Different Types of Ball Valves and Their Applications
Different Types of Ball Valves and Their Applications
If you are an oil or gas engineer, you know that ball valves are very important parts of the pipeline system. They are used for various purposes throughout the oil and gas industry. For upstream applications, they control the flow of oil. For the midstream, they protect equipment by controlling the flow of natural gas and oil. For the downstream, they are used to refine crude oil.
Due to the wide application of valves in industry, every engineer must be familiar with various valves, or at least the most common ones.
Ball valve is mainly used in pipeline to cut off, distribute and change the flow direction of medium. It has the following advantages:
Due to the wide application of valves in industry, every engineer must be familiar with various valves, or at least the most common ones.
Ball valve is mainly used in pipeline to cut off, distribute and change the flow direction of medium. It has the following advantages:
- The structure is simple, small in volume, light in weight and convenient for maintenance.
- The fluid resistance is small, tight and reliable, and the sealing performance is good.
- It is convenient to operate, open and close quickly, and it is convenient for remote control.
- The sealing surface of the ball and seat is isolated from the medium, which is not easy to cause erosion of the sealing surface of the valve.
- It can be used in a wide range, from small diameter to several millimeters, large to several meters, from high vacuum to high pressure.
- In addition to hydrocarbon systems, they are also suitable for air, gas and steam systems.
- They can be used to connect instruments through instrument pipes.
Several different types of Tony ball valves are listed below.
TONY's high pressure ball valve is a reduced diameter ball valve. The reducing ball valve is a valve with closed element to control flow. The flow area of the opening of the closing element is less than that of the inner diameter of the pipeline. The maximum working pressure of Tony high-pressure ball valve can reach 6000PSI, and provides multiple connection modes such as double ferrule, thread and welding.
2.Sanitary Ball Valve
2.Sanitary Ball Valve
TONY's sanitary ball valve is a full bore ball valve connected with sanitary clamp. It is made of 304 / 316 / 316L stainless steel and the inside and outside of the product are treated with high-grade polishing equipment to meet the surface precision requirements. Sizes range from 1 / 2 "to 4".
3.Mini Ball Valve
