34 Samss 711 PDF
34 Samss 711 PDF
34 Samss 711 PDF
Contents
1 Scope .................................................................. 2
2 Conflicts and Deviations ...................................... 2
3 References .......................................................... 2
4 Environmental Conditions .................................... 6
5 Information Required with Quotation ................... 7
6 Materials, Design, Fabrication, and Assembly ..... 7
7 Noise Level Requirements................................. 22
8 Marking and Name Plate ................................... 22
9 Painting.............................................................. 23
10 Documentation .................................................. 23
11 Inspection and Testing Requirements ............... 23
12 Requirements for Shipment ............................... 26
Revision Summary .................................................... 26
1 Scope
This specification is applicable for the control valves that are used in on/off service or
interlock applications.
Any conflicts between this document and other applicable Mandatory Saudi Aramco
Engineering Requirements (MSAERs) shall be addressed to the EK&RD Coordinator.
Any deviation from the requirements herein shall follow internal company procedure
SAEP-302.
3 References
Material or equipment supplied to this specification shall comply with the latest edition
of the references listed below, unless otherwise noted.
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IEC standards equivalent to the ISA standards referenced herein are also acceptable.
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3.4 The terminology and nomenclature used in ANSI/ISA 51.1 and ANSI/ISA
75.05.01 apply to this specification.
4 Environmental Conditions
4.3 Control valves and accessories installed offshore, including nearshore locations
shall be protected against above conditions and also against air-borne sea water
spray and wet salt accumulation.
Commentary:
Nearshore is defined as any outdoor, onshore location within one kilometer from
the shoreline of the Arabian Gulf; all of the Ras Tanura Refinery and Terminal;
and within three kilometers from the shoreline of the Red Sea.
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This information is necessary and will be used to complete the technical evaluation of
the quotation. The quotation will be considered technically unacceptable if any of the
information requested is not included.
6.1 General
The manufacturer is responsible for the design, construction and the durability
of the control valves for the specified process services. If there is no valve body
style specified, the manufacturer shall recommend a control valve body style
fully meeting the specified process services.
6.2 Material
6.2.1 Control valve body material shall meet, or exceed, the requirements of
the application. Body and trim materials shall meet the temperature and
pressure requirements and as a minimum, be in accordance with the
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6.2.2 As a minimum, carbon steel shall be used for control valve body.
6.2.3 Control valve body and trim material selection shall be in accordance
with NACE MR0175 and NACE MR0103 where applicable in sour
application.
6.2.4 The control valve manufacturer shall be responsible for verifying and
confirming that the material selections fully meet the specified process
services, including anticipated effects of corrosion and erosion.
6.2.5 ASTM A217 Gr. C5 and ASTM A216 Gr. WCA materials shall not be
used for control valve bodies and bonnets.
Certificates for castings shall include weld repair data including extent
of repair, WPS, welder qualifications, post weld heat treatment and
NDE following the repair(s). Repair welding shall be performed as per
ASME B16.34 using a properly qualified and approved procedure and
shall conform to the material specification of the casting including
requirements for post weld heat treatment.
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Ring-joint (RJ) flanges shall be used for lines rated Class 900 and
above, and for design temperature conditions exceeding 480°C.
Ring joint gaskets shall comply with ASME B16.20.
Class 400 carbon steel flanges for sizes smaller than 30-inch shall
not be used.
b) Flangeless sliding stem control valves shall not be used.
Flangeless rotary control valves may only be applied when a
flanged body is not available for the selected type of control valve.
6.3.4 The gasket contact surface texture of raised-face flanged valves and
flangeless valves shall be smooth machine-finish between Ra 3.2 to 6.4
micrometers conforming to ASME B46.1. For hydrogen, hydrogen
effluent, toxic gases, and low emission services when specified on the
ISS, the gasket contact surface texture shall not exceed Ra 3.2
micrometers.
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6.3.6 In wet sour services all parts, welds and heat-affected zones of welds
exposed to the process fluid shall meet the hardness and heat treatment
requirements as per NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 and NACE MR0103
where applicable with a maximum allowable hardness of 250 HV or 22
HRC. Austenitic stainless steels and nickel based alloys are not
required to be hardness tested, however they shall comply with the
NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 and NACE MR0103 where applicable.
In wet sour services the bolting for body, bonnet and cover shall be in
accordance with NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 and NACE MR0103
where applicable.
6.3.8 Bonnets shall be of the integral or bolted type construction with fully
retained gasketing.
6.3.10 Extended or Finned bonnets shall be used for service temperatures less
than 0°F and greater than 750°F.
6.3.11 Bonnet bolts shall not be used for attaching actuators or mounting
brackets.
6.4.2 Angle globe valves shall be single ported. Angle valves installed in
flashing service applications shall have replaceable outlet liners.
6.4.3 Globe valves shall be top and bottom guided, double top-stem guided
or stem and cage guided.
6.4.4 Cage guiding shall not be used for applications with suspended solids.
6.4.6 Axial flow valve body shall be single piece. Piston is to be guided over
the full stroke. Piston is to be permanently locked to the piston rod.
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6.5.1 Rotary valves includes all types of ball, plug, and butterfly valves.
6.5.3 The trim position shall be indicated by an engraved mark on the end of
the shaft.
6.5.4 Rotary valves shall have a shaft design that eliminates the possibility of
blowout.
6.5.5 The shaft design of rotary control valves shall incorporate a shaft
design and suitable guiding to prevent excessive shaft deflection at all
specified valve positions and corresponding pressure drops.
6.5.6 The seat ring and seat joint area of the ball valve, or segmented ball
valve, shall be designed for continuous throttling control of the process
service. Stem seals shall be resistant to vibration.
6.5.7 Clearance requirement for the disk shall be sufficient to eliminate any
interference between the disk and the heavy wall piping.
6.5.8 The actuator end of valve stem shall be splined or keyed. Shear pins
shall not be used.
6.5.9 The shear safety factor shall be 150% minimum at the specified shut-
off pressure drop condition.
6.5.10 The valve stem bearing shall be designed to prevent the stem guide
bushing from rotating in the valve body. Bearing material shall be
selected to prevent galling of the bearing or valve stem.
6.5.11 Plugs and discs shall be a single casting to form the seating surface,
joining arm and hub.
6.5.12 Valve body seat for plug/disc valves shall consist of a removable seat
ring with a seat retainer ring.
6.5.13 If a stub shaft construction is furnished, each stub shaft shall be inserted
into the disc hub for a distance of at least 1½ times the shaft diameter.
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6.6 Trim
6.6.2 AISI 300- and 400- series stainless steel shall be used as a minimum.
Carbon steel or plated carbon steel trims are not acceptable.
6.6.3 Trim materials, or trim hard facing materials, with a hardness of at least
38 HRC shall be provided for control valves in erosive, cavitating, or
flashing services, including steam and water applications with pressure
drop conditions exceeding 350 kPa (51 psi) and all other applications
with pressure drop conditions exceeding 4,000 kPa (580 psi).
6.6.4 The manufacturer shall use harder materials such as solid Stellite or
Colmonoy, Tungsten Carbide where appropriate to ensure acceptable
service life.
6.6.5 Solid trim materials such as tungsten carbide shall be specified for
sales gas and fuel gas containing the black powder.
6.6.8 Seat leakage shall meet the ANSI/FCI 70-2 class for control valves and
FCI 70-3 class for pressure regulators as specified on the ISS.
6.6.9 Stem materials and sizes shall be selected to prevent corrosion, pitting,
scoring and bending of the stem. Valve stems shall have a finish of
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6.6.11 Cage trim valves shall be only used in clean liquid, vapor or gas
service.
6.7.1 General
a. Control valve manufacturer shall provide packing systems to
effectively maintain minimum leakage and travel performance
within the inaccuracy limits specified in paragraph 6.10.2.
If necessary, oversized actuators shall be used.
b. The manufacturer is responsible for the quality and performance of
the packing system for the process fluid conditions specified on the
ISS.
c. A safety margin of 15°C shall be applied on the manufacturer's
upper and lower temperature limits to cater for abnormal operations
outside the specified temperature conditions.
6.7.2 Elastomer packing, such as PTFE or glass filled TFE, shall be used for
applications with temperatures limited to 230°C (450°F).
6.7.6 Coiled packing and split-ring packing systems shall not be used for
new control valves.
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6.7.9 Corrosion resistant alloy materials compatible with the process fluid
shall be used for the gland studs and nuts, packing follower and
packing flange (i.e., carbon steel is not acceptable).
6.7.12 LEP systems shall limit fugitive emission below 500 ppmv (parts per
million volume) or applicable government limit, whichever is lower.
6.7.13 Bellows welded to both the bonnet and stem provided with a back-up
packing system shall be supplied when specified on the ISS.
6.8.1 The manufacturer is responsible for the valve flow capacity sizing,
noise calculations and actuator sizing.
6.8.3 Valve sizing procedure shall consider the full range of expected flow
conditions.
6.8.4 Control valve body size shall not be greater than the line size.
6.8.5 Ratio of nominal pipe size to body size shall not be greater than 2:1.
6.8.6 To limit exit velocity of the valve and to dissipate energy, control valve
bodies in the following applications with body size not less than one
size less than the line size and with reduced trims shall be quoted as an
alternative:
a) Pressure drop applications in excess of 5,170 kPa (750 psi).
b) Choked flow services.
c) Flashing services with downstream vapor content exceeding 10%
weight.
d) Erosive services.
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6.8.7 Body outlet velocity, defined as the fluid velocity at the discharge
flange of a control valve, shall not exceed:
0.15 Mach for gas containing “black powder”
0.2 Mach for gas, vapor and steam services containing any
particulate matter
0.3 Mach for wet gas, vapor and saturated steam services
0.4 Mach for dry clean gas and superheated steam services
0.5 Mach for dry clean gas in infrequent services. Infrequent
services include vent or gas-to-flare valves where
the downstream pressures fall below 100 kPag
(14.5 psig).
33 ft/sec for liquid services other than water.
18 ft/sec for water services.
20 ft/sec for erosive service (e.g., fluid containing erosive particles).
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Exception:
6.9 Positioners
6.9.1 General
a. Each control valve shall be provided with a digital positioner,
unless otherwise specified.
b. A double acting positioner shall be used for double acting type
actuators (e.g., a single acting positioner with a reversing relays
shall not be used).
c. Positioners shall be electromagnetic compatible and be certified to
IEC 61000-4-3, Level 3 (10 volts/meter).
d. Positioners shall be vibration resistant up to the level specified in
ANSI/ISA 75.13.01.
e. Positioners shall be in accordance with electrical area
classification as specified on the ISS.
f. Manufacturer shall test, record and submit control valve
signatures, or tested hysteresis data in tabular form, as part of the
documentation submittals, in soft copy format. Positioners shall
be fully configured with all user information.
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6.10.1 General
a. The manufacturer is responsible for correctly sizing the actuators
based on this specification and the ISS.
b. Actuator systems shall be suitable for non-lubricated air or sweet
gas as specified on the ISS. Pneumatic spring and diaphragm
actuators are preferred.
c. If pneumatic power is not available or if very high thrust force are
required, continuous modulating electric motor operated actuators
in accordance with 34-SAMSS-718 shall be considered.
d. The actuator shall drive the valve to safe position on loss of signal
or motive force.
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e. Actuator shall be sized with the control, shutoff, and leakage classes
at the minimum instrument air pressure of 415 kPag (60 psig).
f. For actuator sizing, the maximum differential pressure shall be the
maximum upstream pressure with the control valve fully closed
and downstream pressure at atmospheric.
g. For control valves in sticky service, the actuator shall be sized
using a design factor of 1.25 as a minimum.
h. Sliding stem actuators shall have clearly marked valve position
indicators that show position of valve stems against full travel
scale.
i. For rotary valves, a travel indicator, graduated in opening
percentages, shall be attached to the actuator end of the shaft.
Special care shall be given for control valves that requires high degree
of performance or have a large impact with small movements. In such
cases, the valve specification should identify special dead band,
response time, and testing requirements.
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d. Carbon steel, copper, bronze, brass, and AISI 304 stainless steel
materials shall not be used.
e. Fittings shall be as specified on the ISS, and shall be supplied from
Saudi Aramco approved Regulated Vendor List (RVL).
f. Tubing shall be in accordance with the required valve stroke
response time.
g. The minimum size of pneumatic connectors, fittings, unions and
nipples shall be 0.25 inch NPT provided that the stroke speed
requirements are met.
h. Teflon ribbon shall not be used for sealing threaded connections.
i. All vents shall be directed downwards to prevent ingress of dust
and sand.
6.10.5 The specified air failure mode movement of the control valve shall be
prompt in the event of either control signal failure or air supply failure.
6.10.6 The tripping pressure shall be 350 kPa (50 psig) and normal valve
operation shall be automatic on restoration of air supply pressure.
Air failure modes shall be testable during inspection and during plant
commissioning when piping systems are de-pressurized.
6.10.7 When an “air failure lock” (AFL) action mode is required, also referred
to as “air failure steady” (AFS), lock-up valves shall be provided to
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6.10.8 Actuators shall meet the control stroke time specified on the ISS for all
specified operating conditions (e.g., stroke time in modulating modes of
operation). Boosters may be applied, as required but stroke movements
shall remain stable at 20%, 50% and 80% control signal step changes
(i.e., overshoot to be less than 120% of the input step change and be
dampening) as defined in ANSI/ISA 51.1 and addressed in ANSI/ISA
TR75.25.02.
6.10.10 Stroke times shall be met on a 50% control signal step change (i.e., the
resulting 50% stroke change, starting point being above 0% needs to be
performed within 50% of the total stroke time specified on the ISS).
6.10.11 When specified on the ISS, actuator shall also meet the air failure
mode stroke time. Quick-exhaust valves commonly used to meet this
requirement shall not interfere with the normal control operation of the
actuator.
6.10.14 Materials of actuator cylinders and diaphragm cases shall be steel, cast
ductile iron, or aluminum copper free max. 0.4% (i.e., non-metallic,
epoxy or fiber glass type materials are not acceptable).
6.10.15 For severe corrosive applications, stainless steel actuators may also be
considered.
6.11 Accessories
6.11.2 Accessories shall operate from the power supply specified on the ISS
or Purchase Order and shall be in accordance with the electrical area
classification where installed.
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copper free max. 0.4% or stainless steel and shall meet minimum 4X
(NEMA 250) or IP 65 (IEC 60529) weather proof.
6.11.4 The pneumatic positioner and I/P transducer shall be supplied from the
same air supply connection, as applicable.
6.11.5 A 5 micron air supply filter regulator shall be supplied for each control
valve.
6.11.6 Positioners shall be provided with supply, input, and output gauges.
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The maximum noise level emission from each control valve measured 1 m downstream
of the valve and 1 m away from the valve including noise contributions from the piping
system, piping elbows and reducers, is not allowed to exceed:
a) 85 dB(A) for all services at offshore plant facilities and for continuous services at
onshore plant facilities for any specified operating condition and for any other
operating condition between the specified minimum and maximum flow conditions.
b) 90 dB(A) for intermittent services at onshore plant facilities for any specified
operating condition and for any other operating condition between the specified
minimum and maximum flow conditions. Intermittent services include compressor
anti-surge and spill back services.
c) 95 dB(A) for infrequent services at onshore plant facilities in which the control
valves are normally closed. Infrequent services include vent or gas-to-flare valves
where the downstream pressures fall below 100 kPag (14.5 psig).
The maximum noise levels are specified in terms of equivalent continuous A-weighted
Sound Pressure Levels (SPL) with a maximum inaccuracy of + 5 dB(A). Manufacturers
shall include inaccuracies of their quoted noise levels and shall guarantee that the noise
emission from control valves shall not exceed the specified limit for any specified
operating condition.
Manufacturer shall provide a noise calculation, including the maximum inaccuracy, for
each specified operating condition. Control valve noise calculations shall be in
accordance with the IEC 60534-8-3 and IEC 60534-8-4.
8.1 The direction of flow shall be marked on the valve body for all valves which
have been designed or selected for a specific flow direction. Marking shall
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The trim position of rotary valves shall be engraved on the shaft end.
8.2 A permanently fastened stainless steel name plate shall be provided on each
control valve (e.g., by stainless steel rivets) with the following information:
Tag number specified on the ISS;
Manufacturers name, model number and valve serial number;
Body material, valve size and flange rating;
Trim material;
Actuator model, size, and bench set.
9 Painting
Finish, priming, and painting of the control valve and accessories shall be as per the
manufacturer's standard and shall be suitable for the specified environmental conditions
and can be maintenance coated.
10 Documentation
11.1 General
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For Capital Projects, Manufacturer shall propose an “inspection and testing plan
and schedule” (ITPS) for each control valve order. The manufacturer may use
his own ITPS format provided that all Saudi Aramco requirements are included.
Castings and test bars shall be heat treated together. For carbon steel,
the Brinnel hardness of heat-treated castings shall not exceed 225 HB.
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Leakage test shall be based on FCI 70-2 for control valves and FCI 70-
3 for pressure regulators. Water shall contain corrosion inhibitor if
used as a test media.
The test shall consist of measuring the valve stem position for
increasing and decreasing input signals at every 25% travel interval.
The manufacturer shall demonstrate that the maximum acceptable
inaccuracy levels will not be exceeded.
Certified Fire Tests Report shall be provided for each type of control
valve specified to be “fire-safe.” Packing systems of “fire proof”
control valves shall meet API STD 607 edition 5 or later fire test
leakage performance requirements.
11.4.9 Certificates
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11.4.10 Storage
Revision Summary
10 October 2011 Major revision.
4 January 2012 Minor revision to clarify the Copper free aluminum percentage in the Materials of actuator.
And clarify the requirement of welds and heat-affected zones in wet sour services all parts.
15 August 2012 Minor revision to remove welding map submittal requirement
15 August 2017 Major revision.
11 October 2017 Major revision for clarifications in the engineering requirements.
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