Valve selection handbook : engineering fundamentals for selecting the right valve design for every industrial flow application

• Main Author: Zappe, R. W., 1912-
• Other Authors: Smith, Peter, 1951 June 7-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier : Gulf Professional Pub., ©2004.
• Edition: 5th ed.
• Subjects: Valves > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 0750677171; 9780750677172
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : illustrations

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...