Valves

Four classifications of valves :

• Block or stop valves

• Throttling Valves

• Check Valves

• Pressure Relief Valves

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Block or Stop Valves

Block or stop valves are valves that have the ability to

prevent movement in one or more directions.

In the petroleum industry, block valves are referred to as

valves that prevent or allow motion to occur with being
restricted.

Common examples of block or stop valves include

• gate valves
• slide valves
• plug valves
• ball valves

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Gate valve

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Slide valves

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Plug Valve

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Ball Valves

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Throttling Valves – used to regulate flow

Throttling valves are valves whose closure element has the

capability to start and stop flow in addition to stopping flow
along any position of the valve stroke in order for efficient
regulation in the processes of flow with regards to
temperature and/or pressure.

Throttling valves include:

• globe valves
• angle valves
• needle valves
• butterfly valves
• diaphragm valves

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globe valve

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Angle valve

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Needle valve

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Butterfly Valves

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Diaphragm Valves

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Check Valves

Check valves are valves that only permit flow in one direction and
therefore prohibiting flow from moving in the opposite direction.

They are classified as one-way directional valves because they

are used to prevent back flow in lines.

Media flow in the required direction opens the valve, while flow
in the undesired or opposite direction will close the valve.

Check valves include

• Lift check valve

• Swing-check valve
• Foot valve

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Lift-check

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Swing check

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Foot valve A foot valve is nothing more than
a swing check valve operating in
the vertical position

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Pressure Relief Valves

Pressure relief valves are designed in such a way to provide

protection from over-pressure in lines thus maintaining safe
operating pressure and they include
• safety valves
• relief valves
• safety-relief valves
• back-pressure regulating valves.

These valves are designed in such a way that a pressure spring is

used to maintain constant force acting on the backside of the valve
disk therefore leaving the valve closed.

They open when fluid pressure builds up and this pressure exceeds
the constant force exerted by the spring.

When this happens, fluid now exits the valve until pressure falls
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Safety Valve

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Relief Valve

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Safety-Relief Valve

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Back-Pressure Relief Valve

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