Fluid Mechanics of Control Valves: How Valves Control Your Process

By Hans Baumann and Hans D. Baumann

Fluid Mechanics of Control Valves is a practical, experience-driven handbook that explains how control valves work and how to select, size and maintain them. This book covers valve types (globe, butterfly, ball and three-way), actuators and positioners, valve-sizing methods for liquids and gases, and how thermodynamic effects, such as choked flow, cavitation and auto-refrigeration, affect performance. It also guides readers on efficiency and power consumption, noise and vibration sources, practical noise-reduction strategies, sanitary valve design for food and biotech, fail-safe actions, inspection and testing, and modern concerns such as cybersecurity and loop stability.

This book also provides clear definitions, examples, tables and real-world advice to make complex fluid and acoustic concepts accessible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643310046
• ISBN13: 9781643310046
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 160 Pages