5 Factors to Be Considered When Choose Right Ball Valves
Ball valves are having good performance in shut-off application and are widely used, but do you know how to choose a right one?
Factor 1: What is the working pressure?
It is important for you to decide the range of pressure that will pass through the valve and choose the correct valve size and nominal pressure to bear the pipe pressure.
Factor 2: What is the working temperature?
It is essential to know the highest and lowest temperature of the medium that will flow through the valve. Only in this case, can you decide appropriate materials like PVC, carbon steel and stainless steel, as different materials can be used in different temperature range.
Factor 3: What type of fluid will go through the valve?
There are control systems to have proper flow of chemicals in large industries, there are valves designed to handle water from dams to power plants... Different fluids will have different characteristics with their own requirements for the material composition. Another important thing is that you need to check if there are corrosive elements involved.
Factor 4: What is the fluid volume?
It is necessary for you to have an idea of the fluid volume to choose the size of the valve, small ones like DN20, large ones like DN1200, the difference can be huge.
Factor 5: What is the valve cost?
After all the technical parts being considered, now it comes to commercial part-the cost of the valve. The cost of the valve is related to the sizes, material composition, also the brand of it!
Factor 1: What is the working pressure?
It is important for you to decide the range of pressure that will pass through the valve and choose the correct valve size and nominal pressure to bear the pipe pressure.
Factor 2: What is the working temperature?
It is essential to know the highest and lowest temperature of the medium that will flow through the valve. Only in this case, can you decide appropriate materials like PVC, carbon steel and stainless steel, as different materials can be used in different temperature range.
Factor 3: What type of fluid will go through the valve?
There are control systems to have proper flow of chemicals in large industries, there are valves designed to handle water from dams to power plants... Different fluids will have different characteristics with their own requirements for the material composition. Another important thing is that you need to check if there are corrosive elements involved.
Factor 4: What is the fluid volume?
It is necessary for you to have an idea of the fluid volume to choose the size of the valve, small ones like DN20, large ones like DN1200, the difference can be huge.
Factor 5: What is the valve cost?
After all the technical parts being considered, now it comes to commercial part-the cost of the valve. The cost of the valve is related to the sizes, material composition, also the brand of it!
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