Valve Selection Handbook Fourth Edition

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.

This definitive guide to valve selection is the result of the author's lifelong study of the design and application of valves. It covers the fundamentals of sealing mechanisms, as well as the sealability of fluids and flow through valves. You will find a complete analysis of valve designs for various industrial flow applications. This fourth edition is thoroughly updated, with revised and expanded chapters on pressure relief valves and rupture discs. This book takes into account U.S. practices and codes as well as emerging European standards. The book is an excellent reference text for practicing engineers and students. It is also of interest to valve manufacturers and authorities who evaluate and establish standards.

A practical guide to valve selection, covering the fundamentals of valve construction and application and analyzing the different hazards and requirements of various industrial fluid flow situations.

Comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of valves for the process industry Revised to include details on the latest technologies, Valve Handbook, Third Edition, discusses design, performance, selection, operation, and application. This updated resource features a new chapter on the green technology currently employed by the valve industry, as well as an overview of the major environmental global standards that process plants are expected to meet. The book also contains new information on: Valves used in the wastewater industry Applying emergency shutdown (ESO) valves Recent changes to shutoff classifications Valves specified for the nuclear industry The procurement process for the Nuclear Stamp (N-Stamp) The emergence of wireless technology and its application to current smart technology Characteristics of high-performance hydraulic fluid Valve Handbook, Third Edition, covers: Valve selection criteria Manual valves Check valves Pressure relief valves Control valves Manual operators and actuators Smart valves and positioners Valve and actuator sizing Green valve technology and application Common valve problems Valve purchasing issues

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

An up to date and comprehensive reference on all aspects of valve design, operation and maintenance. It includes information on smart valves and fugitive emissions control, critical issues for the next decade.

A guide to the choice of common types of isolating (block), check and diverter valves for the energy, process, oil and gas industries. The book is applicable to both onshore and offshore locations, including subsea applications.

Following the publication of the author’s first book, Boilers for Power and Process by CRC Press in 2009, several requests were made for a reference with even quicker access to information. Boilers: A Practical Reference is the result of those requests, providing a user-friendly encyclopedic format with more than 500 entries and nearly the same number of supporting illustrations. Written for practicing engineers and dealing with practical issues rather than theory, this reference focuses exclusively on water tube boilers found in process industries and power plants. It provides broad explanations for the following topics: A range of boilers and main auxiliaries, as well as steam and gas turbines Traditional firing techniques—grates, oil/gas, and modern systems Industrial, utility, waste heat, MSW and bio-fuel-fired boilers, including supercritical boilers The scientific fundamentals of combustion, heat transfer, fluid flow, and more The basics of fuels, water, ash, high-temperature steels, structurals, refractory, insulation, and more Additional engineering topics like boiler instruments, controls, welding, corrosion, and wear Air pollution, its abatement techniques and their effect on the design of boilers and auxiliaries Emerging technologies such as carbon capture, oxy-fuel combustion, and PFBC This reference covers almost every topic needed by boiler engineers in process and power plants. An encyclopedia by design and a professional reference book by focus and size, this volume is strong on fundamentals and design aspects as well as practical content. The scope and easy-to-navigate presentation of the material plus the numerous illustrations make this a unique reference for busy design, project, operation, and consulting engineers.