Crude Oil and Refined Products Processing High Performance Ball Valves for Severe Service Applications Experience in Motion
Application Know-How For more than 60 years Argus has delivered high performance Ball Valves for the most demanding, severe service applications in the upstream and downstream oil processing, onshore, offshore, as well as throughout the refining process. Our valves resolve the most critical problems in applications with high cycling, high pressure, high temperature, corrosive, erosive, and abrasive media. Argus valves provide an extended lifetime, improving the overall operational safety and the life cycle cost. All our valves are guaranteed bubble-tight zero leakage, exceeding Class VI shut-off, tested according to ISO 5208. Fire-safe designed, approved, certified and tested according to: API-6D, ISO 10497, API 607 Fifth Edition, API RP 6F, Exxon Partial Burn, BS 5146, BS 6755 Part 2 and OCMA FSV.1 Certified functional safety suitable for SIL 2 higher,andnacemr-01-75. Argus valves meet the requirements of ISO 14313 for pipelines. Fugitive emissions certified to ISO 15848. Quality, safety, availability, local service support and in-depth technical know-how are combined in a world class product offering. Solutions for today should also spell secure investment for times to come. Each user-specific development is based on experience and a vision for the future. 2
Expertise in Ball Valves for the Oil Processing Argus ball valves are recognized all over the oil processing industry for their outstanding durability and reliability. Argus is the brand to trust and rely on for the most severe service applications. The Argus design provides important advantages, such as reduced torque up to half less, compared to other ball valves on the market, which makes the required actuator size smaller, and reduces weightachieving significant savings in the overall investment. At the same time, improving the lifetime of the system. Since 1953 when Argus introduced the first ball valve in Europe, it has been at the vanguard of the ball valve development for severe service applications. This postition of leadership and expertise has been constantly reinforced, introducing to the market exceptional full metal-to-metal ball valves exceeding bubble tight, class VI shut-off. Full metal sealing systems made of different materials and alloys are extremely durable and keep their sealing capabilities much longer, as compared to other sealing systems. The ARGUS design and manufacturing technology, based on a vast experience designing and constructing exceptional metal seated ball valves, assures a long life of ball and seats, even under extreme conditions, keeping the ARGUS traditional feature of zero leakage, bubble tight as a standard without maintenance requirements for outstanding periods. 3
Engineering design and material knowledge Unique engineering design, outstanding material expertise and a solid application know-how are core strengths of Argus included in every valve we supply. Product and industry specialists develop effective solutions for the most demanding, severe service and critical applications under highly challenging working environments. Argus has the design and manufacturing capability to handle any severe service, critical application requirement anywhere in the world, from custom-engineered solutions to large projects, for sizes from ½ thru 40, soft-seated and metal-seated, floating design and trunnion design ball valves. Argus valves can be found in many processes within the petroleum production on-shore and off-shore, including oil sands bitumen and heavy oil processing, upgrading process, refining, pipeline, storage and distribution. Argus valves are corrosion and erosion resistant. They are designed and constructed to handle and withstand the most critical and severe service applications. Argus is part of the Flowserve Corporation, the foremost valve and controls manufacturing organization in the world. Flowserve offers a broad selection of flow control products, which include many of the most known and trusted brands in the marketplace. Strong recognition results primarily from the extraordinary success of Flowserve and Argus valves and automation products with thousands of applications in all major industries. 4
Severe Service applications upstream High performance, safety, durability and low maintenance are key requirements for ball valves in the petroleum production onshore and offshore. Argus ball valves provide excellent results in severe service, critical applications such as: Sour crude Crude with solids (sand) Abrasive slurry Secondary recovery Tailings Sour gas lines Fuel gas to compressors Emergency shut-off with extremely short response time Hydrogen transportation Pipelines Argus valves are Class VI Shut-Off as a standard. Zero leakage, bubble tight. 95% of the components are made in-house, including the hard surface coating of ball and seats. Full port as a standard. Reduced port optional. All bodies are forged as a standard. No castings. No porosity problems. Anti-blowout stem. Increased safety. Computer controlled mechanically lapped ball and seats. 2-3 piece split body design. Anti-static device. Bi-directional flow. Fire-safe tested to ISO 10497, API 607 5th edition. Fugitive emissions less than 1 ppm certified to ISO 15848. API approvals. SIL Rating 5
Severe Service applications downstream Argus valves are designed and built to resolve the most demanding and critical process applications downstream. Our valves meet specific requirements in applications such as: Isolation valves for cokers and hydraulic decoking systems UOP process Feed isolation valves Regeneration lock-hopper valves Fluidized catalyst cracking units Catalyst handling Catalyst addition and withdrawal Filter and pump isolation Hydrogen lines Slurry Heavy oil and LC Fining Continuous catalyst recovery Visbreakers VTB vacuum tower bottom Emergency shut-off with extemely short response time 6
Arguloy Metallic Hard-coating on ball and seats Argus proprietary flame & fuse Arguloy coatings achieve 63-65 HRC for the ball and seats. Arguloy is not an overlay coating but a coating bonded metallically to the base material of the ball and the seats. Arguloy is flame-sprayed and thermal aftertreated. By choosing between different Arguloy coatings, the hard coating can be precisely matched to the given application. Argus provides metallic coating materials based on different alloys: CARBIDE Chrome carbide based ARGULOY 1 Chrome nickel based ARGULOY 2 Tungsten carbide based ARGULOY 3 Cobalt carbide based Hard coating Arguloy thickness > 500µ after lapping Diffusion zone Base material 7
The unique Argus ball valve design Argus ball valves include many innovative design features meeting the highest standards in valve technology requirements including API-6D and ANSI 16.34. Bodies are all forged and totally machined inside. Long life double stem seal. Stem is supported by bearings to ensure seals are free from operating loads. EPA approved stem seal Certified leakage: < 1 ppm Integrated Stuffing Box with additional packing on top Anti-blowout design Complies with ISO 1548-1 EPA Fugitive Emissions requirements 8
Argus Trunnion design features Argus trunnion ball valves are designed for the highest demands. 2-3 piece split body with superfine finished trunnion mounted ball, spring-loaded ball seats, cavity relief and anti-static device. Long life double stem seal system and stem supported by bearings to ensure seals are free from operating load. Firesafe to API 607 5th edition, and BS 6755 Fugitive emissions < 1 PPM, environmental protection according to ISO 15848 Trunnion blocks support the weight of the ball and lock the ball into the body. Trunnion bearings absorb side load. Seats act only as a seal Live loaded (spring) seats. Longer coating life for the ball and seats is achieved due to low friction of the trunnion design. Valve requires smaller actuator due to low torque needed to stroke. Stem acts only as a drive mechanism. Bi-directional. Bubble-tight sealing. Secondary Graphoil Seal Trunnion bearings and seals support all lateral loads Inlet Seal Seats do not support the weight of the ball and act only as a seal Annular springs, live-load for the seats Primary seal according to EPA PTFE barrier primary double seal, Secondary Graphoil seal Additional PTFE barrier to avoid dust penetrating into the trunion cavity. Forged body Trunnion blocks support the weight of the ball and keep it in position Purge 9
Ball Valves designed for the Oil Processing Metal seated, trunnion 3-way ball valve Service: Polymer, steam and Slurry Sizes: 1 /2-10 Pressure class: 150-600# Pattern angle: 90º or 120º Trunnion design upstream sealing No downstream seat Smooth transition relief of media out of body cavity Superfine machined surface to avoid material build-up Metal seated, trunnion valve for high cycling Service: Polymer, gas, cokers, hydraulic decoking systems, coker pipelines Sizes: 1 /2-16 Abrasive solids High cycling High temperature Pressure class 600-2500# Special reactor valve for petrochemical and chemical processes Scallop seat pocket prevents build-up of solids behind the seat 10
Life Cycle Cost Overall cost of ownership While exact values may differ, 80% of the total life cycle cost (LCC) of a critical valve with high cycling is accumulated after the equipment is purchased and installed. A typical LCC calculation accounts for the cycle cost including: Initial purchase and installation Durability Maintenance and Repair Operational safety Production losses due to operational failure Environmental compliance Removal Replacement cost Argus ball valves provide an excellent LCC, because of thier outstanding durability, less maintenance, increased operational safety and reduced production loses due to operational failure and hazardous risks. Thus bringing benefit to the customer. Argus offers a full range of manually operated or completly automated ball valves including different brands of electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic actuators, positioners etc. according to customers preference. An extensive range of corrosion, e r o s i o n, a b r a s i o n - r e s i s t a n t materials,both metallic and non-metallic along with the materials application expertise provide the safest, most effective solution for the critical, very difficult severe service applications found up stream and downstream, onshore and offshore. Metallic materials include an extensive variety of steel and stainless steel grades, monel, nickel, as well as exotic materials and alloys. Non-metallic materials include PTFE, PFA, Lyton, PEEK, graphite, ceramics, and many more. 11
56,000 sq/m (14 acre) manufacturing facilities in Ettlingen, Germany Bulletin Argus-Crude Oil Processing, July 2009. Literature is supplied for informative purposes only. For more information about Flowserve-Argus contact your next located distributor, or visit www.flowserve.com. Experience in Motion