Profiled plate design
Conventional valve designs have outlived their purpose when it comes to increasing the efficiency of compressors. Real increases in compressor efficiency can only be achieved through innovative designs. The compressor valve is the heart of the compressor, and the power regulator for overall compressor efficiency. To optimize reliability and saving energies, you need a technologically advanced valve that can do both. HOERBIGER’s XP and CP Profiled Plate Valve series combine all the properties to meet these requirements: PowerPEEK® plates with extreme efficiency and excellent flow characteristics for high compressor uptime. Further, you can drastically decrease the electric power and fuel consumption and reduce the related CO emissions when increasing the service life and up to 50% the efficiency in parallel. But not only that. The valves are also designed for applications in the field of green hydrogen, synthetic fuels, Bio gas and hydrogen transport as well as LNG boil off.
THE BEST VALVES IN EFFICIENCY WITHOUT SACRIFICING RELIABILITY
POWERPEEK®: HIGH-PERFORMANCE VALVE PLATE MATERIAL MEANS
HIGH EFFICIENCY AND FEWER LOSSES
PowerPEEK® and the unique design of profiled valve plates create a valve with extreme efficiency and excellent flow characteristics. This automatically improves the valve's reliability and durability. The construction of a finer-meshed ring section increases the effective flow area and hence the efficiency of the valve. The aerodynamic “rings” produce a lower pressure drop than plate valves, giving small amounts of liquid and debris the ability to pass. PowerPEEK® plates also offer an optimized distribution of reinforcing fibers and therefore wear less in operation. This leads to an increase in MTBF and MTBM, leading to less losses from unplanned maintenance.
BENEFITS AT A GLANCE
Features
Advantages
Benefits
Spring savers prevent coil to guard contact
Injection molded high-performance PEEK® and finer-meshed ring section
Industry benchmark in efficiency: 30 - 50% higher effective flow area than conventional valves. Superior efficiency even at low lift.
Tribological optimization
Optimum fibre orientation and high flexural strength. 4-6 time higher impact resistance than standard PEEK.
Long life and high compressor uptime, reduced electric power/fuel consumption and related CO₂ emissions.
Features
Advantages
Benefits
Aerodynamic flow path
Anti-stiction design: Waveshape profiled guard and tapered seat
Heavy duty springs made of ESR steel (Electro slag remelting)
Reduces build up of particles and provides tolerance of liquids
Reduces adhesion forces due to liquids. Avoids delays in valve opening and closing. Tolerance against over-lubrication or liquid carry over.
Designed for high dynamic loads
Excellent reliability for reduced downtimes, reduced maintenance costs and less emissions due to fewer on-site interventions.
Features
Advantages
Benefits
High performance valve plate with tribological optimization.
Replace wear parts less frequently (less service intervals)
Reduce main motor energy costs
New built: reduce size, number of valves and compressor footprint
Lower total cost of ownership
XP PROFILED PLATE VALVE – OUR SOLUTION FOR PROCESS GAS APPLICATIONS
With XP Profiled Plate Valves, you are always a step ahead. Efficiency, energy savings, reliability and service life are all requirements for gaining an edge in the market, and our XP valves are the ideal component to deliver these improvements for reciprocating in process gas industries.
| XP | |
|---|---|
| Main application | Process gas |
| Max. discharge pressure | 300 bar |
| Max. differential pressure | 200 bar* |
| Min. suction temp. | -40 °C |
| Max. discharge temp. | 230°C |
| Mol weight | 2-50 g/mol |
| Max. speed | 1,500 rpm |
| Cylinder lubrication | lube/ non-lube |
| Type diameter | 86-262 mm |
CP PROFILED PLATE VALVE – OUR SOLUTION FOR NATURAL GAS APPLICATIONS
CP Profiled Plate Valves technology offers maximum efficiency, despite minimal lift, and excellent closing properties. Additionally, HOERBIGER created PowerPEEK® an innovative material that ensures robustness and durability – resulting in longer service life for valves and avoiding unplanned compressor downtime. These are properties that are important for compressors in natural gas applications.
| CP | |
|---|---|
| Main application | Natural gas |
| Max. discharge pressure | 300 bar |
| Max. differential pressure | 200 bar* |
| Min. suction temp. | -40 °C |
| Max. discharge temp. | 230°C |
| Mol weight | 12-80 g/mol |
| Max. speed | 1,800 rpm |
| Cylinder lubrication | lube/ non-lube |
| Type diameter | 88-212 mm |
| CPs | |
|---|---|
| Main application | Process gas |
| Max. discharge pressure | 300 bar |
| Max. differential pressure | 200 bar* |
| Min. suction temp. | -40 °C |
| Max. discharge temp. | 230°C |
| Mol weight | 12-80 g/mol |
| Max. speed | |
| Cylinder lubrication | lube/ non-lube |
| Type diameter |
* Maximum allowable differential pressure depending on gas temperature.