2″ Valve Flange Strongback
Client: Tengizchevroil
Problem Summary
Anomaly Description:
An H2S leak was found on the body flange of a 2” Double block and bleed valve, H2S was bypassing the gasket and leaking through the bolt holes.
Root causes:
The root cause of the leak is due to a deteriorated spiral wound gasket and body seal resulting in H2S passing through into the bolt pockets of the valve body.
Integrity concerns:
Further deterioration and complete failure of the 316 stainless spiral wound gasket leading to high amounts of H2S leaking.
Technical Details
Design Pressure:
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Design Temperature:
Operating Temperature:
Material:
Line Class:
75 BAR
62 BAR
156°C
156°C
ASTM A479 Tp316
600
The Beruseal Solution
Clamp Design:
Beruseal designed and manufactured a stainless-steel strongbacking system to contain the system should there be a failure on bolting when drilling into each bolt pocket and injecting a PTFE sealant. Injecting PTFE sealant puts additional strain on bolting where the condition and integrity of are unknown. FEA analysis was performed on the strongback to analyse the stresses in the strongback in the event of total bolting failure on the valve.
Seal:
A successful seal was obtained by drilling into each valve body bolt pocket and PTFE sealant was injected. This repair was successful up until the next scheduled turnaround when the valve was replaced.
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