What is piping
Piping includes pipe, flanges, fittings, bolting, gaskets, valves, and the
pressurecontaining portions of other piping components. It also
includes pipe hangers and supports and other items necessary to
prevent overpressurization and overstressing of the pressure-containing
...
✓ Valves are mechanical devices that controls the flow and pressure
within a system or process.
✓
✓ A valve is a device that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid
(gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially
obstructing various passageways.
Everyday use of valves
✓ When you turn on a faucet (tap) to brush your teeth, you're opening a
valve that allows pressurized water to escape from a pipe. Similarly,
when you flush the toilet, you open two valves: one that allows water
to escape to empty the pan and another (called a ball valve or
ballcock) that admits more water into the tank ready for the next flush.
✓
✓ If you have a gas cooktop (hob) on your stove, the controls that turn
the gas up or down are valves. When you turn up the heat, you're
opening a valve that allows more gas to flow in through the pipe. More
gas burns with a bigger flame so you get more heat.
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✓ Valves are pretty much guaranteed to be in any machine that use
liquids or gases
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