Leakage Acceptance Rates Comparison Metal & Soft SEATED VALVES ISO 5208/API 598/API 6D/MSS SP-61/FCI 70-2
Leakage Acceptance Rates Comparison Metal & Soft SEATED VALVES ISO 5208/API 598/API 6D/MSS SP-61/FCI 70-2
Leakage Acceptance Rates Comparison Metal & Soft SEATED VALVES ISO 5208/API 598/API 6D/MSS SP-61/FCI 70-2
BRISBANE
PERTH
V A LV E S A N D P I P E L I N E S U P P L I E S
valves usually have some level of acceptable leakage when tested, dened rst as some acceptable amount of liquid,
under test conditions and over the time period of the test. Knife gate valves refer to MSS-SP81 leakage rates for metal
seated (for resilient seat its up to manufacturer and client to nominate leakage).
ISO 5208 (EN 12266-1) supersedes BS6755-1 and species acceptable leakage rates such as Rate A and Rate B.
Rate A allows no visible leakage, similar to API 598 for resilient seated valves. API 6D now references leakage rates
in IS 5208 which in turn corresponds to leakage rates in EN 12266-1 (but only for class A, B, C, D, E, F & G).
COMMON VALVE TYPES & RELATED TEST STANDARDS
Valve type
API 598
MSS SP-80
ASME B16.34
ASME B16.34
Pipeline valves
API 598
API 598
Cryogenic valves
Control valves
Identical to Class II, III, and IV in construction and design intent, but no actual shop test is made.
Class II.
Intended for double-port or balanced single-port valves with a metal piston ring seal and metal-to-metal
seats. Air or water at 45 to 60 psig is the test uid. Allowable leakage is 0.5% of the rated full open capacity.
Class III. Intended for the same type of valves as in Class II. Allowable leakage is limited to 0.1% of rated valve
capacity.
Class IV. Intended for single-port and balanced single-port valves with extra-tight piston seals and metal-to-metal
seats. Leakage rate is limited to 0.01% of rated valve capacity (known as metal to metal). Test uid is air or
water, pressure 45 and 50 psig or the operating pressure if lower.
Class V.
Intended for the same types of valves as Class IV. The test uid is water at 100 psig or operating pressure.
Leakage allowed is limited to 5 x 10-4 ml (= .0005ml) per minute per inch of orice diameter per psi
differential.
Class VI. Intended for resilient-seating valves. The test uid is air or nitrogen. Pressure is the lesser of 50 psig or
operating pressure. The leakage limit depends on valve size and range from 0.15 to 11.5 ml per minute for
valve sizes 1 through to 12 inches (known as soft seat classication). Class VI is also frequently used as a
leakage bench mark for metal seated control and isolation valves where a tight degree of shut off is
required.
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Allowable Leakage
Allowable Leakage
(inches)
0.15
1.5
0.30
0.45
2.5
0.60
0.90
1.70
11
4.00
27
6.75
45
10
9.00
63
12
11.5
81
14
21.6
16
28.4
Bubbles per minute is a suggested alternative to ml per minute; in which a 0.25 inch OD x 0.032 inch wall tube is submerged in water to a depth of
1/8 to 1/4. The tube is to be cut square and smooth with no imperfections and should be perpendicular to the surface of the water.
DN
(mm)
NPS
(in.)
All Resilient
Seated Valves
50
0b
0b
0.08
65
2 1/2
10
7.5
0.11
80
12
0.13
100
16
12
0.17
125
10
20
15
0.21
150
12
24
18
0.25
200
16
32
24
0.34
250
10
20
40
30
0.42
300
12
24
48
36
0.50
350
14
28
56
42
0.59
400
16
32
64
48
0.67
450
18
36
72
54
0.76
500
20
40
80
60
0.84
600
24
48
96
72
1.01
650
26
52
104
78
1.09
700
28
56
112
84
1.18
750
30
60
120
90
1.26
800
32
64
128
96
1.34
900
36
72
144
108
1.51
1000
40
80
160
120
1.68
1050
42
84
168
126
1.76
1200
48
96
192
144
2.02
a) 1 millilitre is considered equivalent to 16 drops for the liquid test. (b) There shall be no leakage for the minimum specied test duration. For liquid
test, 0 drop means no visible leakage per minimum specied test duration. For gas test, 0 bubbles means less than 1 bubble per minimum specied
test duration.
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Unit
Test fluid leakage
rates
Rate A
Rate AA
Rate B
Rate C
Rate CC
Rate D
Rate E
Rate EE
Rate F
Rate G
0,01
x
DN
0,03
x
DN
0,08
x
DN
0,1
x
DN
0,3
x
DN
0,39
x
DN
1
x
DN
2
x
DN
0.000 16
x
DN
0,000 5
x
DN
0,001 3
x
DN
0,001 6
x
DN
0,004 8
x
DN
0,006 2
x
DN
0,016
x
DN
0,032
x
DN
0,18
x
DN
0,3
x
DN
3
x
DN
22,3
x
DN
30
x
DN
300
x
DN
470
x
DN
3 000
x
DN
6 000
x
DN
0,003
x
DN
0,0046
x
DN
0,045 8
x
DN
0.340 7
x
DN
0,458 4
x
DN
4,583 7
x
DN
7,129 3
x
DN
45,837
x
DN
91,673
x
DN
0,006
No visually
x
detectable
DN
leakage for
the
0,000 1
duration of
drops/s
x
the test
DN
3
mm /s
Liquid
No visually
detectable
leakage for
the
duration of
bubbles
the test
3
mm /s
Gas
Table 3 - Maximum Allowable Closure Test Seat Leakage Rate ISO 5208:2008(E)/API 6D* (2008)
*API 6D - 2008 refers to ISO 5208 (2008-E) for leakage rates. EN 12266-1 also corresponds to ISO 5208 leakage rates but only for class A, B, C, D, E, F & G.
NOTE 1 The leakage rates only apply when discharging test uid to the atmosphere.
NOTE 2 The closure leakage rate that applies is either that identied in a valve product standard or a leakage rate identied in a purchasers valve
procurement purchase order that is more stringent than that specied in the product standard.
NOTE 3 The meaning of No visually detectable leakage is that there is no visible weeping or leakage in the form of drops or bubbles.
NOTE 4 There is a loosely dened correspondence between the leakage rate acceptance values of API 598 and the leakage values Rate A as
applied to DN < 50, Rate AA-Gas CC-Liquid for other than metal seated check valves and for check valves Rate EE-Gas and Rate
G-Liquid. Rates A, B, C, D, E, F and G correspond to values in EN 12266-1.
NOTE 5 Double block & bleed leakage test is optional only and the client can specify the allowable leakage past the rst seat for larger sizes.
NOTE 6 Valves tested in both direction.
Gas
80 psi
API 598
60 - 80 psi
MSS SP-61
60 - 100 psi
ISO 5208
API 6D
NA
Test water
Temperature
chlorides
NA
100*
NA
100*
30**
(by mass)
* austenitic stainless steel valves, ** wetted components austenitic & duplex stainless steels
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API 598
(9th ed. 2009)
Metal Seated
mm.
inch.
Liquid
Air (*)
50
2"
80
3"
12
100
4"
16
API 6D
& ISO 5208***
Metal Seated
API 598/API 6D
& ISO 5208****
Soft Seated
Liquid
Air**
ml/min bubbles/min
Liquid/Air
Air
bubbles/min
Liquid
ml/min
0.45
0.30
Smaller sizes
refer to
Table 3
0.61
0.46
FCI 70-2
(2006)
Class VI
0.90
11
1.70
150
6"
12
24
0.91
27
4.00
200
8"
16
32
1.21
45
6.75
250
10"
20
40
1.52
63
11.10
300
12"
24
48
1.83
81
16.00
350
14"
28
56
2.14
21.60
400
16"
32
64
2.44
450
18"
36
72
2.74
500
20"
40
80
600
24"
48
750
30"
900
1000
Leakage rate
class client
to select
for larger
sizes
28.40
3.05
96
3.66
60
120
4.57
36"
72
144
5.48
40"
80
160
6.40
FCI 70-2
(2006)
Class V
MSS SP-61
(2009)
Liquid
Liquid or Air
5 x 10 -4ml
(=.0005ml)
per minute
per inch of
valve size
per PSI
differential
pressure
10 ml liquid
or 10 cc gas
per inch
of valve size
per hour
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