UAE Valves is the foremost Butterfly valve supplier in Dubai, With a large stock of high-quality valves, caters to numerous industrial needs. For befitting water treatment, HVAC solution, or fire protection systems, will provide you with efficient, durable, and economical butterfly valves for a specific condition of operation.
A butterfly valve is a type of valve used to regulate or isolate fluids' flow within a pipe. It contains a circular disc, or "butterfly," that rotates in the valve body for regulating flow. When opened entirely, the disc will sit parallel to the flow to allow fluid to flow past with minimal resistance. The disc rotates to a perpendicular position that blocks the flow when the valve is closed. The design of butterfly valves is compact in size, fast in operation, and versatile in application.
Types of Butterfly Valves:
1. Wafer Butterfly Valve It comes in compact design, usually sandwiched between two flanges sandwiched between a pipeline. It has lightweight and easy to set up thus low cost and ideal for installation of small or medium size system with space constraint.
2. Flange type butterfly valve: They have flanges on either side of the butterfly valves. They are used when the pipeline is large enough and a more secure rigid connection is needed. Such valves are mostly used in industries that require higher pressure and more robust sealing.
3. Triple Eccentric Butterfly Valve It is commonly referred to as the triple-offset valve. This design features three offsets in the geometry of the valve components. This valve provides better sealing with greater reliability on high-pressure and high-temperature applications. As a result of better sealing and less wear, this valve is preferred for severe service applications.
4. Double Offset Butterfly Valve: The double offset valve has two design offsets, which help in achieving a better seal compared to traditional butterfly valves. This design reduces the risk of disc wear and is used in applications that require more reliability and longevity in the valve's operation.
5. Triple Offset Butterfly Valve: The valve is to be applied for more critical applications due to the necessity of exposure to high temperature and pressures. The three offsets provided in the design of this valve ensure an extremely close seal, and leakage does not occur; thus the quality of performance in a critical system would be guaranteed.
6. Lug Butterfly Valve: This valve type has threaded lugs (or inserts) on both sides of the valve body. It can be installed in a pipeline without the need for flanges, making it ideal for systems where valve replacement or maintenance needs to be done without shutting down the entire system.
Why is a Butterfly Valve Used?
Butterfly valves are used to regulate the flow of liquids, gases, and slurries through pipes. The merits of butterfly valves mainly cover the following points:
Compactness: Butterfly valves have less size and weight when compared to other valve forms like gate or ball valve which occupies lesser space for use.
- Quick Operation: These valves open and close quickly, typically requiring only a quarter turn (90 degrees) to fully operate, which makes them ideal for applications where fast response times are essential.
- Cost-Effectiveness: Due to their simple design, butterfly valves are often more affordable than other valve types, making them popular for large-scale installations or systems that require multiple valves.
- Versatility: They are widely applied for fluids ranging from water to air, oil, and even quite aggressive compounds in some applications.
Where is a Butterfly Valve Applied?
Butterfly valves are used in wide application across the following sectors of industry:
- Water Treatment: They manage the flow of water, but are also common within municipal systems, local water treatment plants, as well as within stormwater management.
- HVAC Systems: In turn, butterfly valves are used in HVAC systems to control air or water flows.
- Oil and Gas: There are oil and gas applications served by different types of butterfly valves; they regulate the flow of oil and gas and other materials in the upstream, midstream, and downstream processes.
- Chemical Processing: Butterfly valves are used in controlling various chemicals' flow, mainly in places where corrosion resistance and fast action are considered crucial.
- Power Generation: Butterfly valves are used in steam and water systems in power plants to control the flow.
Why Use a Butterfly Valve on a Fire Water Main Ring?
However, one advantage of butterfly valves in fire protection systems, especially fire water main rings, is that they give a lot of benefits, such as;
- Fast Shutdown: In case of an emergency, butterfly valves can easily be closed to cut parts of the fire water system to ensure that water can reach the most important places.
- Space Efficiency: With this compact design, it can easily be installed in very restricted spaces without reducing the efficiency of the system.
- Reliability: Since the construction of a butterfly valve is quite simple and robust, there is surety about it withstanding the required pressure and flow rates in the case of a fire protection system and thereby sustaining long periods of performance with low maintenance.
- Cost-Efficiency: Fire protection systems tend to have many valves. However, butterfly valves are pretty cost-effective while being at par with others and quite suitable for large applications such as fire water main rings.
Butterfly valves are versatile, efficient, and widely used in many industries due to the fact that they provide fast flow control in a compact design. Whether it is for general flow regulation or more specialized applications, such as fire water systems, Butterfly valves from UAE Valve can provide a reliable solution for meeting the needs of any industry.
UAE Valves is the leading Butterfly valve supplier in Dubai, is committed to offering the highest quality and durable valves for any application.
Description:
Body Material: Cast Carbon steel (WCC,WCB, WC6), Stainless Steel [SS316, SS304, SS316L, SS904L, CF8, CF8M, F31L, F91], DUPLEX STEEL and Super duplex Steel (F51,F53,F55) , Cast iron, Ductile Iron.
Size – 2” – 48”
Class- 150 to 300; PN 6 – PN 25
Ends- Wafer, flanged, lug
Operations- Lever operated, gear operated, pneumatic actuated and electric actuated.
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