Description
Relief Valve is an essential industrial safety valve engineered to protect piping systems, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, and process equipment from the damaging and potentially hazardous consequences of overpressure events. When system pressure rises above the valve’s preset threshold, the relief valve automatically opens to discharge excess fluid — liquid, gas, or steam — and rapidly restore operating pressure to within safe design limits, closing again once normal pressure is reestablished. As a passive, self-actuating safety device requiring no external power or operator intervention, the relief valve represents the last line of mechanical defense against catastrophic overpressure failure in industrial process systems.
Manufactured from carbon steel, stainless steel, and other pressure-rated alloys in compliance with international pressure equipment and safety valve standards, relief valves are precision-set and tested to open at a specific pressure and reseat reliably once safe operating conditions are restored. Their spring-loaded direct-acting mechanism delivers fast, repeatable pressure response without dependence on external control systems or instrumentation, ensuring overpressure protection remains active and effective even during power failures, control system faults, or other abnormal process conditions that could compromise active pressure management systems.
Main Features of the Relief Valve
- Automatic overpressure protection: self-actuating spring-loaded mechanism opens and closes in direct response to system pressure without external control or power.
- Precise set pressure accuracy: factory-calibrated opening pressure ensures reliable activation at the designed protection threshold.
- Fast pressure response: rapid valve opening minimizes pressure excursion above set point, protecting connected equipment from peak overpressure loads.
- Reliable reseating performance: valve closes securely and leak-free once system pressure returns to normal operating levels.
- Robust industrial construction: pressure-rated metallic body and spring assembly designed for long service life in demanding process environments.
- Compliance with safety standards: manufactured and tested in accordance with applicable pressure equipment safety codes and standards.
Technical Specifications of the Relief Valve
- Type: direct-acting spring-loaded pressure relief valve for liquid, gas, or steam service.
- Body material: carbon steel, stainless steel, bronze, or other pressure-rated alloys per application requirements.
- Set pressure range: factory-calibrated to the specified relief pressure in accordance with system design requirements.
- Inlet and outlet connections: threaded (NPT/BSP), flanged, or socket-weld configurations to suit installation requirements.
- Service media: compatible with liquids, gases, steam, and other process fluids depending on body and seat material specification.
- Application range: pressure vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, pipelines, chemical plants, power generation, oil and gas, and general industrial process systems.
Uses and Applications of the Relief Valve
- Pressure vessel and heat exchanger protection: preventing overpressure failure of shell and tube, plate, and other heat exchanger types in process systems.
- Pump and compressor protection: relieving excess pressure caused by deadhead conditions, blocked discharge lines, or sudden flow stoppage in pumping systems.
- Oil and gas
