Member Login
member
passwd
remember me on
this computer.

- join now -
- forgot username or password? -

Search

Jump to a Date

Sponsored Communities
Cool stuff
Select a topic of interest:
...and press:
Neat Stuff
Control.com Stuff

Visit our shop for nerds in control lifestyle products.

Fortune
Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes
to work.
RSS Feed
RSS feed Use this link to get an RSS feed of the Control.com article flow, for private, non-commercial use only:
www.control.com/rss/
To get a personalized feed, become a member at no cost.
Select a Page Style
Select one of the following styles:
- BluFu
- Classic
(cookies required)
advertisement
from the Forum department...
Orifice Sizing
Engineering and workplace issues. topic
Posted by Dan on 24 October, 2008 - 10:55 am
I have a 3" line with 125 PSIG well water being used as makeup water to a cooling tower to help prevent foaming. I would like a restricting orifice to limit that flow to approximately 80 GPM.


Posted by Node17 on 26 October, 2008 - 11:35 pm
Hi Dan,

Use this formula to get the plate orifice internal diameter D1
http://www.pipeflowcalculations.com/orifice/theory.htm

For fluid application (water, for example) the e - expansion coefficient will be 1, but you have to select maximum allowable differential pressure deltaP or pressure loss.

Or you can download this sizing tool but only with trial version.

From Control Engineering magazine...
Related articles from Control Engineering magazine
Above articles copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use.
Your use of this site is subject to the terms and conditions set forth under Legal Notices and the Privacy Policy. Please read those terms and conditions carefully. Subject to the rights expressly reserved to others under Legal Notices, the content of this site and the compilation thereof is © 1999-2009 Control Technology Corporation. All rights reserved.

Users of this site are benefiting from open source technologies, including PHP, MySQL and Apache. Be happy.

Internet Explorer 6.0 Fix

Advertisement
Our Advertisers
Help keep our servers running...
Patronize our advertisers!