Second Edition
by Philip L. Skousen

The classic guide to improving efficiency and productivity, updated and including smart valve technology!

Features:

• Newest smart valve technology
• Updates on HART® and Fieldbus valves
• Current codes and testing centers

Updated to accommodate a new generation of smart technology, this Second Edition of the Valve Handbook features coverage of smart positioners, controllers, and valves. With this comprehensive, expertly written reference, you get one-stop coverage of valve design, performance, and selection, as well as the operation, application, and pros and cons of todays newest smart valves with digital positioners and actuators.

Redesigned to meet the needs of todays professional this handbook provides:

• New process plant applications for the latest smart valve
• Updates on HART® and FieldBus valve technology
• Addition of new pneumatic-to-hydraulic actuator design
• Three-way pneumatic positioner with smart transducer adaptation module
• New high-performance micro-Cv valve
• New ceramic trim materials for mining applications

The Valve Handbook also gives you the expertise to deal with many common problems that reduce valve performance, including solutions to flashing ... choked flow ... high velocities ... noise ... and other day-to-day problems.

Contents

1. Introduction to Valves
2. Valve Selection Criteria
3. anual Valves
4. Control Valves
5. Manual Operators and Actuators
6. New smart valve technology
7. Smart Valves and Positioners
8. Valve Sizing
9. Actuator Sizing
10. Common-Valve Problems

Abbreviations of Related Organizations and Standards
Glossary
Index

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