exported
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ball valve
IRI:
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi#Ballvalve
Generated on 2026-04-13
Natural Language Definition
EN
A ball valve is a valve that controls fluid flow using a spherical ball closure member that rotates approximately 90 degrees to align or misalign its flow passage with the valve body ports.
PT-BR
Uma válvula esfera é uma válvula que controla o fluxo de fluidos usando um elemento de fechamento esférico que gira aproximadamente 90 graus para alinhar ou desalinhar sua passagem de fluxo com as portas do corpo da válvula.
Formal Axioms
Semi-formal (Aristotelian)
Every ball valve is a valve that has a flow control function and has a ball valve closure member as a component part.
First-Order Logic Theory
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▸ Stored override
∀x (BallValve(x) → (Valve(x) ∧ ∃f(FlowControlFunction(f) ∧ hasFunction(x,f)) ∧ ∃p(BallValveClosureMember(p) ∧ hasComponentPartAtAllTimes(x,p))))
OWL 2 / Turtle
@prefix copi: <https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi/> .
@prefix : <https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix bfo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> .
@prefix iof-core: <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/> .
@prefix iof-av: <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/annotation/> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix qudt: <http://qudt.org/schema/qudt/> .
@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix apv: <http://inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/apv#> .
### COPI — Core Ontology for Petroleum Installations
### Class module: BallValve
<https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi>
rdf:type owl:Ontology ;
dcterms:title "Core Ontology for Petroleum Installations (COPI)"@en ;
dcterms:title "Ontologia Core para Instalações de Petróleo (COPI)"@pt-br ;
dcterms:description "BFO/IOF-Core conformant ontology of equipment classes for petroleum production plants, developed using the five-step RDL enrichment method."@en ;
skos:scopeNote "Material artifacts (bfo:material_entity) that (i) are part of a petroleum production plant, and (ii) bear at least one function whose realization involves the transport (e.g. production and injection), processing (separation and other processes), control, monitoring, measurement, containment or offloading of material or energy."@en ;
skos:scopeNote "Artefatos materiais (bfo:material_entity) que (i) fazem parte de uma planta de produção de petróleo, e (ii) possuem ao menos uma função cuja realização envolve o transporte (p. ex. produção e injeção), processamento (separação e outros processos), controle, monitoramento, medição, contenção ou escoamento de material ou energia."@pt-br ;
skos:scopeNote "COPI provides high-level equipment categories defined by function to demonstrate the defined-class mechanism. Equipment subtypes are annotated with references to CFIHOS and PCA RDL terms. COPI is not a reference data library; organizations should use CFIHOS, PCA RDL, or ISO 14224 for comprehensive equipment classification."@en ;
skos:scopeNote "COPI fornece categorias de alto nível de equipamentos definidas por função para demonstrar o mecanismo de classe definida. Os subtipos de equipamentos são anotados com referências aos termos do CFIHOS e do PCA RDL. COPI não é uma biblioteca de dados de referência; organizações devem utilizar o CFIHOS, o PCA RDL ou a ISO 14224 para classificação abrangente de equipamentos."@pt-br ;
owl:versionInfo "1.1.0" ;
owl:imports <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/core/Core/> ;
owl:imports <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/2020/bfo.owl> ;
dcterms:creator "Nicolau Oyhenard dos Santos"@en ;
dcterms:contributor "Cauã Antunes" ;
dcterms:contributor "Haroldo Rojas" ;
dcterms:contributor "Rafael Petry" ;
dcterms:contributor "Régis Romeu" ;
dcterms:contributor "Mara Abel" ;
dcterms:isPartOf <https://inf.ufrgs.br/projetos/OntoKG> ;
dcterms:publisher "Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)"@en ;
dcterms:license <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/> ;
dcterms:created "2026-04-08"^^xsd:date ;
dcterms:modified "2026-10-07"^^xsd:date ;
apv:GlobalMinLanguageCoverage "en pt-br" ;
apv:ClassURIFormationRule "https://www[.]inf[.]ufrgs[.]br/ontologies/copi/(COPI_[0-9]{7}|[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*)" ;
apv:ClassMinAnnotationCoverage "rdfs:label https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/annotation/naturalLanguageDefinition" .
iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition rdf:type owl:AnnotationProperty ;
apv:MinAnnotationLength 20 .
### Identity-giving function
:COPI_0000026 rdf:type owl:Class ; # FlowControlFunction
rdfs:subClassOf iof-core:DesignedFunction ;
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty bfo:BFO_0000054 ; # realizedIn
owl:allValuesFrom :COPI_0000520 # FlowControlProcess
] ;
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty bfo:BFO_0000054 ; # realizedIn
owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000520 # FlowControlProcess
] ;
rdfs:label "flow control function"@en ;
rdfs:label "função de controle de fluxo"@pt-br .
### Process type
:COPI_0000520 rdf:type owl:Class ; # FlowControlProcess
rdfs:subClassOf :COPI_0000010 ; # FlowControl
rdfs:label "flow control process"@en ;
rdfs:label "processo de controle de fluxo"@pt-br .
:COPI_0000010 rdf:type owl:Class . # FlowControl
:COPI_0000520 # FlowControlProcess
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty iof-core:hasInput ;
owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000037 # PortionOfFluid
] ;
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty iof-core:hasSpecifiedOutput ;
owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000037 # PortionOfFluid
] .
### Equipment universal: BallValve
:COPI_0000095 rdf:type owl:Class ; # BallValve
rdfs:subClassOf :COPI_0000077 ; # Valve
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty iof-core:hasFunction ; # Object branch (MaterialArtifact/Assembly/Object/FiatObjectPart)
owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000026 # FlowControlFunction
] ;
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty iof-core:hasComponentPartAtAllTimes ;
owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000735 # BallValveClosureMember
] ;
rdfs:label "ball valve"@en ;
rdfs:label "válvula esfera"@pt-br ;
iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition "A ball valve is a valve that controls fluid flow using a spherical ball closure member that rotates approximately 90 degrees to align or misalign its flow passage with the valve body ports."@en ;
skos:definition "A ball valve is a valve that controls fluid flow using a spherical ball closure member that rotates approximately 90 degrees to align or misalign its flow passage with the valve body ports."@en ;
iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition "Uma válvula esfera é uma válvula que controla o fluxo de fluidos usando um elemento de fechamento esférico que gira aproximadamente 90 graus para alinhar ou desalinhar sua passagem de fluxo com as portas do corpo da válvula."@pt-br ;
iof-av:semiFormalNaturalLanguageAxiom "Every ball valve is a valve that has a flow control function and has a ball valve closure member as a component part."@en ;
iof-av:firstOrderLogicAxiom "∀x (BallValve(x) → (Valve(x) ∧ ∃f(FlowControlFunction(f) ∧ hasFunction(x,f)) ∧ ∃p(BallValveClosureMember(p) ∧ hasComponentPartAtAllTimes(x,p))))"@en ;
iof-av:isPrimitive "true"^^xsd:boolean ;
iof-av:primitiveRationale "As a constructive type defined by physical mechanism, sufficient conditions are omitted to avoid false positives under Open World Assumption. Complex multi-way valves or specialized equipment containing ball mechanisms should not be automatically classified as standard ball valves without domain expert validation."@en ;
skos:definition "[ISO 15926-4] A <BALL VALVE> is a <ROTARY VALVE> which uses a hollow, perforated or pivoting ball, of either \"floating\" design or \"trunnion\" mounted design to provide fluid flow control. The open position is when the ball hole is in line with the flow and closed when it is pivoted 90-degrees by the stem operator"@en ;
skos:definition "[CFIHOS] A rotary valve that has a ball closure member."@en ;
skos:definition "[SLB Glossary] A valve using a spherical closure element (ball) which is rotated through 90° to open and close the valve."@en ;
skos:definition "[OnePetro] Any of several valves that rotate a ball with a flow passage to allow or deny flow."@en ;
skos:definition "[POSC Caesar] A rotary valve that has a ball closure member."@en .
:COPI_0000735 rdf:type owl:Class ; # BallValveClosureMember
rdfs:subClassOf iof-core:MaterialArtifact ;
rdfs:label "ball valve closure member"@en .
# Disjointness: BallValve and GateValve
[] rdf:type owl:AllDisjointClasses ;
owl:members ( :COPI_0000095 :COPI_0000120 ) . # BallValve, GateValve
# Disjointness: BallValve and ButterflyValve
[] rdf:type owl:AllDisjointClasses ;
owl:members ( :COPI_0000095 :COPI_0000100 ) . # BallValve, ButterflyValve
Axiomatization Decision Log
1
Identity-Giving Function
Function class
FlowControlFunction
⊑ DesignedFunction
Realized in
FlowControlProcess
⊑ FlowControl
Ball valves share the same identity-giving function as other valves - controlling fluid flow. This function is already established for the Valve class in our ontology. The ball mechanism is the differentiating factor, not a unique function.
✓
Expert review — Accepted
2
Genus Determination
Valve
All sources consistently identify ball valve as a subtype of valve (rotary valve, valve). Valve is already enriched in our ontology with FlowControlFunction. MaterialArtifact is appropriate as ball valves are causally unified artifacts that can be monolithic or have connected components maintained as single units.
✓
Expert review — Accepted
3
Necessary Parts
| Part class | Parent | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| BallValveClosureMember | MaterialArtifact | hasComponentPartAtAllTimes |
These are the minimal components that every ball valve must have: the ball itself, stem for actuation, and seat for sealing. Other components like actuators, bonnets vary by subtype.
✓
Expert review — Accepted
4
Process Participation Signature ⟨I, O, T⟩
Inputs (I)
PortionOfFluid
— any phase - liquid, gas, or multiphase
Outputs (O)
PortionOfFluid
— same composition and phase as input, controlled flow rate
Transformation (T)
flow rate control through variable restriction area
Ball valves provide on-off or throttling control of single fluid streams through rotational positioning of the ball's flow passage
✓
Expert review — Accepted
5
Axiom Mode Decision
Necessary conditions only
— modelled as a primitive universal
(⊑, SubClassOf). Identity is grounded in designed
function and cannot be reduced to a property checklist.
As a constructive type defined by physical mechanism, sufficient conditions are omitted to avoid false positives under Open World Assumption. Complex multi-way valves or specialized equipment containing ball mechanisms should not be automatically classified as standard ball valves without domain expert validation.
✓
Expert review — Accepted
Disjointness Axioms
GateValve
ButterflyValve
C1: GateValve, ButterflyValve. These valve types have incompatible closure mechanisms - linear sliding gate vs rotating ball vs rotating disc - making it impossible for a single valve instance to simultaneously embody multiple closure mechanisms
Cross-Standard Observations
All five sources consistently emphasize the ball mechanism and 90-degree rotation. ISO 15926 provides most detail about floating vs trunnion designs and entry methods. Some sources mention 'hollow, perforated or pivoting ball' variations, indicating the ball may have different internal geometries while maintaining the spherical external form.