Objective Piping Interview Questions - Part 04

QuestionNo.76
Whichstandardspecifiestrimnumbersforvalve?
Answer:API600.

QuestionNo.77
Whatarewettedpartsofvalve?
Answer:Allpartsthatcomeincontactwithsurfacefluidarecalledwettedparts.

QuestionNo.78
Whatiswiredrawing?
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Answer:Thistermisusedtoindicatetheprematureerosionofthevalveseatcausedbyexcessivevelocitybetweenseatandseatdisc,whenvalveisnotclosedtightly.

QuestionNo.79
Whatisstraightthroughvalve?
Answer:Valveinwhichtheclosingoperationofvalveisachievedby90degreesturnoftheclosingelement.

QuestionNo.80
Whatpressuretestsarecarriedoutonvalves?
Answer:Shellhydrostatic,seathydrostatic,seatpneumatic

QuestionNo.81
Whatareavailablevalveoperators?
Answer:Handlever,handwheel,chainoperator,gearoperator,poweredoperatorlikeselectricmotor,solenoid,pneumaticandhydraulicoperators,Quickactingoperatorsfornonrotaryvalves(handlelift).

QuestionNo.82
Whatareballvalvebodytypes?
Answer:Singlepiece,doublepiece,threepiece,theshortpattern,longpattern,sandwichandflushbottomdesign.

QuestionNo.83
Whataretwotypesofballvalve?
Answer:Fullportdesignandregularportdesign,accordingtotypeofseat,softseatandmetalseat.

QuestionNo.84
Whyballvalvesarenormallyflanged?
Answer:BecauseofsoftseatPTFEwhichcandamageduringwelding.

QuestionNo.85
Whatarebutterflyvalvetypes?
Answer:Doubleflangetype,waferlugtypeandwafertype.

QuestionNo.86
Whataretypesofcheckvalve?
Answer:Liftcheckvalvesandswingcheckvalves.

QuestionNo.87
Whatarenonslamcheckvalves?
Answer:Swingcheckvalve,conventionalcheckvalve,wafercheckvalve,tiltingdisccheckvalve,pistoncheckvalve,stopcheckvalve,ballcheckvalve.

QuestionNo.88
Wherestopcheckvalveisused?
Answer:Instemgenerationbymultipleboilers,whereavalveisinsertedbetweeneachboilerandthemainsteamheader.Itcanbeoptionallyclosedautomaticallyornormally.

QuestionNo.89
Wherediaphragmvalvesareused?
Answer:Usedforlowpressurecorrosiveservicesasshutoffvalves.

QuestionNo.90
WhatisBarstockValve?
Answer:Anyvalvehavingabodymachinedfromsolidmetal(barstock).
Usuallyneedleorglobetype.

QuestionNo.91
WhatisBIBBValve?
Answer:Asmallvalvewithturneddownend,likeafaucet.

QuestionNo.92
WhatisBleedValve?
Answer:Smallvalveprovidedfordrawingoffliquid.

QuestionNo.93
WhatisBlowDownValve?
Answer:Referstoaplugtypediscglobevalveusedforremovingsludgeandsedimentarymatterfromthebottomofboilerdrums,vessels,driplegsetc.

QuestionNo.94
WhatisBreatherValve?
Answer:Aspecialselfactingvalveinstalledonstoragetanksetc.toreleasevapourorgasonslightincreaseofinternalpressure(intheregionofto3ouncespersquareinch).

QuestionNo.95
WhatisDripValve?
Answer:Adrainvalvefittedtothebottomofadroplettopermitblowdown.

QuestionNo.96
WhatisFlapValve?
Answer:Anonreturnvalvehavingahingeddiscorrubberorleatherflapusedforlowpressurelines.

QuestionNo.97
WhatisHoseValve?
Answer:AgateorglobevalvehavingoneofitsendsexternallythreadedtooneofthehosethreadstandardsinuseintheUSA.Thesevalvesareusedforvehicularandfirewaterconnections.
QuestionNo.98
WhatisPaperStockValve?
Answer:Asinglediscsingleseatgatevalve(Slidegate)withknifeedgedornotcheddiscusedtoregulateflowofpaperslurryorotherfibrousslurry.

QuestionNo.99
WhatisRootValve?
Answer:Avalveusedtoisolateapressureelementorinstrumentfromalineorvessel,oravalveplacedatthebeginningofabranchformtheheader.

QuestionNo.100
WhatisSlurryvalve?
Answer:Aknifeedgevalveusedtocontrolflowofnonabrasiveslurries.