Given that the performance curve for a particular vacuum pump is essentially flat, how can one know what the airflow (capacity) is for a given vacuum gauge reading? In this case, there is no air flow instrument that would provide that info. I'm inclined to think that a system curve will have...
I have an application where a 4" 3-way ball valve has a Cv of 840 in the 'through' position. Knowing that 3-way plug valves are notoriously poor when it comes to Cv, I found that the 4" plug valve has a value of 160.
Since we're having issues with the ball valve I wanted to compare what the...