Difference between floating ball valve and trunnion ball valve
2021-01-25
A Ball valve is a quarter-turn rotary motion valve that uses a ball-shaped disk to stop or start the flow. It resembles a plug valve in many ways. When a port in the ball is in line, it allows flow whereas when you rotate the valve 90 degrees, solid part of the ball stop the flow.
There are a lot of structures for ball valve, here we talk about the difference between floating ball valve and trunnion Ball Valve.
Floating Ball Valve
In a floating ball valve, the ball is held in the position by the compression of the two elastomeric seats against the ball. The ball is free to float inside the valve body. The structure see below: