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    The Pressure Test of The DBB Valve

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    DBB and DIB valves both have two sealing structures but differ in how they achieve double isolation. A DBB valve has two seals and bleeds the cavity between them when closed, so if one seal leaks the other still isolates that direction. A DIB valve has two sealing surfaces that each independently isolate in the closed position without bleeding between them. The document then describes testing procedures for each valve type to check the isolation of each seal individually under pressure from both ends.

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    The Pressure Test of The DBB Valve

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    DBB and DIB valves both have two sealing structures but differ in how they achieve double isolation. A DBB valve has two seals and bleeds the cavity between them when closed, so if one seal leaks the other still isolates that direction. A DIB valve has two sealing surfaces that each independently isolate in the closed position without bleeding between them. The document then describes testing procedures for each valve type to check the isolation of each seal individually under pressure from both ends.

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    DBB and DIB valves both have two sealing structures but differ in how they achieve double isolation. A DBB valve has two seals and bleeds the cavity between them when closed, so if one seal leaks the other still isolates that direction. A DIB valve has two sealing surfaces that each independently isolate in the closed position without bleeding between them. The document then describes testing procedures for each valve type to check the isolation of each seal individually under pressure from both ends.

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    The Pressure Test of The DBB Valve

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    DBB and DIB valves both have two sealing structures but differ in how they achieve double isolation. A DBB valve has two seals and bleeds the cavity between them when closed, so if one seal leaks the other still isolates that direction. A DIB valve has two sealing surfaces that each independently isolate in the closed position without bleeding between them. The document then describes testing procedures for each valve type to check the isolation of each seal individually under pressure from both ends.

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    DBB (double block and bleed valve) and DIB (double isolation and bleed valve) are two

    kinds
    of commonly used seat sealing structures for trunnion mounted ball valves. According to API
    6D, DBB ball valve is a single valve with two sealed auxiliary, the closed position of which
    provides the pressure seal at both ends of the valve by means of bleed of the body cavity
    between the two seal surfaces, if the first seal leaks, the second will not seal in the same
    direction. DIB ball valve is a single valve with two seating surfaces, each of these seal seat
    provides a single source of pressure seal in the closed position by discharging the valve
    chamber between the seal seats.

    The pressure test of the DBB valve:

    The valve is partially opened so that the


    experimental flow is fully injected into the valve chamber, and then the valve is closed so
    that the bleeding of the valve body is open and the excess medium is allowed to overflow
    from the valve chamber test junction. Pressure should be applied simultaneously from both
    ends of the valve to monitor seat tightness through overflow at the valve chamber test
    junction. The figure below shows a typical DBB ball valve configuration.

    When the valve is closed and the valve chamber test port is opened and both ends of the
    valve are pressurized (or pressurized separately), the valve chamber port detects leakage
    from each end to the valve chamber. Theoretically, DBB valve can not provide positive
    double isolation when only one side is under pressure, the valve does not provide positive
    double isolation when only one side is under pressure.

     
    The pressure test of DIB-1（Two bi-directional sealing seats）

    Each seat shall be tested in both directions and the


    installed cavity pressure relief valve shall be removed. The valve shall be half-opened so that
    the valve and valve chamber shall be injected with the test medium until the test liquid spills
    through the test port of the valve chamber. Close the valve to prevent leakage of the
    chamber in the direction of the test seat, the test pressure shall be applied successively to
    each end of the valve to test the leakage of each seat upstream separately, and then to test
    each seat as the downstream seat. Open both ends of the valve to fill the cavity with media
    and then pressurize while observing leakage of each seat at both ends of the valve.

    Because the pressure in the cavity of the DIB-1 valve cannot be released automatically,
    when the temperature of the valve is abnormally raised, the volume of the medium in the
    valve cavity increases accordingly, thus forcing the pressure in the cavity to increase
    automatically. When the pressure reaches a certain level, it will be very dangerous, so the
    cavity of the DIB-1 valve must be installed with a safety valve.

    The pressure test of DIB-2（One bi-directional and one unidirectional sealing seat）

    One of the seats of the DIB-2 valve can withstand pressure from either the chamber or the
    end of the valve in any direction without leakage. The other seat can only withstand
    pressure from the end of the valve. When the valve is closed and the valve chamber test
    interface is open and both ends of the valve are pressurized (or pressurized separately), the
    valve chamber test interface can detect whether there is leakage from each end to the valve
    chamber. Two-way seat test should be pressurized valve chamber and valve upstream
    observe whether the downstream valve leakage.
    The advantage of the valve is tight protection for the valve, the valve closed after the
    medium will never enter the pipeline downstream, at the same time when the cavity
    pressure abnormal rise can automatically pressure relief to the upstream of the valve. Please
    note that the valve installation direction requirements, the opposite direction is the same as
    DBB.

    Both DBB and DIB valves have their unique application and media, and various
    environmental challenges where critical isolation is needed to ensure that leakage does not
    occur such as LNG, petrochemical, transmission and storage, natural gas industrial processes,
    mainline and manifold valves in liquid pipelines, and refined products transmission lines.

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