Expansion Valve
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| Operation | |
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| Construction | |
| Placed with | Kit (Pipe Valve) |
| Placed on | Small Grid |
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| Deconstruction | |
| Deconstructed with | Drill |
| Item received | Kit (Pipe Valve) |
Description
The expansion valve allows for a one way movement of liquids from a liquid pipe into a gas Pipe; this can be used to allow liquid into a gas pipe to evaporate.
A stationeer should install an Expansion Valve if it was their goal to have an assembly where a liquid (from a liquid pipe) shall be used as a gas (in a gas pipe), and the stationeer has also already made sure that the respective environmental parameters (i.e. pressure and heat) in those pipes, specifically the gas pipe, are met.
Critically, they are frequently used in combination with Condensation Valves (made from the same Kit (Pipe Valve)) in a loop as a fail-safe when a fluid (i.e. gas or liquid) has a reasonably high likelihood of experiencing pressure or temperature changes that would result in a phase change, proactively preventing a burst pipe when properly installed.