Valve Selection Handbook
Engineering Fundamentals for Selecting the Right Valve Design for Every Industrial Flow Application
- 5th Edition - December 12, 2003
- Latest edition
- Authors: Peter Smith, R. W. Zappe
- Language: English
Valves are the components in a fluid flow or pressure system that regulate either the flow or the pressure of the fluid. They are used extensively in the process industries,… Read more
Valves are the components in a fluid flow or pressure system that regulate either the flow or the pressure of the fluid. They are used extensively in the process industries, especially petrochemical. Though there are only four basic types of valves, there is an enormous number of different kinds of valves within each category, each one used for a specific purpose. No other book on the market analyzes the use, construction, and selection of valves in such a comprehensive manner.
- Covers new environmentally-conscious equipment and practices, the most important hot-button issue in the petrochemical industry today
- Details new generations of valves for offshore projects, the oil industry's fastest-growing segment
- Includes numerous new products that have never before been written about in the mainstream literature
Process engineers, mechanical engineers, pipers, pipeline engineers, engineering consultants servicing the petrochemical and other process industries, chemical engineers, purchasers for petrochemical companies
FundamentalsManual ValvesCheck ValvesPressure Relief ValvesRupture DiscsSizing Pressure Relief DevicesActuatorsDouble Block and Bleed Ball ValvesMechanical Locking devices for Valves
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: December 12, 2003
- Language: English
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Peter Smith
Peter Smith is an independent consultant based in Europe with 30 years of experience in the onshore and offshore sectors of the oil and gas industry. He has worked on design and construction projects for, Exxon, Total, Mobil, Woodside Petroleum, Shell, Statoil, Bluewater, Elf, and Huffco Indonesia.
Affiliations and expertise
Independent Consultant, UKRZ
R. W. Zappe
R.W. Zappe is a retired consultant for ICI Australia Operations Pty. Ltd., where he had been employed since 1950. A graduate of Technical University Wuppertal in mechanical engineering, he also worked for Dragerwerk, Lubeck as a design engineer for respiratory equipment until he founded a small manufacturing company in Hamburg.
Affiliations and expertise
retired consultant for ICI Australia Operations Pty. Ltd.,Read Valve Selection Handbook on ScienceDirect