An expansion valve is a valve used for different purposes:
Steam engines
A valve used to control the expansion of steam:
- Expansion valve (steam engine)
- The best-known of these was the Meyer expansion valve, the invention of Jean-Jacques Meyer
Thermodynamics
A valve used to expand a gas, for thermodynamic cooling purposes in either:
Also
- Thermal expansion valve, a component in refrigeration and air conditioning systems
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