Abstract
This paper describes how to calculate the stem friction coefficient of safety related motor operated valves (MOVs) that reflects potential degradation with time by using diagnostic signals acquired in static field tests that have been conducted more than two times per valve. Based on the calculated stem friction coefficients, their behaviors with time were analyzed considering various parameters that could cause potential degradation. Most friction coefficients change randomly rather than increasing or decreasing continuously over time. From those trends, a threshold coefficient, which represents the highest expected value of the friction coefficient, was calculated and provided.
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