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CALCULATING PRESSURE DROP THRU AN INLET SCREEN
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CALCULATING PRESSURE DROP THRU AN INLET SCREEN

CALCULATING PRESSURE DROP THRU AN INLET SCREEN

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I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON CALCULATING THE PRESSURE DROP THROUGH AN INLET SCREEN. THE SCREEN IS AT THE INLET OF A WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

RE: CALCULATING PRESSURE DROP THRU AN INLET SCREEN

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Chapter 8 in Idelchik (1986), "Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance", Hemisphere Publishing Corp. covers flow through barriers uniformly distributed over channel cross sections. Circular metal wire grids are treated in Diagram 8-6 on page 407. Perforated plates, grids, bars, grills, etc. are also treated.

RE: CALCULATING PRESSURE DROP THRU AN INLET SCREEN

The equations for circular metal wire in Idelchik's diagram 8-6 are:
Loss Factor(LF)=delp/(rho*(w1^2/2))=1.3*(1-AR)+((1/AR)-1)^2
for Reynolds Number Re=(w0*d/nu)=>1000   where
  d=wire diameter
  w1= Velocity in duct upstream of screen
  w0= Velocity through the open section of the screen
  AR= Aduct/Ascreen(open)
For Re values less than 1000, the Loss Factor is multiplied by a plotted Re-dependent value close to 1.0 from Re=1000 to 300 which rises to about 1.23 at Re=100 and to 1.4 at Re=50.
Idelchik gives different symbols for wire diameter, loss factor and area ratio. I've changed them to simplify the description.

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