The valve ball 14 is sealed to the body 10 by suitable seat rings 18.
Anti static device in globe valves.
To avoid static sparkle an antistatic device is designed on the valve to derive the accumulated static from the ball.
Soft seated ball valve plug valve and gate valve shall have an anti static device.
Fig 2 fire safe design.
Anti static principle of floating ball valve is as shown in the figure.
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How to test that the anti static.
When open and close the valve the friction between the ball and the non metal seat will produce static charges.
The anti static device discharges static electricity from opening and closing parts of the valve to the natural world which avoids the static spark to cause the medium to burn or explode and protects the pipeline.
In this article we will talk about the anti static device of ball valve during the process of valve operating the friction between the soft seat and the metal ball will cause static inside the valve body which could potentially spark and light the fluid if it is flammable or even lead to an explosion or a fire.
Application examples of anti static devices in valves.
Api 6d 2014 5 23 anti static device stipulates as follows.
An antistatic device ensures a positive electrical connection between the body pipeline and the plug so that the static charge can never accumulate.
Anti static devices 20 are provided between the stem 15 and valve ball 14 and between the stem 15 and body 10.
It is used to protect the valve against spark that may ignite the fuel flowing through the valve.
An insert 19 screwthreadably mounted in the body 10 retains the valve ball 14 and seat rings 18 in their operating positions.
To avoid static sparkle an antistatic device is designed on the valve to reduce or derive the static charge from the ball.