In this episode of Stuff You Should Know about Oil and Gas, Kyle explains the importance of control valve CV. They walk through the definition, why it’s so important, how to determine CV, and common challenges related to incorrect calculation and operation.

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In this episode, Kyle Andrews, Product Applications Trainer at Kimray, explains the three primary types of control valve trim: Snap Trim, Nominal Trim, and Equal Percentage Trim. Topics include: Which trim is best for liquid dump valves, gas back pressure valves, pressure relief valves and more.

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In this first episode of the Stuff You Should Know about Oil and Gas Podcast, Kyle Andrews, Product Applications Trainer at Kimray, explains control valve fail positions. Topics include: What is a valve fail position? How does fail position affect operation of oil and gas separators and other production vessels? How should you set up a back pressure valve to fail? How should a pressure reducing regulator fail? At the 8:10 mark, we discuss converting a High Pressure Control Valve from fail open to fail closed. For more information about that, see our step-by-step video: https://bit.ly/2WB4hyt.

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