"Valve Selection Handbook, 4th edition" - december 1998 R.W. Zappe Gulf Publishing Company - Houston, Texas, USA ISBN 978-0-88415-886-8 Contents: Introduction • Fundamentals • Manual valves • Check valves • Pressure relief valves • Rupture discs • Sizing pressure relief devices • Appendix A: Properties of fluids • Appendix B: ASME code pressure relief valve rules • Appendix C: International systems of units (SI) • References • Index

"Valve Primer" - January, 1997 Brent Stojkov Industrial Press 180 páginas, ilustrado, tapa dura. ISBN-10 (0-8311-)3077-6 ..... ISBN-13 (978-0-8311-)3077-0 Contents: Introduction • Gate Valves • Globe Valves • Check Valves • Butterfly Valves • Ball Valves • Plug Valves • Diaphragm Valves • Materials • Sizes • Classes, and Ratings • Fluid Flow Through Valves • Valve Operators and Actuators • Control Valves and Pressure Relief Valves • Selection • Maintenance and Repair • Miscellaneous Topics • Standards • Glossary

"Valve Handbook" - 2nd Edition, June 2004 Skousen, Philip L. McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing 447 páginas, ilustrado, tapa dura. ISBN-9780071437738 Contents: Introduction to Valves • Valve Selection Criteria • Manual Valves • Control Valves • Manual Operators and Actuators • New smart valve technology • Smart Valves and Positioners • Valve Sizing • Actuator Sizing • Common-Valve Problems • Bibliography • Appendices: Abbreviations of Related Organizations and Standards • Glossary • Index

"Handbook of valves and actuators" - First edition June 2007 Brian Nesbitt Elsevier 416 páginas, ilustrado, tapa dura. ISBN-10: 1-85617-494-8 ..... ISBN-13: 978-1-85617-494-7 Contents: 1. Isolating Valves 2. Non-return valves 3. Safety relief valves 4. Regulators 5. Control valves 6. Valve and pipe sizing 7. Noise in valves. 8. Valve sealing and packing 9. Actuators 10. Valve materials 11. Instrumentation and ancillary equipment 12. Piping and connectors 13. Quality assurance and testing 14. Installation, maintenance and problem solving 15. Valve standardisation 16. Valve and actuator selection and processing 17. Units and conversions 18. Useful valve terms translated 19. Valve and actuator classification guide and buyers' guide to manufacturers and suppliers 20. Reference index

"Lyons' valve designer's handbook" - 1982 Jerry L Lyons Van Nostrand Reinhold - New York 882 páginas, tapa dura. ISBN-10: 0442249632 ..... ISBN-13: 978-0442249632

"Control-valve selection and sizing" - 1983
Les Driskell
Nc Instrument Society of America - Research Triangle Park
520 páginas.
ISBN-10: 0876646283 ..... ISBN-13: 978-0876646281

"Valve and actuator technology" - 1991
Ulanski, Wayne
McGraw-Hill - New York
256 páginas, tapa dura.
ISBN-10: 0070194777 ..... ISBN-13: 978-0070194779 "ISA handbook of control valves, 2nd edition" - June 1976
J.W. Hutchinson
Instrument Society of America - Pittsburgh
553 páginas, tapa dura
ISBN-10: 0876642342 ISBN-13: 978-0876642344 "The valve book"
Juhani Polón
Neles-Jambury - Helsinki 1992 "Technical reference book on valves for the control of fluids. 2 edition."
British valve, Manufactures association
Pergamon press - London 1964 "The Valves"
Juhani Polón
Pirjo Sparing - Helsinki 1992