NPEG

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
In-line back flow
prevention valve.
Generally used to
prevent surge at
pumps and to
maintain water
column in pipelines.

Swing
check

Double
swing
check
Rubber
flapper
check

Check Valves (cont.)

Slanting
disk
check

Silent check
(center guided)

Automatic
control
check

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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Final Installation