We have a design on an influent pump station at the start of a wastewater treatment plant that uses Check and Plug Valves on the discharge side of the pumps. I need to know why plug valves are better for this operation versus using gate valves? Thanks.
I have a blower design for air scouring purposes with pipeline to a gravity filter. I need an inverted "pea-trap" on the line to go above the hydraulic grade line of the filters water level (to create an air gap). The pipeline also has a double wafer check-valve and butterfly valve...
