ABB, a power and automation technology group, announced its collaboration with Dresser Masoneilan, a provider of process control valves, for integrated process to monitor, test and manage emergency shutdown valves (ESDV) during all operational conditions, from normal plant operations to abnormal situations. These valves are process elements for the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.

The solution leverages the capabilities of ABB’s 800xA High Integrity SIS (Safety Instrumented System) and Masoneilan’s SVI II ESD (emergency shutdown device) and PST Controller. This improves plant safety and increase the availability of ESDVs for optimal response of the isolation valve in emergency situations. Also, it simplifies safety compliance by automatically recording partial stroke test results and emergency shutdown events.

“Our collaboration with industry leaders like Dresser Masoneilan helps us to offer our mutual customers best-in-class safety solutions that will protect the integrity of their processes and the surrounding community,” states Luis Duran, Business Development Manager,Safety Systems, ABB, US.  

“By taking advantage of System 800xA’s unique integration capabilities and open standards, the user has immediate access to the health diagnostics and status of the emergency shutdown valve. This access also provides proactive management of this critical device, for instance enabling remote triggering of partial stroke tests, to ensure that it is ready to perform when needed,” commented Kristian Olsson, manager, ABB Safety Center of Excellence.

“This immediate readiness is vital to the protection of the process, the environment, and the surrounding community in the event of an abnormal situation,” Olsson adds.

As an integrated object within System 800xA, Masoneilan’s SVI II ESD device can be configured to perform scheduled partial valve stroke tests while remotely monitoring and maintaining the emergency shutdown valves during plant operations. This reduces the need for outages and downtime to evaluate the health and readiness of these critical process elements. It makes easy to understand alerts and recommendations regarding valve status.

The SVI II ESD is new technology in emergency shutdown valve automation and in-service valve partial stroke testing. The SVI II ESD is the SIL3-certified ESD certified at 4mA with stainless steel housing. The device can be implemented using a 4/20mA signal (analog safety demand), 0-24Vdc (discrete safety demand) or a combination of both.