Severe Service Metal Seated Ball Valves

Severe Service Technology, I nc.

SST
Incorporated in 1997
Over 15,000 valves shipped
Total Turnkey Operations
Corporate and Design Offices: Houston, TX
Manufacturing, Assembly & Test: Monterrey, Mexico

Industries:
Power Generation
Process
Mining
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FEA
Deflection Analysis
Stress Analysis
Thermal Analysis
All Designs via SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Metal Seated Valves with Special Coatings on Sealing
Surfaces
Zero Leakage to API, MSS-SP-61, and ISO Standards
and Procedures
High Pressure (500+ psi /35+ bar)
High Temperature (up to 1500F /815 C)
Erosive or Corrosive Media (i.e., bitumen, copper, iron
ore, gold, silver, and salt water)





Sizes: 1/2 to 36
ASME Class: 150 to 2500
End Connections: RF Flanged, RTJ, Greylock,
Buttweld and Socketweld
Bore: Full and Reduced
Side and Top Entry
Trim Materials: Metallic and Ceramic
Sealing: Symmetrical (Uni and Bi-directional)
Actuation: Lever, Gear, Electric, Pneumatic and
Hydraulic

Two or three piece side-entry floating ball valve design with:
Live-load Stem Packing Gland
Scraper Seats
Downstream Seat Retainer
Flush-Out Body cavity
ISO Mounting Pad
Optional Portable Flushing System.

Also available in Top-Entry floating ball design with caged trim
Provides installation of internals (ball, seats, and springs) while
valve remains in pipeline.
In certain conditions this design greatly reduces downtime and
cost versus removing existing valve.
Item/Part Materials
Body / End
Adapter
Carbon Steel: A105
Stainless Steel: Type 304 & 316
Seat Stainless Steel: 17-4PH (H900)
Inconel 718
Ball Stainless Steel: 17-4PH (H900)
Inconel 718
Spring Stainless Steel: 17-4PH (H900)
Stem Stainless Steel: 17-4PH (H900)
Packing Grafoil
Coatings HVOF (Tungsten Carbide) and Spray & Fuse
Consult Factory for other materials
Body
End
Adapter
Ball
Seat
Seat
Spring
Stem
Spiral Wound
Gasket
Live-Loaded
Packing Gland
Spring
Seat
Seat
Spring
Spring
Design can be used for
both Uni- and Bi-
Directional applications

Reduce requirement for
spare valves
High Velocity Oxygen Fueled (HVOF)
process; using oxygen, hydrogen and
Tungsten Carbide powder at MACH 5 to
53-57 Rc harness

Spray and Fused: Colmonoy (Nickel
based) provides very high hardness
(50-53 HRC) and extremely good wear
and abrasion resistance
Upon initial opening some material will enter body cavity. Upon
valve re-opening, material will flush-out downstream of Ball in
preferred flow direction
Valve Open Valve Closed
Spring
O-Ring eliminates
material from getting
behind Seat.




E-Ring eliminates
material from getting
behind Seat
Slurry
Slurry Slurry
Spring is located above
the Seat (not behind Seat)
and out of the flow path.

Material: Inconel 718
Slurry Flow
Knife edge design assists
in removal of particulate
matter from Body cavity
when valve is cycled
Retention ring prevents bottom
of Stem from making direct
contact with Ball Slot, thereby
eliminating possibility of damage
during actuator installation
API 598: Valve Inspection and Testing
API 608: Metal Ball Valves Flanged, Threaded and Welding End
ISO 5208: Pressure Testing of Metallic Valves
MSS-SP-61 Testing
ASME B31.3 Process Piping
ASME B16.34 Valves Flanged, Threaded and Welding End

Other local requirements
Tested to API 598 and MSS-SP-61
Body Hydro at 1.5 times MCWP
Seat Tested in preferred direction
at 1.1 times MCWP

SST will respond within 48 hours
Service Plan
Troubleshooting

English and Spanish speaking Field Technicians
Dofasco Steel
Rio Tinto/Quebec Iron and Titanium
Sudbury Mining
Lakefield Research & Dev.
Kilborn Engineering
VALE/Inco
SNC Lavalin
CAP Mineria/Hierro Atacama

Autoclaves: SST provides severe service valves for leaching processes
(i.e., HPAL) where both high pressure and temperature are present.
Valves are also designed for erosive and corrosive applications such as
autoclave discharge, vent, isolation, and feed.

Roasters: A dry process involving gas-solid reaction at very high
temperatures to purify the metal components. Severe service valves
are used for isolation and drain.

Tailings: A waste slurry product of fine minerals and water which
remain after extracted from unusable ore produced by the milling
operation.



Tailings: A waste slurry product of fine minerals and water which
remain after extracted from unusable ore produced by the milling
operation.

Floatation Cells / Column Thickeners: A method to separate minerals
depending on their ability to attach to air bubbles and carry them to
the surface.

High Pressure Leaching: Where cyanide is added to a precious metal
(i.e. gold) and leaching the mineral into solution.

Oil Sands: Severe service valves are used in froth treatment, slurry
production processes and steam injection in Steam Assisted Gravity
Drain (SAGD) systems.
Operating and Standby Pump Stations: Severe service ball valves are
used to prevent slurry leaking (zero leakage and full differential
pressure) back to an idle pump. Valves can be used for both suction
and discharge sides for pump isolation.

Choke Stations: Where pressure built up must be reduced or
eliminated to maintain safe pipeline operation and provide back-
pressure to provide constant flow. Severe service ball valves are
used to divert flow to the Choke Station. When closed, the ball
valves must provide zero leakage at full differential pressure.



Isolation Stations: Valves are required to operate in the event of
major rupture to the pipeline. Placed at certain intervals, ball valves
can isolate sections of the pipeline. It is common to have two valves
in series (Cut and Seal) where one is the flowing valve (Cut) and
one is the isolation valve (Seal). SSTs full-ported valves are also
designed for pig launching and receiving stations.

Instrument Isolation: Control and measurement systems are located
the length of the pipeline. These small severe service valves are
used to isolate instruments for repair, calibration or replacement
while the pipeline is in normal operation.

High-Pressure Dewatering: Process where high-pressure water is
pumped to the surface from underground mining applications.
SST Mogas VTI Notes
ASME Class 150 - 2500 Yes Yes Yes
Full Bore Yes Yes Yes All the
Sizes 2 -36" Yes Yes Yes Same
Floating Ball Yes Yes Yes
Scraper Seats Yes Yes Yes
Body/Adapter Structure (pieces) 2 & 3 2 & 3 2
Ball & Seat Material (Standard) 17-4 PH H900 410 SS Varies
Ball & Seat Coating (Standard) Tungsten Carbide Chromium Carbide RAM 31 C.C.
Ball & Seat Coating (Optional) CC, non-Nickel TC, non-Nickel TC, non-Nickel Similar
Coating Process HVOF HVOF RAM 31 (HVOF)
Body / End Adapter Material Forging Forging Forging/Casting
Live-Loaded Stem Packing Gland Yes Optional only Yes
Flow Design Symmetical Bi-directional Uni & Bi-directional
Separate Downstream Seat Yes Yes No (intregral with Body)
Mate-lapping of Ball and Seats Full 360 degree Seat Face (wide) Seat Face (narrow) Major
Spring location
Above Seat (out of flow
path)
In Flow Path In Flow Path
Difference
O-ring to eliminate material flowing
behind Seat
Yes, on both Upstream and
Downstream Seats On Downstream Seat only
No

E-Ring to eliminate material flowing
behind Seat
Yes (2) No No

Flush-Out Body Cavity Yes No No
Questions or Comments?