Valves
Pumps/Compressors
Definitions
Analyzers
MISC
100

What is the leak definition for a valve?

Regulation?

CD?

500 PPM

100 PPM

100

When do we remove a leaker tag?

When the pump passes an inspection after a repair was performed.

100

VOC and MOC

Volatile organic compound

Management of Change

100

What does the flow need to be in between?

PHX21?

TVA2020?

0.9 - 1.1 LPM

0.85 - 1.35 LPM

100

How often do we monitor units?

What is quarterly?

200

What PPM reading on a valve requires a 1st attempt repair?

Regulation?

CD?

500 PPM

100 PPM

200

What is the leak definition of a pump/compressor?

What is 2,000 PPM?

200

OEL

What is an open ended line?
200
How long does an analyzer have to warm up for before calibration?

Check the manufacture specs. (30 minutes for both TVA and PHX)

200

What are standard monitoring points for a valve?

What is stem, packing, bonnet, and threaded connections?

300

After how many consecutive months, with passing readings, of follow ups can we remove a leaker tag?

What is two months?

300

What are two common repairs we can perform on pumps?

Seal flush line is lined up. Clean and remove. (Operations start pump)

300

CLLT

What is, Certified low leak technology?

300

How often do we precision calibrate?

Explain what precision calibration entails.

What's the maximum response time?

-Regulation

-Insight best practice

Every quarter, pump replacement, flow change, probe hose is more more than 3 foot difference in length. 

The time it takes to get from 0 PPM to 90% of the span gas. 

30 seconds

5 seconds (standard)

10 seconds (extension)

300

What air mixture do we use to calibrate our instruments?

What is Methane and oxygen?

400

What types of repairs can we make on regular valves?


What is tighten packing/bonnet bolt, clean and remove?

400

What are common leak interfaces on pumps?

What is a shaft seal and threaded connectors?

400

DOR

What is Delay of repair?
400

At what percent do we need a recal?

Insights best practice?

+/- 6.9 %

400

How long do we have to repair a leaking valve?

1st attempt repair (how long do we have to get a reading after a repair)

Total time

What is 5 days.

What is 15 days.

500

What type of repairs can we perform on instrumentation, control valves, connections on pumps/compressors?

What is clean and remove?

500

This pump only needs to be monitored once a year?

What is NDE pumps? 

BONUS - What does NDE stand for?

500

RIK

Replacement in kind?

500

How does hydrogen/nitrogen affect an analyzer?

FLAMEOUT. (Too much fuel and not enough oxygen to burn)

500

What requirements do new valves need to meet?

What is CLLT? Two months of consecutive monitoring. Monitored with in 30 days of being put into service.