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I. Nine Steps for Valve Selection

 

① Define Service Conditions: Determine valve function, applicable medium, working pressure, and temperature range.

 

② Determine Connection Parameters: Specify nominal diameter and connection type (flanged, threaded, welded).

 

③ Select Operation Method: Choose manual, electric, pneumatic, hydraulic, or electro-hydraulic based on automation needs.

 

④ Determine Body Materials: Select gray iron, ductile iron, carbon steel, alloy steel, or stainless steel according to medium characteristics.

 

⑤ Choose Valve Category: Identify as shut-off valve, control valve, or safety valve based on function.

 

⑥ Specify Valve Type: Select specific structures like gate, globe, ball, butterfly, throttle, safety, pressure reducing, or steam trap valves.

 

⑦ Determine Performance Parameters: For automatic valves, calculate allowable flow resistance, discharge capacity, back pressure to determine seat bore diameter.

 

⑧ Confirm Installation Dimensions: Include face-to-face dimension, flange specifications, open height, and bolt hole details.

 

⑨ Review Product Documentation: Cross-reference with valve catalogs and samples to select suitable models.

 

II. Core Selection Criteria

 

① Purpose and Control Method: Clarify whether for isolation, regulation, or safety protection; manual or automatic operation.

 

② Medium Properties: Consider pressure/temperature range, corrosiveness, solid particle content, toxicity, flammability, and viscosity.

 

③ Fluid Characteristics: Technical requirements for flow resistance, discharge capacity, flow characteristics, and leakage class.

 

④ Installation Constraints: Site limitations on nominal size, connection type, overall dimensions, and weight.

 

⑤ Additional Requirements: Reliability expectations, service life, and explosion-proof ratings for electric actuators.

 

Control Valve Parameters: For regulating service, also determine max/min flow, normal pressure drop, shut-off pressure drop, and inlet/outlet pressure ranges.

 

III. Fundamental Selection Principles

 

Safety First: Prioritize valves with excellent sealing, high strength, and appropriate explosion-proof ratings for hazardous conditions.

 

Media Compatibility: Choose ball or butterfly valves for particle-containing media; avoid easily clogged globe valves.

 

Economic Efficiency: Prefer standardized products to reduce procurement and maintenance costs.

 

Maintainability: Consider installation space, operating direction, and repair accessibility.

 

Code Compliance: Meet applicable GB, JB, API, ISO and other relevant standards.

 

Only by mastering these steps, criteria, and principles can engineers select the most suitable valve for specific conditions, ensuring long-term stable operation of piping systems.

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