Blow-down Valves Combination Type -Tandem Blow-Down Valve

- ASME Code for Pressure Piping, B31.1, instructs that blow-down piping systems from boiler water spaces require two shutoff valves in series. In addition, one or both of these valves must be slow-opening (requiring at least five 360° turns of the operating mechanism to change from being fully-closed to fully-opened).

- Code states that these two valves may be combined in one body, provided that the two valves operate individually and that the failure of one valve does not affect the operation of the other.

- This valve combines the two functions- blowing and sealing- otherwise carried out by two individual valves. One valve provides isolation from the process, and the other valve is used to blow off high-pressure condensate, where the medium could contain dissolved solids and sludge.

- The isolation valve will not be exposed to the same corrosion as the blow-down valve, as

no medium will flow through the system while the blow-down valve is still closed (step 2 below).

The blow-down valve will experience strong abrasive flow immediately upon opening. Its performance can be monitored by how well it continues to seal following the opening of the isolation valve.

- This Tandem Valve construction eliminates issues that could arise utilising separate valves with flanged connections, gaskets and bolting, and welded piping connections- and does so in a space-saving layout.