Introductory Guide to Valve Selection

E. Smith and B. E. Vivian are the authors of An Introductory Guide to Valve Selection, published by Wiley.

• Part 1 Basic valve types and function. Part 2 Service characteristics: fluid characteristics abrasive servicesandy serviceslurry servicesolidsflammable servicesolidifying serviceviscous servicefire hazard. Part 3 Valve types for isolation (block) duty: ball valvesbutterfly valvesgate valvesglobe or screw-down stop valvesplug valvespinch valvesslam-shut valvesdiverter valvesCCU slide valves. Part 4 Valve operations and isolation: operabilityisolation. Part 5 Valve types for prevention of flow reversal (check): installation and process design considerationslift check valvesdiaphragm check valveswafer check valvesplate check valvesfoot valves. Part 6 Valves for special applications: low emission servicevacuum serviceexcess flow valvesiris valvesemergency shutdown valvessub-sea valves. Part 7 Wellhead gate valves for the petroleum industry: valve typesvalve selectiondesign requirementsmaterialssupporting calculations. Part 8 Valve materials: materials for fire hazard areashigh temperature servicechloride service and environmentshydrogen servicematerial composition of welding end valvesgland packingsmaterials temperature limitations. Part 9 Sizing and resistance to flow: incompressible (liquid) flowcompressible (gas or vapour) flowsurge. Appendices