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CH Issue 11

SV73
Cast Iron
Safety Valve

Cert. No. LRQ 0963008

ISO 9001

Description

The SV73 cast iron series valves are built in conformance to Section I and VIII of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. They are
primarily intended for use on power boilers and unred pressure vessels where ASME Section I and VIII stamped valves are required.
Applications
Protection of steam systems downstream of pressure regulating stations, on inlet to such equipment as air coils, heat exchangers and
process vessels. Also for use on ash recovery vessels on condensate return systems to protect vessels. Air systems to protect accumulation
vessels and air equipment from overpressurisation. Steam boilers and generators.
Available types
The SV73 is available with cast iron body and stainless steel trim in orice sizes from 'J' to 'R'. It has an open bonnet and easing lever and is
available with screwed or anged connections.
Certication
A manufacturers' Typical Test Report is provided as standard for each valve which will include valve set and hydraulic test pressure. Also
available on request is material certication in accordance with EN 10204 3.1.
Standards and approvals
Approved by National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors to ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sections I and VIII.
Seat tightness is in accordance with ANSI/API STD 527-1992.
If National Board 'V' or 'UV' stamp is required, then this must be specied at the time of ordering.
Important note: SV73 safety valves are not marked and therefore not to be used within the EEA.

Sizes and end connections

1" x 2" to 3" x 4"
1" x 2" to 3" x 4"
3" x 4" to 6" x 8"

Inlet /outlet screwed female NPT.

Inlet anged ANSI class 250 RF, Outlet screwed female NPT.
Inlet anged ANSI class 250 RF, Outlet anged ANSI class 125 FF.

Temperature F

Pressure /temperature limits

C
Steam
saturation
curve

Pressure psi g

The product must not be used in this region.

A - B Limit for valves with a anged inlet.
C - D Limit for valves with a screwed inlet.
Body design conditions
Maximum
Set pressure
range
Minimum
Temperature

Maximum

Screwed inlet
Flanged inlet

Minimum
ASME I

ANSI 250
250 psi g
5 psi g
406F
446F
-20F

Steam

3%

Overpressure

Steam
10%
ASME VIII
Air/gas
10%
ASME I
Steam 2 - 6%
Performance
data
Blowdown limits
Steam
7%
ASME VIII
Air /gas
7%
Steam
0.955
Derated coefcient
of discharge values
Air /gas 0.955
Maximum permitted backpressure up to:
10% of set pressure
Tested at a maximum inlet cold hydraulic test pressure of 600 psi g
Local regulations may restrict the use of this product to below the conditions quoted.
In the interests of development and improvement of the product, we reserve the right to change the specication without notice.

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Materials
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
40

Part
Body
Seat
Bonnet
Cap
Disc
Spring
Upper adjusting ring
Lower adjusting ring
Stem (lower)
Stem (upper)
Spring washers (2 off)
Bonnet stud
Bonnet nut
Adjusting screw
Adjusting screw nut
Release ring
Lock-nut (2 off)
Lever
Cap set screw
Upper adjusting ring pin
Lower adjusting ring pin
Disc ball
Pin washer
Lever pin
Lock-nut
Guide plate
Stem pin

Material
Cast iron
Stainless steel
Cast iron
Cast iron
Stainless steel
Chrome-vanadium alloy steel
Stainless steel
Stainless steel
Stainless steel
Stainless steel
Steel
Steel
Steel
Stainless steel
Carbon steel
Carbon steel
Carbon steel
Grey iron
Carbon steel
Stainless steel
Stainless steel
Stainless steel
Carbon steel
Carbon steel
Carbon steel
Carbon steel
Carbon steel

SV73 Cast Iron Safety Valve

ASTM A126 Class B

ASTM A351 Grade CF8
ASTM A126 Class B
ASTM A126 Class B
ASTM A217 CA15
ASTM A351 Grade CF8
ASTM A351 Grade CF8
ASTM A479 Type 410
ASTM A479 Type 410
ASTM A105
ASTM A193 Grade B7
ASTM A194 Grade 2H
ASTM A479 Type 410

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Set
pressure
psi g

15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
150
155
160
165
170
175
180
185
190
195
200
205
210
215
220
225
230
235
240
245
250

Steam
saturation
temperature
F

250
259
267
274
281
287
292
298
303
307
312
316
320
324
328
331
335
338
341
344
347
350
353
356
358
361
363
366
368
371
373
375
377
380
382
384
386
388
390
392
394
396
398
399
401
403
404
406

1 833
2 146
2 459
2 772
3 085
3 398
3 711
4 025
4 338
4 651
4 964
5 277
5 590
5 903
6 216
6 529
6 842
7 155
7 469
7 782
8 293
8 408
8 721
9 034
9 347
9 660
9 973
10 286
10 599
10 913
11 226
11 539
11 852
12 165
12 478
12 791
13 104
13 417
13 728
14 043
14 354
14 670
14 980
15 296
15 606
15 922
16 232
16 548

lb/h
3%

1 897
2 231
2 566
2 900
3 234
3 569
3 903
4 237
4 572
4 906
5 240
5 575
5 909
6 244
6 578
6 912
7 247
7 581
7 915
8 250
8 584
8 918
9 253
9 587
9 922
10 256
10 590
10 925
11 259
11 593
11 928
12 262
12 597
12 931
13 265
13 600
13 934
14 268
14 600
14 937
15 269
15 606
15 937
16 275
16 606
16 943
17 275
17 612

lb/h
10%

Real ow

1.374

Orice

Area Sq. In.

2 625
3 074
3 522
3 971
4 419
4 868
5 316
5 764
6 213
6 661
7 110
7 558
8 007
8 455
8 904
9 352
9 800
10 249
10 697
11 146
11 594
12 043
12 491
12 940
13 388
13 836
14 285
14 733
15 182
15 630
16 079
16 527
16 976
17 424
17 872
18 321
18 769
19 218
19 663
20 115
20 560
21 008
21 456
21 908
22 353
22 805
23 250
23 702

lb/h
3%
2 717
3 196
3 675
4 153
4 632
5 111
5 590
6 069
6 548
7 027
7 506
7 985
8 464
8 943
9 422
9 901
10 379
10 858
11 337
11 816
12 295
12 774
13 253
13 732
14 211
14 690
15 169
15 648
16 127
16 605
17 084
17 563
18 042
18 521
19 000
19 479
19 958
20 437
20 912
21 395
21 870
22 352
22 827
23 310
23 785
24 268
24 743
25 226

lb/h
10%

Real ow

1.968

4 074
4 770
5 466
6 162
6 858
7 554
8 250
8 945
9 641
10 337
11 033
11 729
12 425
13 121
13 817
14 513
15 209
15 905
16 600
17 296
17 992
18 688
19 384
20 080
20 776
21 472
22 168
22 864
23 559
24 255
24 951
25 647
26343
27 039
27 735
28 431
29 127
29 823
30 513
31 214
31 905
32 606
33 296
33 998
34 688
35 390
36 080
36 782

lb/h
3%
4 216
4 959
5 702
6 446
7 189
7 932
8 675
9 418
10 162
10 905
11 648
12 391
13 134
13 878
14 261
15 364
16 107
16 850
17 594
18 337
19 080
19 823
20 566
21 310
22 053
22 796
23 539
24 282
25 026
25 769
26 512
27 255
27 998
28 742
29 485
30 228
30 971
31 714
32 452
33 201
33 938
34 687
35 424
36 174
36 911
37 660
38 397
39 146

lb/h
10%

Real ow

3.054

5 131
6 007
6 883
7 760
8 636
9 513
10 389
11 265
12 142
13 018
13 894
14 771
15 647
16 524
17 400
18 276
19 153
20 029
20 905
21 782
22 658
23 535
24 411
25 287
26 164
27 040
27 916
28 793
29 669
30 546
31 422
32 298
33 175
34 051
34 927
35 804
36 680
37 557
38 426
39 309
40 179
41 062
41 931
42 815
43 684
44 568
45 436
46 320

lb/h
3%
5 308
6 244
7 180
8 116
9 052
9 987
10 923
11 859
12 795
13 730
14 666
15 602
16 538
17 474
18 409
19 345
20 281
21 217
22 152
23 088
24 024
24 960
25 896
26 831
27 767
28 703
29 639
30 574
31 510
32 446
33 382
34 317
35 253
36 189
37 125
38 061
38 996
39 932
40 868
41 804
42 739
43 675
44 611
45 547
46 483
47 418
48 354
49 290

lb/h
10%

Real ow

3.846

6 181
7 236
8 292
9 348
10 403
11 459
12 515
13 570
14 626
15 682
16 738
17 793
18 849
19 905
20 960
22 016
23 072
24 128
25 183
26 239
27 295
28 350
29 406
30 462
31 518
32 573
33 629
34 685
35 740
36 796
37 852
38 907
39 963
41 019
42 075
43 130
44 186
45 242
46 290
47 353
48 401
49 465
50 512
51 576
52 623
53 687
54 734
55 799

lb/h
3%
6 395
7 522
8 649
9 776
10 904
12 031
13 158
14 286
15 413
16 540
17 667
18 795
19 922
21 049
22 176
23 304
24 431
25 558
26 685
27 813
28 940
30 067
31 194
32 322
33 449
34 576
35 704
36 831
37 958
39 085
40 212
41 340
42 467
43 594
44 722
45 849
46 976
48 103
49 231
50 358
51 485
52 612
53 740
54 867
55 994
57 122
58 249
59 376

lb/h
10%

Real ow

4.633

9 111
10 668
12 224
13 780
15 337
16 893
18 449
20 006
21 562
23 118
24 675
26 231
27 567
29 344
30 900
32 456
34 013
35 569
37 125
38 682
40 238
41 001
43 351
44 907
46 463
48 020
49576
51 132
52 689
54 245
55 801
57 358
58 914
60 470
62 027
63 583
65 139
66 696
68 240
69 808
71 352
72 921
74 465
76 034
77 577
79 146
80 689
82 259

lb/h
3%
9 427
11 089
12 751
14 413
16 074
17 736
19 398
21 060
22 722
24 383
26 045
27 707
29 369
31 031
32 693
34 354
36 016
37 678
39 340
41 002
42 663
44 325
45 987
47 649
49 311
50 973
52 634
54 296
55 958
57 620
59 282
60 943
62 605
64 267
65 929
67 591
69 253
70 914
72 576
74 238
75 900
77 562
79 223
80 885
82 547
84 209
85 871
87 533

lb/h
10%

Real ow

6.830

15 756
18 447
21 139
23830
26 521
29 213
31 904
34 595
37 287
39 978
42 670
45 361
48 052
50 744
53 435
56 126
58 818
61 509
64 200
66 892
69 583
72 274
74 966
77 657
80 348
83 040
85 731
88 422
91 114
93 805
96 496
99 188
101 879
104 570
107 262
109 953
112 644
115 336
118 007
120 718
123 389
126 101
128 770
131 484
134 152
136 866
139 534
142 249

lb/h
3%
16 302
19 176
22 050
24 923
27 797
30 671
33 545
36 418
39 292
42 166
45 040
47 913
50 787
53 661
56 535
59 408
62 282
65 156
68 030
70 903
73 777
76 651
79 525
82 398
85 272
88 146
91 020
93 893
96 767
99 641
102 515
105 388
108 262
111 136
114 010
116 883
119 757
122 631
125 505
128 378
131 252
134 126
137 000
139 874
142 747
145 621
148 495
151 369

lb/h
10%

Real ow

11.811

22 842
26 744
30 646
34 548
38 449
42 351
46 253
50 155
54 057
57 958
61 860
65 762
69 664
73 565
77 467
81 369
85 271
89 173
93 074
96 976
100 878
104 780
108 681
112 583
116 485
120 387
124 288
128 190
132 092
135 994
139 896
143 797
147 699
151 601
155 503
159 404
163 306
167 208
171 080
175 012
178 883
182 815
18 685
190 619
194 487
198 422
202 289
206 226

lb/h
3%
23 634
27 800
31 966
36 133
40 299
44 465
48 631
52 797
56 964
61 130
65 296
69 462
73 629
77 795
81 961
86 127
90 294
94 460
98 626
102 792
106 958
111 125
115 291
119 457
123 623
127 790
131 956
136 122
140 288
144 454
148 621
152 787
156 953
161 119
165 286
169 452
173 618
177 784
181 951
186 117
190 283
194 449
198 615
202 782
206 948
211 114
215 280
219 447

lb/h
10%

Real ow

17.123

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1. lb /h steam, 90% of actual capacity at 3% accumulation in accordance with ASME Code, Section I.
2. lb /h steam, 90% of actual capacity at 10% accumulation in accordance with ASME Code, Section VIII.

Capacities

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Safety valve sizing information

Formulas:
For steam service:

For organic uid vaporizers - lb / h:

Where:
A = Required orice area in square inches
P = Relieving pressure in pounds per square inch absolute = set pressure (psi g) + overpressure + 14.7 where the overpressure is
3% or 2 psi, whichever is the greater. P = 1.03 x set pressure + 14.7 or P = set pressure + 2 psi + 14.7.
T = Inlet temperature, F. Absolute (F plus 460).
= Required steam capacity in pounds per hour.
= Required vapor capacity in pounds per hour.
Kd = Coefcient of discharge, 0.955 for steam, air and vapour service.
Ksh = Steam superheat correction factor. See Table 1 below.
M = Average molecular weight of vapour. See Table 2, page 5.
C = Gas or vapour ow constant. See Table 3, page 5.
Z = Compressibility factor corresponding to T and P. If this factor is not available, compressibility correction can be safely ignored using
a value of Z = 1.0.

Table 1 Ksh superheat correction factor

Total steam
temperature
F

Set pressure psi g

15

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

250

259

287

308

324

338

350

361

280

1.00

1.00

300

1.00

1.00

1.00

320

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

340

0.99

0.99

1.00

1.00

360

0.99

0.99

0.99

380

0.98

0.98

400

0.98

420

0.97

160

180

200

220

240

250

371

380

388

395

403

406

1.00

0.99

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.99

0.99

0.99

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.98

0.98

0.98

0.99

0.99

0.99

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.97

0.97

0.97

0.98

0.98

0.98

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.99

1.00

1.00

1.00

Saturated steam temperature F

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Sizing and selection

Refer to:- http: // www.spiraxsarco.com / resources / steam-engineering-tutorials / safety-valves / safety-valve-sizing.asp

Dimensions, weights and orice sizes (approximate) in inches and lbs

Valve inlet
Size
1"
2"
2"
3"
1"
2"
2"
2"
2"
3"
3"
3"
3"
4"
4"
6"
6"

Connection
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250
ANSI 250

Valve outlet
Size
2"
3"
4"
4"
2"
2"
3"
3"
4"
4"
4"
4"
4"
6"
6"
8"
8"

Connection
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
NPT
ANSI 125
ANSI 125
ANSI 125
ANSI 125
ANSI 125
ANSI 125

Orice

letter
J
K
L
M
J
J
K
K
L
L
M
L
M
N
P
Q
R

ins
3.5
4.0
4.6
5.1
3.5
3.5
4.0
4.0
4.6
4.6
5.1
-

A1

ins
5.5
5.5
7.1
7.1
9.3
10.0

ins
4.3
4.6
5.5
5.6
4.3
4.3
4.6
4.6
5.5
5.5
5.4
5.5
5.4
6.8
6.8
9.3
10.9

Weight

ins
15.8
17.1
18.5
24.3
15.8
15.8
17.1
17.1
19.5
19.5
24.3
19.5
24.3
26.5
28.5
34.5
43.9

lbs
33
46
66
93
38
40
49
51
71
73
101
82
110
187
196
355
595

Safety information, installation and maintenance

For full details see the Installation and Maintenance Instructions

(IM-S13-33) supplied with the product.
Installation note:
The safety valve should always be tted with the centre line of the
spring housing vertically above the valve.

SV7 safety valve selection guide

Series number

SV7

Construction

3 = Cast iron

B
Size and
connection

Actual
orice area
Sq. In.

Set pressure
SV7
B
A

V = ASME Code Section I

U = ASME Code Section VIII
V
Blank = Valve without code stamp
A =
1" NPT x 2" NPT
B =
2" NPT x 3" NPT
C =
2" NPT x 4" NPT
D =
3" NPT x 4" NPT
E = 1" ANSI 250 x 2" NPT
F = 2" ANSI 250 x 2 NPT
G = 2" ANSI 250 x 3" NPT
A
H = 2" ANSI 250 x 3" NPT
I = 2" ANSI 250 x 4" NPT
J = 3" ANSI 250 x 4 NPT
L = 3" ANSI 250 x 4 ANSI 125
N = 4" ANSI 250 x 6" ANSI 125
Q = 6" ANSI 250 x 8" ANSI 125
J = 1.374
K = 1.968
L = 3.054
M = 3.846
J
N = 4.633
P = 6.830
Q = 11.811
R = 17.123
Specify set pressure from
180
5 psi g to 250 psi g

ASME section

A1

SV7

180

How to order

Example: 1 off Spirax Sarco SV73-V-AJ-180 safety valve having

a set pressure of 180 psi g.

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