An Introductory Guide to Valve Selection
Isolation, Check, and Diverter Valves for the Energy, Process, Oil, and Gas Industries
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. January 1995
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-85298-914-2 (ISBN)
Description
A guide to the choice of common types of isolating (block), check and diverter valves for the energy, process, oil and gas industries. The book is applicable to both onshore and offshore locations, including subsea applications.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
427 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85298-914-2 (9780852989142)
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Persons
E. Smith and B. E. Vivian are the authors of An Introductory Guide to Valve Selection, published by Wiley.
Content
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
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