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Valves and Appurtenances

 Types of Valves
 Air Valves
 Control Valves
 Pressure Relief Valves
 Pressure Reducing Valves
 Air Valves
 Air valves are needed to control air in
and out of pipe lines.
 Types of Air Valves
 Air release valve
 Vacuum relief valve
 Air and vacuum valve
 Combination air and vacuum relief
valve
 Air Release Valve
 A small orifice,
continuous acting
valve for air release
only.
 Used at closed
summits to prevent
formation of air
pockets.
 Vacuum Relief Valve
 A large orifice valve for vacuum relief
only.
 Air and Vacuum Valves
 Valves with large orifices
which allow air to exhaust
from the pipeline during filling
(not during operation) and
allow air to enter the pipeline
during emptying.
 Generally used at either upper
or lower ends of pipeline.
 Slide Gate
 Used to let water into
gravity pipeline,
usually from irrigation
canal.
 Control mechanism is
disk or plate sliding
over pipe opening.
 Check Valves Swing
check
 In-line back flow
prevention valve.
 Generally used to Double
swing
prevent surge at check
pumps and to
maintain water column
Rubber
in pipelines. flapper
check
Check Valves (cont.)
Slanting
disk
check
Automatic
control
check

Silent check
(center guided)
 Butterfly Valve
 In-line distribution
valve
 Control mechanism is
a rotating disk inside
of valve housing.
 Ball Valve
 In-line distribution
valve
 Control mechanism is
a rotating hollow ball
inside of valve
housing.
 Gate Valve
 In-line distribution
valve
 Control mechanism is
a sliding plate inside
of valve housing.
 Globe Valve
 In-line distribution
valve
 Control mechanism is
plunger inside of valve
housing.
 Alfalfa Valve
 Outlet distribution
valve
 Control mechanism is a
threaded plate or cap
on outside of valve
body.
 Requires hydrant to
open and close.
Alfalfa Valve (cont.)
 Pressure Relief Valves
 A valve used to
relieve excess
pressure that
develops in the
pipeline.
 Flow Meter
 In-line device used to
measure flow.
 In NRCS we generally
require meters that give
both instantaneous flow
rates and cumulative
volumes.
 Air Vent Assembly

 Used at at high points to provide

combination air and vacuum relief
 Outlet of vent must be located above
the hydraulic grade line for all flows.
Air Vent Assembly (cont.)
 Riser Assembly
 Pipe attached to underground pipeline to deliver
water to surface outlets or system valves.
 A chamber may be required at base for certain
installations.
Riser Assembly (cont.)
 Drain Assembly
 Valve and pipe assembly used to empty a
pipeline.
 Generally either gravity or pump out
configurations are used.
Drain Assembly (cont.)
 Thrust Control
 Anchors or thrust blocks used to resist
axial thrust in the pipeline at abrupt
changes in pipe grade, at changes in
pipe alignment, at reductions in pipe
diameter, at points of divergence, and
at ends of line.
Thrust Control (cont.)
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10” Pressure Reducing Valve

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