General Valve Twin Seal
Plug valve
Overview
Rapid seal abrasion is inherent in the designs of most ball and gate valves. The double block-and-bleed (DBB) General Valve Twin Seal™ plug valve reduces this constant wear by using two seating slips mounted independently on a tapered plug by dovetails, which mechanically retract from the seating surface prior to rotating. This design provides a bubble-tight verifiable dual seal without seal abrasion.
Applications
The wide range of applications includes
- pipeline pumping stations and terminals
- refinery bulk loading terminals
- aviation and marine fueling systems
- crude oil and refined products metering and measurement systems
- pig launcher and receiver systems
- other specialty applications in industrial process plants
- renewable fuels and ammonia service.
Benefits
Features
- The resilient seal is fully compressed into the slip seal groove, enabling secondary metal-to-metal seating between the slip and body.
- Mechanical sealing capability enhances performance.
- Slip seal bonding is done in house.
- Multiple elastomer options covering many different service conditions are available.
- Differential thermal relief (DTR)—an external thermal relief system is provided to relieve excess body pressure.
- Stem packing is low-emissions certified per API 622 and API 624.
General Valve Twin Seal valves in use for aviation fueling.