Globe valve for controlling a process fluid flow

A globe valve for controlling a process fluid flow of a process engineering plant, comprising:

• an inlet opening having a circular-shaped opening cross section defining a valve axis;
• a globe valve member being:
• movable in a vertical direction transversely to the valve axis, and
• connectable, via a valve rod located in the vertical direction above the globe valve member, to an actuator for actuating the globe valve member;
• a passage opening having a circular-shaped passage opening cross section, the globe valve member being configured to close the passage opening in a lowest actuating position in the vertical direction;
• and
• a flow channel extending from the inlet opening to the passage opening and defining a flow cross section, the flow channel including an upper subarea, wherein:
• a surface size of the flow cross section decreases in a first section from the inlet opening in a flow direction to a transition point,
• the flow cross section in the first section is continuously oval shaped,
• the first section of the flow channel is continuously inclined downwards in the vertical direction,
• in the vertical direction, the upper subarea having has a decreasing surface size in a course of the flow channel in the flow direction in the first section, and
• the decrease of the surface size in the upper subarea of the flow channel determines an entire decrease of the surface size of the flow channel in the first section.