API 589

Fire Test for Evaluation of Valve Stem Packing

American Petroleum Institute, 07/01/1998

Publisher: API

File Format: PDF

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Description

Published:01/07/1998

Pages:18

File Size:1 file , 150 KB

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Covers the requirements for testing valve stem packing and evaluating its performance when exposed to specifically defined fire conditions. Packing may be a combination or an arrangement of more than one material. The test procedure in this standard simulates circumstances that impose severe demands on valve stem packing. Purchasers may wish to establish more stringent requirements to meet their specific applications.