BD Series Back Pressure Valves for High Flow Applications

BD Series Back Pressure Valves

Insdustrial Service Back Pressure Valves For High Flow Applications

Equilibar industrial BD Series back pressure valves are designed for applications requiring larger sizes and higher throughput. They are available in port sizes from 1.5″ up through 4″ standard, with custom sizes on request. They are designed using the same precision technology as the smaller back pressure regulators, but we often use the term “valve” when referring to the larger sizes.

The BD Series has external elbows attached to the ports on the bottom plate to save significant space compared to the side-ported cylindrical designs of our smaller regulators. Metal elbows are welded to the valve bodies while polymer elbows are glued. Standard elbows are NPT and there are options for BSPP, flanges and Tri Clamp.

BD valves are used for gases, liquids, and mixed phase applications and are particularly popular for fuel cell testing, biogas production, pump bypass pressure control, and other industrial applications.

For liquid applications, an application engineer will discuss the downstream piping design to make sure that water hammer (resonance) does not cause an issue.


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Metal High Flow BD Valve Details – 316 Stainless Steel (SS) standard / Anodized Aluminum (AA) optional

Model In / Out Port Reference Port Max Pressure* Valve Takeout** (DIM A) Height** (DIM B) Cv Range (Precision) Available End Fittings
psig/bar(g) inch/mm Min Max Std Available
BD-12
BDM-12
BDH-12
1.5″ 1/4″ 45/3.1 (SS);
75/5.2 (AA);
120/8.3 (BDM);
180/12.4 (BDH);
9.5/241 (SS); 7.6/193 (AA) 3.9/99 (SS); 3.7/94(AA) 1.0E-02 13 NPT Elbow  BSPP
ANSI CLASS 150 Flange;
ANSI CLASS 300 Flange;
Triclamp;
DIN EN 1092-1 Flange;
BD-16
BDM-16
BDH-16
2″ 70/4.8 (SS);
50/3.4 (AA);
150/10.3 (BDM);
400/27 (BDH);
11/280 (SS); 9/228 (AA) 4.1/104 (SS); 4.3/109 (AA) 3.0E-02 28
BD-24
BDM-24
3″ 1/4″ 45/3.1 (SS);
30/2.1 (AA);
85/5.9 (BDM);
13/330 (SS); 12.5/317 (AA) 5.3/135 (SS); 5.9/150 (AA) 6.0E-02 60
BD-32
BDM-32
BDH-32
4″ 20/1.4 (SS);
20/1.4 (AA);
60/4.1 (BDM);
100/6.9 (BDH);
20/508 (SS); 20/508 (AA) 8.1/205 (SS); 8.1/205 (AA); 1.5E-01 160
*BDM and BDH are SS 316/316L valves designed for higher pressure applications. download the brochure for more details.
**Valve takeout and Height are for reference only and are valid for standard BD-SS models with NPT elbows. Height is measured from top surface of regulator to the center of pipe elbow. Does not include 3″ manual set point regulator. Contact Equilibar for detailed measurements if required

Polymer High Flow BD Valve Details – PVC

Model Inlet / Outlet Port Reference Port Max Pressure Valve Takeout (DIM A) Height* (DIM B) Cv Range (Precision) Available End Fittings
psig (inch) Min Max Std Available
BD-12 1.5″ 1/4″ 30 9 4.3 1.0E-02 14.3 NPT BSPP
BD-16 2″ 30 11 5.1 3.0E-02 30.2
BD-24 3″ 1/4″ 20 15 8.8 6.0E-02 60
BD-32 4″ 20 20 9.6 1.5E-01 160
*Valve takeout and Height are for reference only and are valid for standard BD-SS models with NPT elbows. Height is measured from top surface of regulator to the center of pipe elbow. Does not include 3″ manual set point regulator. Contact Equilibar for detailed measurements if required

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