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Valve Selection Handbook

This is the definitive guide to valve selection. This fourth edition is thoroughly updated, with revised and expanded chapters on pressure relief valves and rupture discs. It takes… Read more

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This is the definitive guide to valve selection. This fourth edition is thoroughly updated, with revised and expanded chapters on pressure relief valves and rupture discs. It takes into account U.S. practices and codes as well as emerging European standards.


Table of contents

Introduction. Fundamentals. Manual valves. Check valves. Pressure relief valves. Rupture discs. Sizing pressure relief devices. Appendix A: Properties of fluids. Appendix B: ASME code pressure relief valve rules. Appendix C: International systems of units (SI). References. Index.

Review quotes

"For engineers involved with fluid flow processes, here is a basic guide showing the engineering criteria for selecting valves. The book discusses engineering fundamentals related to valves and deals with the factors on which selection should be made."—Plant Engineering

"...this book is mandatory reading for anyone who uses valves in an engineering capacity. A copy ought to be handy for users and even sales people."—Chemical Engineering Magazine

"...the book chapters look at each type of valve in detail. Photos accompany
all of the text."—Chemical Engineering Magazine

"The author provides excellent coverage of the various devices and the mathematics, which are required to properly size the complete system."—Chemical Engineering Magazine

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About the author

RZ

R. W. Zappe

R.W. Zappe is a retired consultant for ICI Australia Operations Pty. Ltd., where he had been employed since 1950. A graduate of Technical University Wuppertal in mechanical engineering, he also worked for Dragerwerk, Lubeck as a design engineer for respiratory equipment until he founded a small manufacturing company in Hamburg.
Affiliations and expertise
retired consultant for ICI Australia Operations Pty. Ltd.,