Patent ID: 8499610

Claim:
An apparatus for testing the performance of a safety valve to perform a set pressure test, a seat tightness test, a flow rate test, a blow-down test, a water discharge test of a loop seal, and a discharge load test of the safety valve, the apparatus comprising: an accumulator including at least one electric heater for heating a predetermined amount of water in the accumulator, and storing steam produced by the electric heater under pressure; a test vessel storing the steam supplied from the accumulator, and providing test pressure to a safety valve being tested, the steam being supplied after flow rate and pressure of the steam are controlled; a condensing tank storing demineralized water to be supplied to the accumulator, and condensing and collecting the steam discharged from the safety valve; and a water-supply pump supplying the water stored in the condensing tank to the accumulator, wherein the condensing tank contains a sparger which sparges the steam discharged from the safety valve into the water.