Swing check valves are the most common check valves. They are inexpensive and as they are automatic they do not require any external power or control to operate &#; only the flow direction determines the valve operation. Swing check valves with closed bushings do not have an open/close indicator but often the valves are mounted with lever and weight or lever and spring which enable visual check. For more details, please visit the section about swing check valves.
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In general, ball check valves are simple and cost effective. Advantages are their compactness and the fact that they have no external parts which helps keeping the price low and the reliability high. A disadvantage may for some applications be that they do not have an open/close indicator. For more details, please visit the section about ball check valves.
The recoil check valve is one of the oldest and recognized types of high performance check valves. They are used in pumping systems where high rapid flow reversal takes place. Typically, these active systems are pumping stations which adopt high branch velocities and, in addition, provide automatic stopping and starting, deliver into a vertically rising main and have multi&#;pump sets delivering into a common main.
The recoil check valve is designed to incorporate every mechanical and hydraulic assistance for accelerating the closure of the door.
For larger valve sizes, a multi&#;door design is used. By sharing the volume of flow by two, three or even four doors, this reduces the required angular travel of each door, thus reducing the closure times of the doors.
The recoil check valves have metal to metal seats and an allowable leakage rate is to be considered.
The tilting disc check valve is similar in appearance to an eccentric butterfly valve. The valve body is double&#;flanged and of a short length. The disc is held in place via a shaft which is positioned eccentrically from the body centreline in both the horizontal and vertical axes.
The double eccentricity of the shaft results in the lower section of the disc occupying a greater area in the flow path. Consequently, the disc begins to open at very low flow rates. The tilting disc check valve is therefore commonly used in pumping systems with low flow rates and also for pulsating flows.
During flow reversal, the disc closes due to gravity and the upper part of the disc above the shaft centreline pushes against the flow thus acting as a hydraulic brake which cushions the disc as it returns to the closed position. Tilting disc valves can be supplied with optional levers and weights to adjust the closing characteristics of the valve. As such, the tilting disc check valves are well suited to reduce the risk of water hammers.
Because of the internal shafts which are within the flow stream, the tilting disc check valve is used for water and treated effluent applications. For more details, please see our tilting disc check valve product information.
Some of the things you need to consider are fluid compatibility, flow characteristics, headloss, non-slam characteristics and total cost of ownership. For optimal performance, it is of course important to choose your valve respecting the characteristics of each specific installation.
In general, ball check valves are simple and cost effective. Advantages are their compactness and the fact that they have no external parts which helps keeping the price low and the reliability high. A disadvantage may for some applications be that they do not have an open/close indicator. For more details, please visit the section about ball check valves.
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Swing check valves are the most common check valves. They are inexpensive and as they are automatic they do not require any external power or control to operate &#; only the flow direction determines the valve operation. Swing check valves with closed bushings do not have an open/close indicator but often the valves are mounted with lever and weight or lever and spring which enable visual check. For more details, please visit the section about swing check valves.
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All check valves are designed to handle water and treated wastewater but handling of raw waste water/sewage may cause some issues. When selecting a valve for these fluids, you should probably consider how the presence of solids may potentially affect operation of the valve.
If a check valve closes very fast, it may prevent slamming. However, the rapid closure will not protect against the surges caused by pumps being started and shut down. If the valve opens (and closes) quickly, the flow will be changed suddenly and surges will more likely occur.
The costs for your check valve may consist of more than just the purchase price. For some installations, the most important costs may be purchasing and installation but in other cases maintenance or energy costs may be equally or even more important. When considering costs as a selection criteria for your check valve, the total costs over the life of the valve should therefore be considered. In general, the more simple the valve construction is, the lower are the maintenance requirements. Both swing check valves and ball check valves are very cost-effective.
Headloss is a function of fluid velocity and the valve headloss is affected by the flow conditions of the system and the internal surface of the valve. The geometry of the valve body and the closure design determines the flow area through the valve and thereby also affects the headloss.
The headloss to be considered is a combination of static head (caused by elevation difference) and friction head (caused by the internal of the pipes and valves). There are a number of formulas for headloss and rating of valves based on this. The most common is probably the flow coefficient of the amount of water passing through the valve at a certain pressure drop during a certain amount of time. However, for comparisons the resistance coefficient Kv is considered the best choice.
Both ball check valves and swing check valves have low headloss.
Check valve slam results in system pressure surge. First step of the process is when the pumps stop and the flow is reversed. That may cause some reverse flow through the valve before it gets to a fully closed position. Then the reverse flow is shut off and the change in flow velocity turns the kinetic energy of the fluid into pressure.
A slam sounds like if the disc or the ball from the check valve is hitting the seat and can make quite some noise. However, the sound is not caused by the physical closing but by a sound wave arising from a pressure spike stretching the pipe wall. To completely avoid slamming, the check valve should close before any reverse velocity can occur. Unfortunately, that does not happen. The geometry of the valve decides how much reverse flow will occur so the faster the valve closes, the less slamming.
As swing check valves have the disc in the flow stream helping with rapid closure, they have better non-slam characteristics but today most pumps are frequency converted enabling them to adjust the start-up and closure time in order to avoid water hammer.
Check valves can be installed both horizontally and vertically. Slamming may be a bigger issue for vertical installations since a vertical flow reverses more rapidly but a vertical installation allows gravity to assist in closing the valve rapidly.
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