How will smaller orifice affect the flow rate?
How will smaller orifice affect the flow rate?
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We are replacing an old water system with new hoses and fittings. Everything is the same except the orifice on the end of the hose going into the heat exchanger is smaller in diameter than the old legacy equipments was. How will this affect the gallons per minute flow rate of the water going into the heat exchanger? The old hose is .50 inch ID and necks down to .375 inch ID before it goes into the heat exchanger. The new design also uses a hose that has a .50 inch ID, but necks down to .25 inch ID before it goes into the heat exchanger. How will this affect the gallons per minute flow rate going into the heat exchanger?





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RE: How will smaller orifice affect the flow rate?
RE: How will smaller orifice affect the flow rate?
As 77JQX says, it all depends on the lengths of the different hoses and the small section of smaller tube. In relative terms, the friction drop of the smaller ID section could be equivalent to several metres of the larger hose, but if your main hose length is quite long and the flow velocity quite low (1m/sec or less then it would have only a very small difference.
Give us some more details such as length of relative sections, flowrate etc and e might be able to be a bit more specific.
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RE: How will smaller orifice affect the flow rate?
Good luck,
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RE: How will smaller orifice affect the flow rate?