Control Valve Engineering I

This course is for engineers, technicians and others responsible for the selection, sizing, and application of control valves, actuators and control valve instrumentation.

This 3-day course reviews design and operating principles of control valves, actuators, positioners and related accessories. It describes the sizing and selection methods for a broad variety of control valves assemblies. Students will solve several demonstration sizing and selection problems using Fisher Specification Manager and published materials, plus participate in equipment demonstrations and hands-on workshops. Students who complete this course will:

• select the proper valve characteristic for a given process
• choose suitable styles of control valves for an application
• size control valves and actuators 
• properly apply positioners and instruments

Some experience with industrial controls equipment including control valves and actuators would be helpful.

• Control Valve Selection: Rotary/Sliding Stem
• Actuator Selection and Sizing
• Corrosion Resistant Valves
• Liquid Valve Sizing
• Gas Valve Sizing
• Positioners and Transducers
• Valve Application Guidelines 
• Valve Characteristics
• Valve Packing Considerations
• Cavitation
• Valve Noise