full bore design.  That is, with the gate fully open nothing protrudes into the flow.  There may be some that I haven't seen the drawings on that have a reduced flow area, but I've never heard of them.

One caveat, when people back a valve off the back seat they sometimes get too enthusiastic, and sometimes people get trash on the stem and think the valve is open when it is partially closed.  Neither of these problems result in a measurable pressure drop across a gate valve, but they are both really hard on a smart pig.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
www.muleshoe-eng.com

RE: Gate Valves and Pigging

your gate valves should be piggable. If tbey are installed stem horizontal that helps to keep the seal clear as refered to by Zdas04. You can get full bore gate valves specifically designed for intelligent pigging with higher tolerences in the machining and a better quality seating arrangement check out Pow-r-seal and dynaseal web page

RE: Gate Valves and Pigging

Gate valves that are piggable are called thru-conduit or slab gate valves. The design ensures that a pig will pass through safely without getting stuck. For a typical T-C or slab gate valve visit www.danielvalve.com and view model M303A.

RE: Gate Valves and Pigging

please describe  "pigging "

RE: Gate Valves and Pigging

Pigging is the act of causing a mechanical device (a "pig") to traverse a flow line for the purposes of either shifting liquids trapped in a gas line, cleaning debris from any flow line, or separating products in a liquid line.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
www.muleshoe-eng.com

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