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by miked
Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:10 am
Forum: Flow calculators and fluid flow problems
Topic: Flow Coefficient Cv vs. minor loss coefficient K
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Flow Coefficient Cv vs. minor loss coefficient K

I am doing a system design calculation for pressure drop and flow rate. The text book treatment of valve contribution to pressure drop is that it is a minor loss with a "loss coeffient" factor K. But valve performance published data is for Cv or Kv "flow coeffient". Loss coeffici...