general types of ball valves
There are three general types of Ball Valves:
Full port:
This has an over sized ball so that the hole in the ball is of the same size as
the pipeline thereby resulting in lower friction loss. The valve is larger and
the flow is unrestricted.
Standard port: This has a smaller ball and hence a
smaller port. This is less expensive. Flow through this type of Butterfly Valve
is one pipe size smaller than the valve's pipe size which results in slightly
restricted flow.
Reduced port: Here the flow through the valve is two pipe
sizes smaller than the valve's pipe size which also results in restricted flow.
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