Description du livre
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.