PMRC TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

VALVES IN LOW TEMPERATURE AND CRYOGENIC

SERVICES

PMRC MAR VA/115

March 2014
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FOREWORD

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Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 4
2.0 SUMMARY OF CHANGES ....................................................................................... 4
3.0 REQUIREMENTS TO VALVES IN TEMPERATURE AND CRYOGENIC SERVICES ........... 4
3.1 Extended Bonnet ......................................................................................................... 4
4.0 PRODUCTION TESTING .......................................................................................... 6
4.1 Preconditioning ........................................................................................................... 6
4.2 Valve selection ............................................................................................................. 7
4.3 Test Equipment ........................................................................................................... 8
4.4 Personnel Qualification ............................................................................................... 9
4.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................... 10
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
This document specifies requirements for valves with a minimum design temperatures ≥
‐196ºC (‐321ºF) and ≤ ‐20ºC (‐4ºF) . This PMRC MAR shall apply in addition to the applicable
PMRC datasheet.
The design requirements for the extended bonnet and the production test requirements
have been contained in Part II of this PMRC MAR. Other requirements are contained in the
relevant base standard and applicable PMRC MARs (e.g. requirements for body cavity relief
and anti blowout design).
The requirements for valves not requiring an extended bonnet (i.e. non‐operable valves), but
with a minimum design temperature below –20 °C (–4 °F) have not been contained in this
PMRC MAR. Non‐operable valves with a minimum design temperature below –20 °C (–4 °F)
shall undergo production testing in accordance with the base standard and fugitive emission
testing in accordance with PMRC MAR VA/124.
The requirements for installation and operation of valves in low temperature and cryogenic
services are outside the scope of this PMRC MAR.

2.0 SUMMARY OF CHANGES

This document is the first issuance of PMRC MAR (2014).

3.0 REQUIREMENTS TO VALVES IN TEMPERATURE AND CRYOGENIC SERVICES

3.1 Extended Bonnet

3.1.1 Design
Valves for temperatures below ‐50 °C (‐58 °F) shall be supplied with extended
bonnets, meeting the minimum vapour space requirements as specified in Table
1. The length of the extension shall be sufficient to maintain the stem packing at
a temperature high enough to permit operation within the normal temperature
range of the packing material.The vapour space for rising stem valves is defined
as the distance between the bottom of the packing box and the top of the lower
bonnet bush. The vapour space for quarter turn valves is defined as the distance
between the bottom of the packing box and the top of the lower stem bearing.
Valves shall be capable of operation with the valve stem within 45° from the vertical.
Fabricated extension bonnets or bonnets welded directly to valve bodies shall
utilize full penetration welds having two or more welding passes (layers). Tubing
for extension bonnets shall be seamless
Valves for service temperatures down to ‐50 °C (‐58 °F) shall be able to
accommodate thermal lagging as specified in Table 1. Gate, globe >DN 40 and
triple offset butterfly valves have by design bonnets which meet this requirement.
Other valves, depending on the individual designs may need an extended bonnet.
Minimum lagging extension lengths are measured from the flange rim/body
diameter, whichever is the larger to the upper bonnet flange. The gland must be
clear of the lagging so that any stem leakage does not enter the lagging. Lagging
extensions do not have a vapour space requirement.
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Table 1 – Minimum vapour space and lagging length (bonnet extension)

Minimum 15 40 80 150 250 350 450 700 900

(NPS)

Min
Design
Temperature (1/2) (11/2) (3) (6) (10) (14) (18) (28) (36)
Min Max 25 50 100 200 300 400 600 800 1200

Max
DN
o o
C C
o
( F) (oF) (1) (2) (4) (8) (12) (16) (24) (32) (48)
‐196 <‐110 Minumum 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600
Vapor
(‐321) (<‐166) Space (7.9) (9.8) (11.8) (13.8) (15.8) (17.7) (19.7) (21.7) (23.6)
‐110 <‐50 Length 100 125 150 175 200 250 300 350 400
mm (in)
(‐166) (<‐58) (3.9) (4.9) (5.9) (6.9) (7.9) (9.8) (11.8) (13.8) (15.8)
‐50 <‐20 Lagging 60 80 90 100 100 110 110 110 120
extension
length
(‐58) (<‐4) (2.4) (3.1) (3.5) (3.9) (3.9) (4.3) (4.3) (4.3) (4.7)
mm (in)

Each extended bonnet shall be provided with an insulation collar/drip plate either
as :
1. a “welded” insulation collar/drip plate :‐

The position shall clear the higher of either the bonnet lower flange/connection
or the valve end flange, by a distance given in the following Table 2 ;

Table 2 – Insulation Collar/Drip Plate Clearance required for Insulation

Minimum 15 40 80 150 250 350 450 700 900
(NPS)

Min

Design
Temperature (1/2) (11/2) (3) (6) (10) (14) (18) (28) (36)
Min Max 25 50 100 200 300 400 600 800 1200
Max
DN

o o
C C
(oF) (oF) (1) (2) (4) (8) (12) (16) (24) (32) (48)
‐196 <‐110 100 110 125 150 175 180 220 220 250
Ins. Collar/
(‐321) (<‐166) Drip plate (3.9) (4.3) (4.9) (5.9) (6.9) (7.10 (8.7) (8.7) (9.8)
‐110 <‐50 clearance 80 95 105 120 140 150 170 170 190
Mm (in)
(‐166) (<‐58) Tolerance +0 (3.1) (3.7) (4.1) (4.7) (5.5) (5.9) (6.7) (6.7) (7.5)
‐50 <‐20 to +25 mm 45 50 60 65 70 75 80 80 90
(+0 to 1.0
Inch)
(‐58) (<‐4) (1.75) (2.0) (2.4) (2.6) (2.9) (3.0) (3.1) (3.1) (3.5)

2. a “welded” insulation collar/drip plate shall be supplied to the position

specified by the Owner ;

3. a “clamped on” insulation collar/drip plate :‐

The collar/drip plate shall be clamped‐on the extended bonnet with the
bolting on the upper side to enable easy adjustment. The gap between the
bonnet and the collar/drip plate shall be sealed to avoid condensation
entering into the insulated area.
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The bolt sizing of bolted body‐to‐bonnet connections shall be in accordance with

ASME B16.34 and ASME VIII Division 1, Appendix 2.
The diametrical clearance between the stem and the extended bonnet housing
shall be minimised in order to reduce convective heat losses.
Unless specified otherwise, the wall thickness shall meet the minimum wall
thickness requirements of ASME B16.34, Section 6.1.3, for the applicable pressure
class of the valve body. The wall thickness shall take into account the pressure
stresses, as well as operating torque, stem thrust and bending stresses induced by
handwheels, gears and power actuators.
The backseat of rising stem valves shall be located at the top of the extended
bonnet. A stem guide bushing shall be applied at the lower end of the extended
bonnet. Quarter turn valves having a primary stem seal shall have it located just
below the packing box.
Unless specified otherwise, the operating manual force F required to operate the
handwheel or lever shall not exceed 360 N. However, for seating and unseating the
valve, a maximum momentary force Fs is allowed in accordance with EN 12570,
Clause 5.1.

3.1.2 Materials
Unless specified otherwise, the extended bonnet shall be constructed from the
same material as the valve body
The extended bonnet may be cast, forged or fabricated. Fabricated extensions
utilising tubing, shall incorporate seamless tubing and full penetration welding.

4.0 PRODUCTION TESTING

4.1 Preconditioning

The assembly of valve and extended bonnet shall successfully pass the ambient
pressure tests as specified in the applicable base standard as amended or
supplemented by the applicable PMRC MAR (e.g. ISO 10434 and PMRC MAR
VA/102).
For trunnion mounted ball valves and double offset butterfly valves with a minimum
design temperature of ≥ –50 °C (–58 °F), fugitive emission production testing is not
required in either of the following cases:

 The valve has successfully passed the low temperature prototype test in
accordance with applicable standard.

 Production testing has been carried out on the same valve type, design,
pressure class, size, and under the same test conditions, with consistent quality
over the last 6 months.
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4.2 Valve selection

4.2.1 Lot definition

Unless specified otherwise, the lot for each inspection campaign, from which the
test samples are drawn is defined as all valves part of the same purchase order,
manufactured in the same manufacturing location, having the same fugitive
emission class, of the same valve type, design, size, pressure class and minimum
design temperature. Floating ball and metal seated butterfly, gate, globe and check
valves do not need production testing at ‐50 °C (–58 °F).

Table 3 – Sample strategy for production testing

Sample size (n)

Purchase order –50 °C ≤ T < –20 °C(1) Acceptance number
size per T < –50 °C
(Ac)
temperature range (–58 °F ≤ T < –4 °F)
(T < –58 °F)

X ≤ 100 10 % 3% 0

101 ≤ X ≤ 1000 8% 3% 0

X > 1000 5% 2% 0

Actual sample size shall be rounded‐up to the next whole number with a maximum total sample size of 10 % of the
whole purchase order (rounded‐up to the next whole number)

1 Only applicable to all trunnion mounted ball valves and soft seated double offset butterfly valves.

4.2.2 Sample size

The purchase order quantity per minimum design temperature range (X) and the
minimum design temperature determine how many samples (n) shall be drawn
from each lot, as indicated in Table 2. The sample strategy shall be determined in
accordance with this table, which also indicates how many failed production tests
per lot are acceptable (acceptance number, Ac).
4.2.3 Sample selection
The samples shall be selected at random from each lot.
4.2.4 Lot acceptance
The lot shall be accepted, when each tested valve meets the acceptance criteria. In
case a valve fails, the lot shall be rejected. The valve(s) that failed the test shall be
repaired and retested. Additional valves shall be drawn from the failed lot in
accordance with Table 2. Upon subsequent rejection, the failed valve(s) shall be
repaired and retested and the retest shall contain all valves from the lot.
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4.3 Test Equipment

The test rig shall be designed taking into consideration all HSE precautions that
ensure robustness of the test rig and safety to personnel and environment. All test
equipment shall have a valid calibration certificate, which shall not be older than 1
year. A suitable test rig is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Test rig

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The valve gland and flange joints shall where practically possible be sealed with an
adhesive aluminium foil tape or a gas‐tight bag to create a contained volume. This
foil or bag shall have a hole at the highest point to ensure that an inserted sniffer
probe picks up any leakage and a tube at the bottom of equal diameter to the sniffer
probe and at least 20 diameters long, to drain the liquid out as well as to avoid the
pressure in the bag to drop below atmospheric pressure and to prevent leaked
Helium from escaping to atmosphere.
Valves with an actuator may be tested with or without the actuator installed. The
Manufacturer shall demonstrate that the specified margin between available torque
and required torque is met.
Rising stem and quarter turn valves shall be tested with the stem in the vertical
position.
Brackets, to support the valve in the test rig, may be fixed to the valve end flanges
or clamped to the body. No brackets shall be mounted on the extended bonnet.
The range of the pressure gauges shall not exceed twice the maximum test pressure.
All digital indicators shall have full‐scale reading. The range of the leakage‐measuring
device shall not exceed 10 times the maximum allowable leakage rate.
Torque measurements shall be carried out using a calibrated direct reading type
torque wrench.

4.4 Personnel Qualification

Personnel performing emission testing shall be qualified in accordance with the

manufacturer's documented training programme which is based on the Level 1
requirements specified in ISO 9712, EN 473 or ASNT SNT‐TC‐1A for the tracer gas
method.
Fugitive emissions shall be measured with a mass spectrometer. Requirements and
suitable makes and types are listed in Annex B of ISO 15848‐2.
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4.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY

In this PMRC MAR, reference is made to the following Standards/Publications. Unless

specifically designated by date, the latest edition of each publication shall be used, together
with any supplements/revisions thereto:

PETRONAS STANDARDS
Gate Valves (Additional Requirements To ISO 10434)
PMRC MAR VA/102
Fugitive Emission Production Testing (Additional PMRC MAR VA/124
Requirements To Iso 15848‐2)

AMERICAN STANDARDS
Valves – Flanged, threaded, and welding end ASME B16.34:2004
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code – Non‐ ASME V:2007
Destructive Examination
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code – Rules for ASME VIII:2010
construction of pressure vessels
Issued by:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
ASME International Three Park Avenue,
M/S 10E New York,
NY 10016
USA

EUROPEAN STANDARDS
Non‐Destructive Testing ‐ Qualification and EN 473
Certification of NDT Personnel
Industrial valves – Method for sizing the operating EN 12570:2000
equipment
Issued by:
Commité Européen de Normalisation,
Secrétariat Central,
Rue de Stassart 36,
B‐1050 Brussels,
Belgium

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Industrial process control valves – Part 4: Inspection EC 60534‐4:2006
and routine testing.
Issued by:
Central Office of the IEC
3, Rue de Varembé
CH 1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
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Pipework Components ‐ Definition and Selection of ISO 6708:1995

DN (Nominal Size)
Non‐destructive testing — Qualification and ISO 9712:2012
certification of personnel
Bolted bonnet steel gate valves for the petroleum, ISO 10434:2004
petrochemical and allied industries
Industrial valves – Measurement, test and ISO 15848‐1:2006
qualification procedures for fugitive emissions – Part
1: Classification system and qualification procedures
for type testing of valves
Issued by:
ISO Central Secretariat
1, ch. de la Voie‐Creuse
Case postale 56
CH‐1211 Genève 20
Switzerland