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Flow control valve

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In fluid control systems, flow and pressure are related but distinct. Flow is movement of fluids while pressure is force. A flow control valve controls the volume of fluid flowing through it while a pressure control valve controls the amount of force. In the simplest of scenarios, flow rate is set by changing the size of the orifice of a traditional flow control valve. For more challenging applications, traditional flow control valves do not always work and alternatives are sometimes required. See the Equilibar flow control page for more information about innovative flow control valves.

A

Absolute pressure

Air-loaded valve

B

Back pressure controller

Back pressure reducing valve

Back pressure regulator (BPR)

Back pressure valve

Ball valve

Bernoulli equation

Butterfly valve

Bypass valve

C

Cavitation

Centrifugal pump

Check valve

Closed-loop control

Compressible flow

Coriolis flow meter

Cv

D

Density

Derivative control mode

Diaphragm regulator (valve)

Differential pressure

Dome-loaded regulator (valve)

E

Electronic pressure regulator

F

Flow chemistry

Flow coefficient of a valve (Cv)

Flow control valve

G

Gate valve

Gauge pressure

Globe valve

I

Ideal gas law

Inches water column (in WC)

Incompressible flow

Integral control

L

Laminar flow (laminar regime)

Lobe pump

M

Magnetic flow meter

Mass flow meter (MFM)

Mixed-phase flow

Multi-phase flow

N

Needle valve

Non-Newtonian fluid

O

Open-loop control

P

Peristaltic pump

PID controller

Pilot operation

Pipe friction

Positive displacement pump

Pressure reducing regulator (PRR)

Pressure reducing valve (PRV)

Pressure sustaining valve

Proportional control

Proportional valve

Pump slip

R

Reference

Relief valve

Rotameter

T

Tangential flow filtration (TFF)

Thixotropic shear thinning

Turbulent flow

Two-phase flow

V

Vacuum breaker

Vacuum regulator (valve)

Valve Authority

Viscosity

Volumetric flow rate

W

Water hammer

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