He aha ka valve?
ʻO ka valve, ma ke ʻenekinia mechanical, kahi mea hana no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ke kahe o nā wai (nā wai, nā kinoea, nā slurries) i loko o kahi paipu a i ʻole kahi pā ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hoʻomalu ʻana ma o kahi mea hoʻoneʻe e wehe, pani, a i ʻole e ālai hapa i kahi puka ma ke alahele. ʻEhiku mau ʻano nui o nā valves: globe, gate, needle, plug (cock), butterfly, poppet, a me spool.

Pehea e hana ai nā kiwikā?
ʻO ka valve kahi mea hana mechanical e ālai ai i kahi paipu ma kahi hapa a i ʻole ma kahi ʻāpana e hoʻololi i ka nui o ke wai e hele ana ma loko.

Ma hea i hoʻohana ʻia ai nā kiwikā hoʻokele ware?
ʻO ka valve hoʻokele he valve i hoʻohana ʻia e kāohi i ke kahe ʻana o ka wai ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka nui o ke kahe ʻana e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana o kahi hōʻailona mai kahi mea hoʻokele. Hiki i kēia ke kāohi pololei i ka nui o ke kahe a me ka kaohi hope ʻana o nā nui o ke kaʻina hana e like me ke kaomi, ka mahana, a me ka pae wai.

He aha nā ʻano valve like ʻole?
Loaʻa nā ʻano kiwikā like ʻole: gate, globe, plug, ball, butterfly, check, diaphragm, pinch, pressure relief, control valves etc. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻano kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona, kēlā me kēia me nā hiʻohiʻona like ʻole a me nā hiki ke hana.

He aha nā ʻano valve like ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia?
ʻO nā kiwikā plug (nā kiwikā noho), nā kiwikā pōpō, a me nā kiwikā pepeke nā ʻano kiwikā maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻomehana ʻana, ka hoʻoulu ʻana, a me ka ʻōnaehana ea. ʻO nā kiwikā ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ka ʻōnaehana e komo pū ana me nā kiwikā puka pahi, nā kiwikā diaphragm, a me nā kiwikā puka.

ʻO nā ʻano kiwikā like ʻole e hoʻohana ʻia ma nā ʻāpana like ʻole. ma kēia ʻatikala i ʻōlelo ʻia he 19 mau ʻano kiwikā.
1. Kiwikā poepoe
2. Pākuʻi puka
3. Pākuʻi poepoe
4. Pākuʻi pepeke
5. Kiwikā diaphragm
6. Pākuʻi kiwikā
7. Kiwikā nila
8. Kiwikā kihi
9. Kiwikā ʻūmiʻi
10. Pākuʻi paheʻe
11. E hoʻokahe i ka valve lalo
12. Kiwikā Solenoid
13. Pākuʻi Mana
14. Ka pae hoʻoponopono kahe
15. Kiwikā hoʻoponopono kaomi hope
16. Kiwikā ʻano-Y
17. Pākuʻi piston
18. Kiwikā hoʻoponopono kaomi
19. E nānā i ka kiwikā