This is the definitive guide to valve selection. This fourth edition is thoroughly updated, with revised and expanded chapters on pressure relief valves and rupture discs. It takes into account U.S. practices and codes as well as emerging European standards.
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For engineers involved with fluid flow processes, here is a basic guide showing the engineering criteria for selecting valves. The book discusses engineering fundamentals related to valves and deals with the factors on which selection should be made. (Plant Engineering)
...this book is mandatory reading for anyone who uses valves in an engineering capacity. A copy ought to be handy for users and even sales people. -Chemical Engineering Magazine
...the book chapters look at each type of valve in detail. Photos accompany
all of the text.
-Chemical Engineering Magazine
The author provides excellent coverage of the various devices and the mathematics, which are required to properly size the complete system.
-Chemical Engineering Magazine
...this book is mandatory reading for anyone who uses valves in an engineering capacity. A copy ought to be handy for users and even sales people. -Chemical Engineering Magazine
...the book chapters look at each type of valve in detail. Photos accompany
all of the text.
-Chemical Engineering Magazine
The author provides excellent coverage of the various devices and the mathematics, which are required to properly size the complete system.
-Chemical Engineering Magazine
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The petrochemical industry's two hottest issues, the environment and offshore concerns, are discussed here in new material covering the latest products and practices for the engineer who works with valves and piping systems.
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Valve Selection Made Easy,
By A Customer
This review is from: Valve Selection Handbook, Fourth Edition (Hardcover)
This book was very instrumental in the selection of a valve for the use in a special application. The mechanics involved in each of the valve applicability are well explained. It is also helpful in pressure drop calculations when the use of the valve at a specific part of a process is necessary. It provides a wide range of valve types and has well illustrative figures for understanding the way the valve operates. It also has good explanation for the packing materials used in the different type of valves. It is good for a novice and professional alike.
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Efficient handbook,
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This review is from: Valve Selection Handbook, Fourth Edition (Hardcover)
An excellent book to whom day after day needs to specify safety and relief valves as ball, globe and butterfly ones. This book also reserved a chapter dedicated to rupture discs.
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The book came within the promised date. It was packaged nicely and was in great shape. I would gladly recommend the vendor and the book.
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Valves are the components in a fluid flow or pressure system that regulate either the flow or the pressure of the fluid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parallel gate valves, end steel valves, taper plug valve, valve body cavity, conduit gate valve, unseating torques, wedge gate valves, inlet pressure loss, fluid tightness, valve opening position, general purpose valves, seating stress, closure member, seating load, seat tightness, steam class, slide gate valves, graphite gaskets, floating seats, bore seat, leakage passages, low fluid pressures, metal seatings, seat seal, antistatic device Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Courtesy of Sempell, Customary Mixed, Courtesy of Anderson, External Screw, Courtesy of Crosby Valve, Gage Company, Applications Duty, Courtesy of Bopp, Plug Disc, Courtesy of Edward Valves Inc, Draft European Standard, Internal Screw, Off-Set Disk, Pinch Valve, Marston Ltd, Bolted Bonnet, Courtesy of American Petroleum Institute, Courtesy of Engineering Sciences Data Unit, Courtesy of Pegler Hattersley Limited, Courtesy of Rembe, Courtesy of Rich, Courtesy of Saunders Valve Company Limited, Seat Packing Mounted, Sonic Nozzle Flow Weight, Vacuum Cryogenic New!
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Valves are the components in a fluid flow or pressure system that regulate either the flow or the pressure of the fluid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parallel gate valves, end steel valves, taper plug valve, valve body cavity, conduit gate valve, unseating torques, wedge gate valves, inlet pressure loss, fluid tightness, valve opening position, general purpose valves, seating stress, closure member, seating load, seat tightness, steam class, slide gate valves, graphite gaskets, floating seats, bore seat, leakage passages, low fluid pressures, metal seatings, seat seal, antistatic device Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Courtesy of Sempell, Customary Mixed, Courtesy of Anderson, External Screw, Courtesy of Crosby Valve, Gage Company, Applications Duty, Courtesy of Bopp, Plug Disc, Courtesy of Edward Valves Inc, Draft European Standard, Internal Screw, Off-Set Disk, Pinch Valve, Marston Ltd, Bolted Bonnet, Courtesy of American Petroleum Institute, Courtesy of Engineering Sciences Data Unit, Courtesy of Pegler Hattersley Limited, Courtesy of Rembe, Courtesy of Rich, Courtesy of Saunders Valve Company Limited, Seat Packing Mounted, Sonic Nozzle Flow Weight, Vacuum Cryogenic New!
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- Fluid Transients by E. Benjamin Wylie on page 43, and Back Matter
- Numerical Analysis (Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, V. 22) by American Mathematical Society in Back Matter
- Numerical Analysis Pb (MEI Structured Mathematics) by Elizabeth West in Back Matter
- Valve Handbook by Philip L. Skousen in Back Matter
- What Every Engineer Should Know about Engineering Information Resources by Schenk on page 50
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