An Introductory Guide to Valve Selection: Isolation, Check, and Diverter Valves for the Energy, Process, Oil, and Gas Industries (Hardcover)

Part 1 Basic valve types and function.

Part 2 Service characteristics: fluid characteristics

abrasive service

sandy service

slurry service

solids

flammable service

solidifying service

viscous service

fire hazard.

Part 3 Valve types for isolation (block) duty: ball valves

butterfly valves

gate valves

globe or screw-down stop valves

plug valves

pinch valves

slam-shut valves

diverter valves

CCU slide valves.

Part 4 Valve operations and isolation: operability

isolation.

Part 5 Valve types for prevention of flow reversal (check): installation and process design considerations

lift check valves

diaphragm check valves

wafer check valves

plate check valves

foot valves.

Part 6 Valves for special applications: low emission service

vacuum service

excess flow valves

iris valves

emergency shutdown valves

sub-sea valves.

Part 7 Wellhead gate valves for the petroleum industry: valve types

valve selection

design requirements

materials

supporting calculations.

Part 8 Valve materials: materials for fire hazard areas

high temperature service

chloride service and environments

hydrogen service

material composition of welding end valves

gland packings

materials temperature limitations.

Part 9 Sizing and resistance to flow: incompressible (liquid) flow

compressible (gas or vapour) flow

surge.

Appendices