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Fifth Annual QUIKLOOK Users Group Meeting

Introduction. Testing Valves in Asia. Fifth Annual QUIKLOOK Users Group Meeting. Stock options are overrated …. China 12 Plants under construction All Westinghouse AP1000 (Advanced Passive) 50% less safety related valves 80% less piping 85% less cable Haiyang Site 6 reactors

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Fifth Annual QUIKLOOK Users Group Meeting

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  1. Introduction Testing Valves in Asia Fifth Annual QUIKLOOK Users Group Meeting

  2. Stock options are overrated ….

  3. China • 12 Plants under construction • All Westinghouse AP1000 (Advanced Passive) • 50% less safety related valves • 80% less piping • 85% less cable • Haiyang Site 6 reactors • Sanmen Site 6 reactors • About 16,000 megawatts total

  4. China • Westinghouse did a technology transfer to the Chinese for AP1000 • Signed contract with Westinghouse • Cannot market the AP1000 outside of China • Scaled up the AP1000 to AP1400 • Marketing AP1400 outside of China

  5. Conceptual View AP1000

  6. Taiwan • Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant • GE ABWR (second built, first is in Japan, biggest nuclear plant in the world) • 2 units 1350 megawatts each • Fuel load planned for April 2012 (Unit 1) • 9.2 Billion USD (may never start) • 4 years behind schedule

  7. ABWR Reactor

  8. Lungmen/GE valve spec specified stem mounted strain gages on all safety related MOVs • Lungmen plant has 400 safety related valves • 200 per unit • No valve testing required prior to shipping valves to Taiwan

  9. Westinghouse spec for valves in China included diagnostic testing prior to shipment • For MOV • For AOV • For BOP • The spec was tailored for stem mounted strain gages • QSS • SMARTSTEM

  10. China / Taiwan • Waited to perform diagnostic testing • Basically waited for US to do the research • Then wanted testing done for ½ price • Taiwan • Does lots of valve and actuator maintenance • Based on schedule • Maintenance work quality is poor • Use incorrect grease • Don’t do many stem lubes

  11. The first 4 units (2 at each of the China sites) big valves were procured by US valve companies • Flowserve • Velan • Weir • The big contract went to Flowserve • Gates • Globes • MSIV

  12. The remaining new plants in China • Most valve contracts went to in country companies • Shentong Valve (own Quiklook) • Sufa • Shenjiang Valve (will purchase) • US companies bid but can’t compete • Valves built in China are low quality • Use cheap actuators • They don’t understand weaklink • Required thrust determination is not standard

  13. Roger and I hosted a seminar in China last year and invited: • Flowserve • Automatic Valve • Top Works • Curtis Wright (EGS connectors)

  14. Teledyne has signed up a China Distributor • Chance Development (H.K.) Limited • They are pushing Quiklook/QSS in China • Company President is former Nuclear employee

  15. Velan • Had Quiklook for a number of years • Flowserve • Bought Quiklook in 2009 • Weir • Bought Quiklook in 2010 • Taiwan Power • Using Quiklook since 1994

  16. China Valves (AP1000) • All valve tested static and “DP” before shipping • 20 to 30 strokes required per valve • Reduced and nominal voltage • Actuator sizes are very conservative • All SR MOVs are DC • BOP all AC

  17. SMB-3-150 on an 8” gate valve (Flowserve)

  18. 36” MSIV Gate Valve

  19. Taiwan Power Company • Teledyne awarded contract for AOV Program (Turn – Key) • Design Basis Calculations • Weaklink Analysis • Static Testing • Dynamic Testing • Used ACE 3.0 • Used ACETest • Used Quiklook

  20. AOV Scope • 68 valves • 68 static tests • 6 dynamic tests • TPC I/C Staff • Very limited valve experience • Do not understand testing • They kept asking me about torque switch settings??

  21. TPC is slowly adopting how we do business • Just began using safety glasses/shoes • Use pre-job briefs • Called TBM • Tool Box Meeting

  22. The TBM ….

  23. First time TTS used Windows 7 for the Quiklook operating system • XP software difficult to obtain • Future system will use Windows 7 • Discovered weakness with I/P circuit • New board is in Engineering

  24. Valve population included • 9 Fisher actuators • 25 Automax for quarter turn valves • 34 Valtek • Valves were very high margin • Most valves have no regulators • Full air pressure • Actuator nameplate indicated 100 psi max • Measured 120 psi

  25. Valve Pics - Automax

  26. Valtek (on-off)

  27. Fisher – 3-Way Control Valve

  28. MSIV in DW

  29. Testing with QLII

  30. Intake Structure

  31. Questions?

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