Determining Flow Coefficients (Cv) in Welded Tees
Determining Flow Coefficients (Cv) in Welded Tees
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I have been using the Crane Technical Paper No. 410 to calculate total flow coefficients for various pipe assemblies which are built by my company. A number of the assemblies utilize a welding tee per ASME B16.9. Page "A-29" from Crane is the only place in the book I have found thus far which discusses tees. On it there is a picture of a standard tee with the words "Flow thru run....K=20F_t" and "Flow thru branch....K=60F_t" beneath it. F_t is the friction factor. I need to know how to calculate the K value(s), or resistance coefficient(s), for the tee used in each scenario I am using, but I do not know what thru run or thru branch reference. Attached is a picture of the flow scenarios I have encountered.
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Scenario 1 involves liquid flowing in thru one end of the run and out thru the other two openings. In scenario 2 the branch acts as the inlet, with the two ends of the run acting as outlets. The fluid is incompressible.
Thank You
-Justin Voegele
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Scenario 1 involves liquid flowing in thru one end of the run and out thru the other two openings. In scenario 2 the branch acts as the inlet, with the two ends of the run acting as outlets. The fluid is incompressible.
Thank You
-Justin Voegele





RE: Determining Flow Coefficients (Cv) in Welded Tees
Patricia Lougheed
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RE: Determining Flow Coefficients (Cv) in Welded Tees
So if you had the capital "T", but now had the flow coming from the bottom, you would actually have branch conditions for both outlets (since both paths turn 90 deg).
-- MechEng2005
RE: Determining Flow Coefficients (Cv) in Welded Tees
Thank you both for your posts. I now understand what is meant by flow thru run and flow thru branch.
-Voegele