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Valve leakage inspection testing and maintenance process

Abstract

In valve maintenance, packing rings that prevent leakage along the valve stem must periodically be replaced, either during routine maintenance or to correct a leak or valve malfunction. Tools and procedures currently in use for valve packing removal and inspection are generally of limited value due to various access and application problems. A process has been developed by AECL Research that addresses these problems. The process, using incompressible fluid pressure, quickly and efficiently confirms the integrity of the valve backseat, extracts hard-to-remove valve packing sets, and verifies the leak tightness of the repacked valve.
Publication Date:
Jan 15, 1991
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
AECL-10356; CONF-890604-
Reference Number:
SCA: 220200; 210400; PA: AIX-25:025769; EDB-94:051768; NTS-94:016739; SN: 94001174886
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Atlanta, GA (United States), 4-8 Jun 1989
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; VALVES; LEAK TESTING; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; 220200; 210400; COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES; POWER REACTORS, NONBREEDING, OTHERWISE MODERATED OR UNMODERATED
OSTI ID:
10139495
Research Organizations:
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, ON (Canada). Chalk River Nuclear Labs.
Country of Origin:
Canada
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE94619564; TRN: CA9400033025769
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
16 p.
Announcement Date:
Apr 12, 1994

Citation Formats

Aikin, J. A., Reinwald, J. W., and Kittmer, C. A. Valve leakage inspection testing and maintenance process. Canada: N. p., 1991. Web.
Aikin, J. A., Reinwald, J. W., & Kittmer, C. A. Valve leakage inspection testing and maintenance process. Canada.
Aikin, J. A., Reinwald, J. W., and Kittmer, C. A. 1991. "Valve leakage inspection testing and maintenance process." Canada.
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title = {Valve leakage inspection testing and maintenance process}
author = {Aikin, J. A., Reinwald, J. W., and Kittmer, C. A.}
abstractNote = {In valve maintenance, packing rings that prevent leakage along the valve stem must periodically be replaced, either during routine maintenance or to correct a leak or valve malfunction. Tools and procedures currently in use for valve packing removal and inspection are generally of limited value due to various access and application problems. A process has been developed by AECL Research that addresses these problems. The process, using incompressible fluid pressure, quickly and efficiently confirms the integrity of the valve backseat, extracts hard-to-remove valve packing sets, and verifies the leak tightness of the repacked valve.}
place = {Canada}
year = {1991}
month = {Jan}
}