Tarih: 2024-05-07 13:16:29
Have you ever paid attention to the valve type before buying a homogenizer? If your answer is no, the following information will be useful to you. Homogenizers use two different valve types: conventional and Micro-gap, and there is a significant difference in homogenization efficiency between these two valve types.
By choosing the Micro-gap valve type when purchasing a homogenizer or replacing your existing conventional valves with Micro-gap valves, you can achieve the same effect with 25% lower homogenization pressure. This means saving energy in your operations by using a motor with lower KW value. How does it work? The difference between conventional valves and Micro-gap valves is entirely due to valve design. Conventional valves typically consist of a single valve and valve seat, creating a small opening through which pressurized liquid flows. As the flow rate increases, the size of the opening increases to maintain pressure and adapt to the flow rate. However, at high flow rates, the cross-sectional area is not very large. This can only be achieved by increasing the gap between the valve seat and the homogenizer valve or by enlarging their dimensions, which reduces homogenization efficiency. When the valve diameter is increased, the system becomes cumbersome and impractical to operate.
The Micro-gap valve system overcomes these limitations by stacking homogenization valves together. This allows for parallel and equal division of the flow, ensuring that each flow component is subjected to ideal homogenization conditions simultaneously. Each valve element serves as both a valve and a valve seat. The valve seat has a knife-edged configuration. Since the number of valve elements in the Micro-gap valve system can be adjusted according to capacity, large liquid flows can be efficiently homogenized by dividing the total flow into the correct number of parts, allowing each part to pass through a valve element under the correct gap and flow conditions. This configuration enables the flow to be divided without compromising homogenization efficiency. Thus, each valve element always operates at optimum flow rates.
