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How To Avoid Cavitation
How To Avoid Cavitation
1. The first is to equip the control valve with special trim and ensure that the plug and seat are
made of a hard facing material that can resist both the onset and effect of cavitation (e.g.
stellite hard facing).
2. The second is to use a valve with a low recovery coefficient (see below).
3. The third is to increase the downstream pressure by installing a flow restrictor if possible or
reducing the pipe size of a short piece downstream.