Control valves

Control valves are valves used to control conditions such

as ow, pressure, temperature, and liquid level by fully or
partially opening or closing in response to signals received
from controllers that compare a setpoint to a process
variable whose value is provided by sensors that mon-
itor changes in such conditions.[1] Control Valve is also
termed as the Final Control Element.
The opening or closing of control valves is usually done
automatically by electrical, hydraulic or pneumatic ac-
tuators. Positioners are used to control the opening or
closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic
signals. These control signals, traditionally based on 3-
15psi (0.2-1.0bar), more common now are 4-20mA sig-
nals for industry, 0-10V for HVAC systems, and the in-
troduction of Smart systems, HART, Fieldbus Foun-
dation, and Probus being the more common protocols.
Some of the control valve available are Reverse Double-
Ported Globe-Style Valve Body, Three-Way Valve with
Balanced Valve Plug, Flanged Angle-Style Control Valve
Body, Valve Body with Cage-Style Trim, Balanced Valve
Plug, and Soft Seat.[2]
A control valve consists of three main parts in which each
part exist in several types and designs:

Valves actuator
Globe valve with a manual hand-wheel
Valves positioner

Valves body Balanced-plug cage-style valve bodies

High capacity, cage-guided valve bodies
1 Types of control valve bodies Port-guided single-port valve bodies
Double-ported valve bodies
The most common and versatile types of control valves Three-way valve bodies
are sliding-stem globe and angle valves. Their popular-
ity derives from rugged construction and the many op- Diaphragm Valves
tions available that make them suitable for a variety of
Rotary valves
process applications, including severe service.[3] Control
valve bodies may be categorized as below:[4] Buttery valve bodies
V-notch ball control valve bodies
Angle Valves
Eccentric-disk control valve bodies
Cage-style valve bodies Eccentric-plug control valve bodies
DiskStack style valve bodies
Sliding cylinder valves
Angle seat piston valves
Directional control valve
Globe valves Spool valve
Single-port valve bodies Piston valve

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2 4 EXTERNAL LINKS

[2] Emerson Process Management Control valve handbook,

fourth edition, Fisher Controls International LLC, 2005.

[3] Hagen, S. (2003) Control valve technology Plant Ser-

vices

[4] Fisher Controls International Emerson Process Manage-

ment website.

4 External links
Control valve tutorials Tutorials covering the sizing,
capacity and characteristics of control valves. Ac-
tuators, positioners, controllers and sensors are also
discussed - Spirax Sarco
Control Valve Handbook (4th Edition) A 297-page
online book.

Process Instrumentation (Lecture 8): Control valves

Article from a University of South Australia website.

Pressure Independent Control Valve Animation

Flash animations demonstrating conventional and
pressure independent control valve operation.
Globe control valve with pneumatic actuator and smart positioner
Samson AG Demo Valve Sizing Software. Basic
Trial valve sizing programme.
Air-operated valves
Control Valve Sizing Calculator Control Valve Siz-
Air-operated valve ing Calculator to determine Cv for a valve.
Relay valve
Air-operated pinch valve

2 See also
Control engineering
Control system
Fieldbus Foundation
Flow control valve
HART Protocol
Instrumentation
Instrumentation engineering
Pneumatic ow control
Process control
PROFIBUS

3 References
[1] Bela G. Liptak (Editor) (2003). Instrument Engineers
Handbook (4th ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-1083-0.
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