Ball valves are quarter-turn, straight-through valves that have a round closure element with matching rounded seats that permit uniform sealing stress. The valve gets its name from the ball that ...

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but the valve damage will likely be reduced as the plug moves away from the seat. Figure 4. This graph compares the vena contracta pressures of a high recovery (ball, butterfly) valve versus a low ...

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Ball valves are a species of plug valves having a ball-shaped closure member. The seat matching the ball is circular so that the seating stress is circumferentially uniform. Most ball valves are also ...