Fire Safe Testing Of Valves

Fueled no pun intended by safety and insurance requirements fire tested valve designs became mandatory.

Fire safe testing of valves.

Fire safe testing of valves these tests determine the resistance of fire safe valves to a burn under controlled conditions as defined in common industry standards like. Fire tested certified ball valves. Can be tested for fire safety. Iso 10497 api 607 6fa 6fb 6fd.

Working pressure with water and must withstand a fire temperatures between 750 1000 c for 30 minutes. Check if fire safe tried sort or just fire safe configuration without test of real sort is needed. Api fire test valve standards. Itis has engineered an ultramodern fire test assembly.

The valve is fire safe tested and approved according to common standards like api 607 api 6 fa iso 10497 etc or the valve is within the qualification range of this standard. The fire safety test as conducted by tüv süd ensures that the valves demonstrate minimal leakage and can still be operated in case of fire. The similar standard is iso 10497 5 2004. When the fourth edition of api 607 was released in 1994 exxon dropped its requirement for its own standard and accepted valves qualified to api 607.

The valves are placed under pressure 75 of the max. These tests determine the resistance of fire safe ball v alve and gate valve to a burn under controlled conditions as defined in common industry standards like. Fire safe testing of ball valve and gate valve. This means it has been pressurized set under fire at a defined temperature and duration and after stopping the fire supply the valve has been shock cooled and the.