Characterization of the Solid Particle Erosion of the Sealing Surface Materials of a Ball Valve

The ball valve is an essential piece of equipment in an oil and gas pipeline. The sand particles transported through the pipeline can cause erosion and wear to the ball valve, thus causing it to fail, leading to serious safety hazards. In this paper, the self-designed erosion experiment method was c...

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Main Authors: Donghua Peng, Shaohua Dong, Zhiqiang Wang, Dongying Wang, Yinuo Chen, Laibin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/11/2/263