Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for reducing noise and/or cavitation in valves are disclosed. An example disclosed herein includes a valve including a valve body including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid passageway extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and a valve trim apparatus disposed in the fluid passageway, the valve trim apparatus including a plug and a cage, the plug circumscribing the cage, the plug including first openings, the cage including second openings, the plug movable relative to the cage between a first position to enable fluid communication between the first openings of the plug and the second openings of the cage, and a second position to prevent fluid communication between the first openings of the plug and the second openings of the cage.

A fluid control valve having a body, a seat ring, a valve cage adjacent the seat ring, a first valve plug assembly positioned within the valve cage, and a second valve plug assembly positioned within an axial bore of the first valve plug assembly. The first valve plug assembly has radial apertures in fluid communication with the axial bore and a first valve plug including the axial bore and a throttling port in fluid communication with the axial bore. The first valve plug assembly is movable between a closed position, in engagement with the seat ring, and an open position, spaced apart from the seat ring. The second valve plug assembly has a second valve plug that is movable between a closed position, in engagement with the first valve plug, and an open position, spaced apart from the first valve plug.

In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a flow control device can include, a first plate having one or more windows defining a flow path therethrough, a second plate configured to abut the first plate, and an actuator operatively connected to one or more of the first plate and/or the second plate. The actuator can be configured to drive the first plate and/or the second plate relative to one another to enlarge or reduce the flow path through the one or more windows in the first plate.

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for reducing noise and/or cavitation in valves are disclosed. An example disclosed herein includes a valve including a valve body including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid passageway extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and a valve trim apparatus disposed in the fluid passageway, the valve trim apparatus including a plug and a cage, the plug circumscribing the cage, the plug including first openings, the cage including second openings, the plug movable relative to the cage between a first position to enable fluid communication between the first openings of the plug and the second openings of the cage, and a second position to prevent fluid communication between the first openings of the plug and the second openings of the cage.

A valve assembly is adjustable in three independent ways allowing it to provide a variable input volume. The valve assembly has a base and an entrance plate. An outer guide, an inner guide and a shaft, each with a passage, are held together and the shaft is rotatable between the guides. The valve is open when the passages of the inner guide plate and shaft are aligned and closed when the passages are not aligned. The shaft RPM determines how many times per minute the valve opens. The open/closed ratio of the valve assembly determines how long the valve is open during each half revolution. The location of the shaft up or down in relationship to the inner guide determines what percentage of possible flow passes through the valve during each half revolution. The valve assembly can be used with either a gas or liquid medium.

The invention relates to a valve for controlling a fluid flow, comprising at least one valve housing having at least one inlet and one outlet side, and a valve insert for regulating the fluid flow between the inlet side and the outlet side, which valve is arranged within the valve housing. The valve insert comprises at least one first element, designed as a hollow body, and a second element, wherein the second element is arranged within the first hollow-body-shaped element. Furthermore, the valve insert is arranged within the valve housing in such a way that the first element is axially fixed in the valve housing, and the second element is arranged so as to be rotationally fixed in the valve housing. The first element has at least one opening along the circumference of the first element for passing the fluid flow through and is designed to be rotatable relative to the second element; the second element is designed to be axially movable relative to the first element.

A capacity control valve includes a valve housing. A main valve including a valve body is driven by a solenoid, and a main valve seat which is provided between a discharge port and a control port and with which the valve body 51 is allowed to contact. A pressure sensitive valve member forming a pressure sensitive valve with a pressure sensitive body is disposed in a pressure sensitive chamber. The control port and a suction port communicate through an intermediate communication passage by opening the pressure sensitive valve. A slide valve body slides relative to the pressure sensitive valve member to open and close a through-hole communicating with the intermediate communication passage. The slide valve body partitions the pressure sensitive chamber into a Pd side space and a Pc side space, and a Pd-Pc flow passage providing communication between two spaces and is formed in the slide valve body.

A solenoid valve includes a main poppet configured to control a flow rate of working fluid flowing in a valve passage according to a pilot pressure, an auxiliary poppet configured to adjust the pilot pressure according to the electromagnetic force, and a first seat portion and a second seat portion provided in the valve passage. The main poppet includes a poppet valve seated on the first seat portion and a spool valve slidable in the second seat portion. The spool valve includes an outer peripheral surface slidable relative to the second seat portion and through holes open on the outer surface and configured such that areas thereof exposed from the second seat portion change in accordance with a movement of the spool valve.

There are provided a steam valve and the like capable of preventing breakage of an auxiliary valve element and effectively suppressing the occurrence of a leak of steam in the auxiliary valve element. In the steam valve of an embodiment, the auxiliary valve element is structured to be in an open state in which the valve rod moves in an opening direction to increase a distance between an auxiliary-valve cap and a main valve element, thereby opening an auxiliary-valve steam introduction hole, and to be in a fully-closed state in which the valve rod moves in a closing direction in which the main valve element is closed to bring the auxiliary-valve cap and the main valve element into contact with each other, thereby closing the auxiliary-valve steam introduction holes. A contact position in which the auxiliary-valve cap and the main valve element are brought into contact with each other is located outside in a radial direction of the valve rod from the outer peripheral surface, of the auxiliary-valve tubular part, through which the auxiliary-valve steam introduction holes are formed.

Gate valve (1) with a valve casing (4) and a closing body (3) arranged longitudinally movably in the valve casing (4). An inlet channel (5) and an outlet channel (6) are formed in the valve casing (4). The closing body (3) via longitudinal movement cooperates with a valve seat (8) formed in the valve casing (4) and hence opens and closes a hydraulic connection between the inlet channel (5) and the outlet channel (6). The inlet channel (5) and the outlet channel (6) are each formed as a spiral.