CP - Profiled Plate Valve

Reach the best efficiency without sacrificing reliability and uptime

The world standard in natural gas compression

Conventional valve design has had its day when it comes to increasing the efficiency and uptime of compressors. Real increases in compressor efficiency can only be achieved through innovative designs. The compressor valve is the heart of the compressor, and significantly determines the overall compressor efficiency and uptime. To optimize reliability and save energy, you need a technologically advanced valve that can do both. HOERBIGER’s CP Profiled Plate Valve combines all the properties needed to meet these requirements: The CP valves offer up to 50% higher effective flow area than conventional valves and make more horsepower available for higher throughput. The high-performance PowerPEEK® valve plates outperform any other PEEK valve plates in terms of impact resistance and strength.

But not only that: thanks to the high degree of standardization, the number of different spare parts in the warehouse is reduced and inventory management is made easy.

The valves are also the ideal choice for biogas/green methane compression.

Your benefits at a glance

Feature	Advantage	Benefit
Profiled plate design and higher number of flow channels	Industry benchmark in efficiency: 30–50% higher effctive flow area than conventional valves Superior efficiency even at low lift	Long life and high compressor uptime
Spring savers prevent coil-to-guard contact	Tribological optimization
Injection-molded high-performance PEEK®	Optimum fiber orientation and high flexural strength 4–6 times higher impact resistance than standard PEEK
High effective flow area	Lower power/flow ratio making more horse power available for increased flow	Move more gas
Aerodynamic flow path	Reduces build up of particles and provides tolerance of liquids	Excellent reliability for reduced downtime Less emissions due to fewer on-site interventions
Anti-stiction design: Wave-shaped profiled guard and tapered seat	Reduces adhesion forces due to liquids Avoids delays in valve opening and closing Tolerance against over-lubrication or liquid carryover
Heavy duty springs made of electro-slag remelting (ESR) steel	Designed for high dynamic loads
Industry benchmark in efficiency High-performance valve plate Tribological optimization	Replace wear parts less frequently	Lower total cost of ownership Savings in CO₂ emissions and costs
	Reduce main driver energy costs
High standardization Reduced valve configurations	Commonality of parts	Simplified inventory

PowerPEEK® high-performance valve plate material means high reliability and extended service intervals

PowerPEEK® and the unique design of profiled valve plates create a valve with extreme efficiency and excellent flow characteristics. This automatically improves the valve's reliability and durability. The construction of a finer-meshed ring section increases the effective flow area and hence the efficiency of the valve. The aerodynamic design generates a lower pressure drop than conventional valve sealing elements and gives small amounts of liquid and debris the ability to pass through. PowerPEEK® plates also offer an optimized orientation of reinforcing fibers for extreme strength and robustness. This leads to an increase in MTBF and MTBM and higher production output.