Pressure Loss in Tee
Pressure Loss in Tee
(OP)
Hello, I'm looking for pressure loss information for a tee with a smaller branch size.
It's a 3" Tee with a 1/2" branch. Most of the flow carries on through the tee while a portion goes through the 1/2" branch. Is there a K value or equivalent length or pressure drop calculation that can be done for this scenario?
It's a 3" Tee with a 1/2" branch. Most of the flow carries on through the tee while a portion goes through the 1/2" branch. Is there a K value or equivalent length or pressure drop calculation that can be done for this scenario?





RE: Pressure Loss in Tee
It won't be exact - but should be close.
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Good luck,
Latexman
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Cheers,
John
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The referenced paper doesn't cover the situation that the OP was querying, but a star nonetheless - I'm sure it will be a useful reference for me at some stage.
Cheers,
John
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@mauricestoker and JohnGP - thanks for the link Maurice. To me the most important conclusion that can be made from this article is that for normal piping design work the trusted old method of "a standard tee plus an entrance loss" leads to negligible errors. The error is probably less than the uncertainty in the pipe fabrication tolerances and welding quality.
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