A comprehensive reference covering the design, application, operation, and maintenance of valves in use today. The handbook provides descriptions and explanations of operations of valves, as well as basic valve theory, common applications, and basic differences between existing valve designs.
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Your complete reference to sizing and selecting today's most efficient valves. You can dramatically improve efficiency and productivity for any valve application with this comprehensive guide to every aspect of valve design, performance, and selection. Valve Handbook takes you through the operation, application, and pros and cons of today's most common valves--including manual, check, relief, control, and smart valves. With sectioned-view drawings, photographs, and examples, this reference provides the practical information that will enable you to: Size all kinds of valves and actuators; Capitalize on smart technology in valve design & Operation; Control fugitive emissions; Perform accurate life-cycle cost evaluations; Effectively automate manual valves. The handbook also gives you the expertise to deal with many common problems that reduce valve performance. You'll find a wide range of proven solutions to flashing. . .choked flow. . .high velocities. . .noise. . .and other day-today problems.
About the Author
Philip L. Skousen, ME has been associted with the process equipment industry for over 25 years, serving in a number of engineering, marketing, and communication management positions. His previous associations include Valtek International, Durco International, Kammer Ventile, Sereg Vannes, and Flowserve Corporation. Mr. Skousen has written or contributed to dozens of technical articles for Chemical Engineering, Chemical Processing, The Valve Magazine, Control Engineering, and Control. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Brigham Young University for over 12 years, teaching marketing and business communication courses. Mr. Skousen is a graduate of Brigham Young University and is professionally accredited through the International Association of Business Communicators.
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Very good resource for somebody designing valves. I highly recommend it for the first time valve designer.
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The subject valve handbook found fit for purpose.The book is prepared in a way that it can be read from any chapter.
Excellent source of reliabale information,well layed out and reader for sure will find useful infromation relvant to valves. The book is desreved to be owned and read.
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This book is a great reference. A very useful tool for our team, informative, and well written. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a guide on current valve technology.
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By definition, valves are mechanical devices specifically designed to direct, start, stop, mix, or regulate the flow, pressure, or temperature of a process fluid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bonnet bore, auxiliary handwheel, separable flanges, eccentric plug valve, throttling situations, piston cylinder actuators, gland flange, globe control valve, disassembly clearance, general service valves, breakout torque, ball control valves, increase stem friction, leak definition concentration, minor galling, rated valve capacity, stem retracts, tightening the bolting, closure element, handwheel stem, diaphragm sleeve, digital positioner, inherent flow characteristic, actuator stem, manual ball valves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Value Division, Courtesy of The Duriron Company, Crane Value Group, Clean Air Act, Courtesy of Vattek International, North America, Common Valve Problems, Courtesy of Pacific Values, Metal Class, Normally Closed, United States, Valve Selection Criteria, Courtesy of Kammer Values, Classification According, Courtesy of Control Components Inc, Courtesy of Vattek Internationan, Engineered Values, Environmental Protection Agency, Value Diuision, Valve Globe, Courtesy of Atomac, Courtesy of Flowseal, Courtesy of Red Value Company, Courtesy of Vallek International, Courtesy of Velan Value Corporation New!
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By definition, valves are mechanical devices specifically designed to direct, start, stop, mix, or regulate the flow, pressure, or temperature of a process fluid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bonnet bore, auxiliary handwheel, separable flanges, eccentric plug valve, throttling situations, piston cylinder actuators, gland flange, globe control valve, disassembly clearance, general service valves, breakout torque, ball control valves, increase stem friction, leak definition concentration, minor galling, rated valve capacity, stem retracts, tightening the bolting, closure element, handwheel stem, diaphragm sleeve, digital positioner, inherent flow characteristic, actuator stem, manual ball valves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Value Division, Courtesy of The Duriron Company, Crane Value Group, Clean Air Act, Courtesy of Vattek International, North America, Common Valve Problems, Courtesy of Pacific Values, Metal Class, Normally Closed, United States, Valve Selection Criteria, Courtesy of Kammer Values, Classification According, Courtesy of Control Components Inc, Courtesy of Vattek Internationan, Engineered Values, Environmental Protection Agency, Value Diuision, Valve Globe, Courtesy of Atomac, Courtesy of Flowseal, Courtesy of Red Value Company, Courtesy of Vallek International, Courtesy of Velan Value Corporation New!
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- Valve Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) by Philip Skousen in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Hydraulics of Pipelines: Pumps, Valves, Cavitation, Transients by J. Paul Tullis in Back Matter
- Department of Agriculture: Forest Service: [Hc]: [1992-93]: House of Commons Papers: [1992-93] by Great Britain in Back Matter
- Mechanical Design Handbook by Harold A. Rothbert in Front Matter
- Valve Selection and Specification by R. Merrick in Back Matter
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- Fluid Mechanics by Frank M. White on page 448
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