Valve Abbrevations

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A

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• Air Inlet Valve (AIV)
• Air Operated Valve (AOV)

B

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• Back Pressure Valve (BPV)
• Ball Valve (BV)
  • Full Port Ball Valve (FPBV)
  • Floating Ball Valve (FBV)
  • Manually Operated Ball Valve (MOBV)
  • Metal Seated Ball Valve (MSBV)
  • Multi-Port Ball Valve (MBV)
  • Reduced Port Ball Valve (RPBV)
  • Standard Port Ball Valve (SPBV)
  • Three-way Port Ball Valve (3PBV)
  • Trunnion Ball Valve (TBV)
  • V-Port Ball Valve (VBV)

• Blowdown Valve (BDV)
• Butterfly Valve (BFV)
  • Double Offset Buterfly Valve (DOBFV)
  • Fire Tight Valve (FTBFV)
  • Flanged Style Butterfly Valve (FBFV)
  • High Performance Butterfly Valve (HPBFV)
  • Lug Style Butterfly Valve (LBFV)
  • Triple Offset Buterfly Valve (TOBFV)
  • Wafer Style Butterfly Valve (WBFV)
  • Zero Offset Buterfly Valve (ZOBFV)

C

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• Check Valve (CV)
  • Ball Check Valve (BCV)
  • Diaphragm Check Valve (DCV)
  • Dual Plate Flange Check Valve (FCV)
  • Dual Plate Lug Check Valve (LCV)
  • Dual Plate Wafer Check Valve (WCV)
  • Lift Check Valve (LCV)
  • Nozzle Check Valve (NCV)
  • Piston Check Valve (PCV)
  • Spring Loaded Check Valve (SLCV)
  • Stop Check Valve (SCV)
  • Swing Check Valve (SWCV)
  • Tilt Disk Check Valve (TDCV)

• Control Valve (CLV)
  • Back Pressure Valve (BPV)
  • Choke Valve (CHV)
  • Flow Control Valve (FCLV)
  • Hydraulic Control Valve (HCLV)
  • Level Control Valve (LCLV)
  • Pressure Control Valve (PCLV)
  • Temperature Control Valve (TCLV)

D

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• Diaphragm Valve (DV)

E

F

G

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• Gate Valve (GV)
  • Flap Gate Valve (FGV)
  • Knife Gate Valve (KGV)
  • Slab Gate Valve (SLGV)
  • Slide Gate Valve (SGV)
  • Wedge Gate Valve (WGV)

• Globe Valve (GLV)
  • Angle Globe Valve (AGLV)
  • Oblique Globe Valve (OGLV)
  • Straight Globe Valve (SGLV)
  • Three-way Globe Valve (3GLV)
  • Y Globe Valve (YGLV)
  • Z Globe Valve (ZGLV)

H

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• Hand Valve (HV)

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

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• Pig Valve (PIGV)
• Pinch Valve (PIV)
• Plug Valve (PV)
  • Conical Plug Valve (CPV)
  • Cylindrical Plug Valve (CYPV)
  • Eccentric Plug Valve (EPV)
  • Expanding Plug Valve (EXPV)
  • Lift Plug Valve (LPV)
  • Lubricating Plug Valve (LUPV)
  • Multi Port Plug Valve (MPPV)
  • Non-lubricating Plug Valve (NLPV)

Q

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• Quick Closing Valve (QCV)

R

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• Relief Valve (RV)
  • Acting-type Pressure Relief Valve (APRV)
  • Diaphragm-type Pressure Relief Valve (DPRV)
  • Pilot Operated Relief Valve (PORV)
  • Piston-type Pressure Relief Valve (PPRV)
  • Power Actuated Relief Valve (PARV)
  • Pressure Reducing Valve (PRDV)
  • Pressure Relief Valve (PRV)
  • Pressure Safety Valve (PSV)
  • Spring Loaded Relief Valve (SLRV)
  • Vacuum Relief Valve (VRV)

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T

U

V

W

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• Wye Valve (YV)

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Y

Z