Fugitive Emission

FUGITIVE EMISSION TEST AND QUALIFICATION OF ORION VALVES

ACCORDING TO ISO 15848 Part 1 and 2

The risk associated to fugitive emissions from equipment in facilities which use, manufacture or transport toxic and dangerous fluid products, brought to new laws and regulations which aim is to reduce equipment leakage. Such regulations require in-service monitoring in order to ascertain valves performance to fugitive emissions maximum acceptance standards.
ORION S.p.A. has carried out valve fugitive emission leak detection in order to qualify its own production.

TEST EXECUTION:

Gate, Globe & Check Valves are tested at ambient, high and low temperature, with different number of mechanical cycles (open / close) with SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

ORION valves comply with TIGHTNESS CLASS DESIGNATION “A” and “B”

Test Equipment: Helium Detector Type

Manufacturer: PFEIFFER Vacuum

Equipment name: QUALITEST Htl 260

*ORION offers several solutions in order to reach total absence of emissions, such as bellow sealed valves for lethal , toxic and flammable services.

For details of the test conditions, data and test certificate please contact our Company.

API 624 Qualifications

Qualified API 624
Tested with Chesterton 1622 Low E Packing