Valve Selection Handbook: Engineering Fundamentals for Selecting the Right Valve Design for Every In

Valve Selection Handbook: Engineering Fundamentals for Selecting the Right Valve Design for Every Industrial Flow Application

Fifth Edition
by Peter Smith
and R. W. Zappe



Valves are the components in a fluid flow or pressure system that regulate either the flow or the pressure of the fluid. They are used extensively in the process industries, especially petrochemical. Though there are only four basic types of valves, there is an enormous number of different kinds of valves within each category, each one used for a specific purpose.

Valve Selection Handbook analyzes the use, construction, and selection of valves in a comprehensive manner.

Contents

Introduction
Fundamentals
Manual Valves
Check Valves
Pressure Relief Valves
Rupture Discs
Sizing Pressure Relief Devices
Actuators
Double Block and Bleed Ball Valves
Mechanical Locking devices for Valves
Appendices A-E


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