Development of a Controller for a Partial Stroke Valve Testing

The project, Development of a Controller for a Partial Stroke Valve Testing is a collaboration between Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) and PETRONAS Group Technology Solutions (PGTS). This report presents the progress and the future development of the work. The objective is to develop a contro...

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Main Author: Mohd Rizzat bin Mohd Razali, Mohd Rizzat
Format: Final Year Project
Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2009
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Online Access:http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/1052/
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Summary:The project, Development of a Controller for a Partial Stroke Valve Testing is a collaboration between Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) and PETRONAS Group Technology Solutions (PGTS). This report presents the progress and the future development of the work. The objective is to develop a controller to execute various test sequences for a Partial Stroke Valve Testing and Full Stroke Valve Testing in repetitive modes, as required in the testing requirements. Specifically, the PLC is to provide the signal for a Full Stroke Testing (FST) execution, while the vendor's software is programmed to perform Partial Stroke Testing (PST). More specifically the important element of the test is to seek verification that the FST would override the PST if both are executed at the same time, as well as to study the effect of valve design to the overall performance of the PST. Technically, the tests are scrutinizing the preventives, corrective and diagnostic aspects of the valves, as claimed by the vendors. This project is part of the Improvement Working Group (IWG) of Skill Group 14 (SKG14). Lead engineers of Functional Safety Process Automation and Optimisation from Research and Technology Division of PGTS conducted regular visits to witness the development of the project. The outcome of this project in the form of the performance results analysis and report would be used in implementation of PETRONAS plants.