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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808315503321

Autore

Zappe R. W. <1912->

Titolo

Valve selection handbook : engineering fundamentals for selecting the right valve design for every industrial flow application / / by Peter Smith (editor and contributor), and R.W. Zappe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier, : Gulf Professional Pub., c2004

ISBN

978-0-0805-8158-6

1-4933-0297-3

1-281-05208-6

9786611052089

0-08-048158-2

9780080581586

Edizione

[5th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithPeter

Disciplina

621.8/4

621.84

Soggetti

Valves

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FUNDAMENTALS; 3. MANUAL VALVES; 4. CHECK VALVES; 5. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES; 6. RUPTURE DISCS; 7. SIZING PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES; 8. ACTUATORS; 9. DOUBLE BLOCK AND BLEED BALL VALVES; 10. MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICES FOR VALVES; Appendix A: ABBREVIATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND STANDARDS RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL VALVE INDUSTRY; Appendix B: PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS; Appendix C: STANDARDS PERTAINING TO VALVES; Appendix D: INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI); Appendix E: VALVE GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.  No other book on the market analyzes the use,



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