Valves can represent as much as 30% of the cost of process-fluid transfer systems in a process plant. Together, valves and piping can make up the largest single investment in a process plant, constituting about 23% of the total capital expenditure for equipment and materials. This book is a compilation of 29 recent articles from the pages of Chemical Engineering Magazine, written by the top valve people in the business. They discuss the specification and selection of process valves, selecting and sizing valves for safety, and the operation and maintenance of process valves.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 218 mm
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978-0-07-040932-3 (9780070409323)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
l. Don't overspecify control valves 2. Realistic control-valve pressure drops. 3. Predicting aerodynamic noise from control valves. 4. Select the right control valve for difficult service. 5. Butterfly valves for control. 6. Pressure regulators. 7. What are fire-safe valves? 8. Specifying rotary valves. 9. A guide to selecting manual valves. 10. CPI flutter over flawed valves. 11. New valves promise safer, cheaper chlorine shipping. 12. Selecting pressure relief valves. 13. Are liquid thermal-relief valves needed? 14. Avoiding common mistakes in sizing distillation safety valves. 15. Sizing and selecting conservation vents. 16. Practical design and operation of vapor-depressuring systems. 17. Sizing relief valves for fire emergencies. 18. Dynamic testing and maintenance of safety relief valves. 19. Rupture discs: a primer. 20. Good breaks for rupture discs, Rotary actuators for quarter-turn valves. 22. Prevent plug valves from sticking and jamming. 23. Preventing cavitation in butterfly valves. 24. Eliminating cavitation from pressure-reducing orifices. 25. Valve installation, operation and maintenance. 26. Installing, maintaining and troubleshooting control valves. 27. How to improve on-line control-valve performance. 28. Control-valve noise: Cause and cure. 29. Reconditioning makes old valves "new"
