UB/VF

The PROTEGO® UB/VF diaphragm Diaphragm A diaphragm is a thin layer of material, which has a large surface area. valve is a worldwide unique vacuum relief valve Vacuum relief valve A vacuum relief valve is used to ventilate a part of the system and protects it from impermissible underpressure. combining the function of a dynamic and static flame arrester Static flame arrester Flame arrester designed to prevent flame transmission by quenching gaps. . It is primarily used as a device Device A device is a pipe component that influences the media flow by opening, closing, or partially shutting off the flow channel or by dividing or mixing the media flow. for flame transmission-proof Flame transmission-proof Characteristic of a device to avoid flashback. in-breathing on tanks, containers, and process equipment Equipment Machines, appliances, fixed or mobile devices, control parts and accessories, and warning and prevention systems, whether separate or combined, intended for the generation, transfer, storage, measurement, control, and conversion of energy, and for the processing of materials, which have their own potential source of ignition and may cause an explosion. . The valve offers reliable protection against vacuum Vacuum Vacuum is the pressure in an enclosed space that is lower than the ambient pressure. build up, prevents the in-breathing of air and product losses almost up to the set vacuum Set vacuum Internal negative gauge pressure at which a vacuum valve first opens. , and protects against atmospheric deflagration Deflagration Explosion propagating at subsonic velocity (EN 1127-1:1997). .

If a vacuum builds up in the tank, it is transmitted through pressure balancing tubes into the vacuum chambers (1), (2), which are connected to each other. This will remove the weight of the load liquid, and the atmospheric pressure will lift Lift Lift is the actual travel of the valve pallet from the main valve out of the closed position. the diaphragm (3) off the inner and outer valve seat Valve seat The valve seat is a component on which the valve pallet rests when the valve is closed. rings (4, 5), resulting in ventilation of the tank. The vacuum setting is adjusted via the filling level of the load liquid and can be checked by a floating level indicator (6).

At very low vacuum settings, the explosion pressures resulting from an atmospheric deflagration may be strong enough to lift the diaphragm off the valve seat rings. The ignition into the tank can be prevented by installing the PROTEGO® flame arrester unit PROTEGO® flame arrester unit The PROTEGO® flame arrester unit is the main component of a flame arrester. It prevents flame propagation. (7). This PROTEGO® flame arrester unit provides additional protection against atmospheric deflagration when the valve is open for maintenance and inspection. The valve can be used at an operating temperature Operating temperature Temperature reached when the equipment is operating under design conditions. of up to +60°C/ 140°F and meets the requirements of European tank design standard EN 14015 (Appendix L) and ISO 28300 (API 2000). EU conformity according to the currently valid ATEX directive. Approvals according to other national/international regulations on request.