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What happens when Fluid Flow Reversed through Control Valve?

What would happen if we sent fluid flow through this control valve in reverse direction i.e. from right to left instead?

Last updated: February 4, 2022 12:35 am
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Explain why the direction of flow shown in the below image goes from left to right. What would happen if we sent fluid flow through this control valve in reverse direction i.e. from right to left instead?

Fluid Flow Reversed through Control Valve

fluid flow reversed through a Control Valve

If we were to use this valve “backwards,” the pressure drop across the plug would tend to “slam” it closed whenever it approached the closed position. In other words, the process fluid’s differential pressure drop would make it very difficult to maintain any plug position near full-closed.

This is actually an example of a mechanical feedback system. As the valve closes, the pressure drop across it (in most processes) usually rises because other pressure losses in the piping system decrease with decreased flow, leaving the valve to drop all the fluid pressure.

Since plug position has an effect on pressure drop, and pressure drop exerts a mechanical force on the plug, there is a system of feedback at work here.

In the proper flow direction, the feedback is negative: closing the valve results in greater pressure drop, which in turn tries to keep the valve open. In true negative feedback form, the feedback works against the initial action. The more the valve is closed, the more the process pressure tries to keep it open.

In the backwards flow direction, the feedback is positive: closing the valve results in greater pressure drop, which in turn tries to close the valve even more.

The result is a tendency for the system to saturate, staying open or slamming shut, but avoiding any in-between conditions. This makes it very difficult to position the valve mechanism near full-closed, and would result in erratic control near the lower end of the valve’s working range.

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