APPENDIX C--54I

Appen6ix c-2o,

(I/D)-oE vARIous vALvEs AND FITTINGS(CnnNn Co')

prpE DIAMETERS
REpREsENrArrvEEeuTvALENTLENGTHrN

EquivalentLength
in Pipe Diameters
(LID)

Description
Globe valves
Conventional
With no obstruction in flat, bevel,or plug type seat-Fully open
With wing or pin guided disk-Fully open
Y-pattern
(No obstruction in flat, bevel,or plug iype seat)
With stem 60 degreesfrom run of pipe line-Fully open
With stem 45 degreesfrom run of pipe line-Fully open

340
450

175
745

Angle valves
Conventional
With no obstruction in flat, bevel,or plug type seat-Fully open
With wing or pin guided disk-Fully open

145
2W

Gate valves
Conventionalwedgedisk, double disk, or plug disk
Fully oPen
Three-quartersoPen
One-half oPen
One-quarterqPen

IJ

35
160
900

Pulp stock
FullY oPen
Three-quarters oPen
One-half oPen
One-quarteroPen
Conduit PiPeline-FullY oPen

tt

50
260
l2w

Check valves
f -Fully open
Conventionalswing--O.5
Clearwayswing--{.5t-Fu1lY oPen
open
Globe lift or stop-2.0t-Fully
open
stop-2.0f-Fully
or
lift
Angle
In-[ne ball-2.5 vertical and 0'25 horizontalt-Fully
Foot valveswith strainer
With poppet lift-type disk-0.3f-Fully
With ieather-hingeddisk-0.4t-Fully

open

open
open

Butterfly valves(6-inch and larger)-Fully open

135
50
Sameas globe
Sameas angle
150

420
t)

2A

Cocks
Straight-through
Rectangularplug port area equal to lWl

of pipe area-Fully open

Three-waY
(fully open)
Rectangularplug port area equal to 80/" of pipe area
through
straight
Flow
Flow through branch

ends'
facesor
f""" .qrf"alent length is equal to the length betweenflange
- ^ --weiding
flow
to lift disk fully.
sufficient
to
provide
valve
(psi)
aJross
drop
t Minimum calculatedpr".r,ri.

t8

44
140

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Appendix C-2a.-C ontinued.

Equivalent Length
in Pipe Diameters
(LID)

Description
Fittings
90-degreestandard elbow
45-degreestandardelbow
9Gdegreelong radius elbow

30
l6
20

90-degreestreetelbow
45-degreestreet elbow
Squarecorner elbow

50
26
57

Standardtee
With flow through run
With flow through branch

20
60
50

Close pattern return bend

Appendix C-2b.

REsIsTANcEDUE To sUDDENENLARGEMENTs
AND coNTRACrroNs. (cnann co.)

r__J--Tdt-

do

T--1_____r_
Suddenenlargement
f
.i l z

r= lr- * l
L

"21

'6

d,1/d2

REsrsrANcE DUE To prpE ENTRANcE AND Extr. (cuNB

Appendix C-2c.

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co.)

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I< = 0.7a
prcjeling

ptpe

Sharpedged

K = 0.23
Sligdtrcunded
entaance

I( = 0.50

X = 0.O4
@unded
sofance

--r
t

r = 1.O
Prcicting
ptpe
exit

r = 1.0
Sharp-

I
tr =1.0
Rounded
exI

extt

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K. (cnaNr co.)
aNo REsIsTANcECoEFFTCIENT

EeuTvALENTLENGTHS-L .lNo I/D

Appendix C-2d.

L
10000
8000
6000
5000
4000
3000

LlDt
2000

1000
900
800
700
600

2000

500
400

l6

t6
300

t4
t2

,10
100 g
cnd

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bu o
Fn

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tr

+v =/
c

30

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.:

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qt
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YWIILY
0.40.60.81.0

810

0.8
0.6
0.5
0.4

U.J

0.7

0.2

u.o

3
20

1.0- - - - .t- I

1.0
0.9
u.6

30

Insidediameterof pipe, inches

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l)e)s .\a_ I.I*
Schedule40 PiPesize, inches

Problem: Find the equivalent length in pipe diameters

andrfeet of Schedule40 pipe, and the resistancefactor K
for l-, 5-, and 12-inchfully opened gate valves.

Solution
L' 5' l2'
Valve Size
13 13 13
Equivalentlength,pipe diameters
Equivalentlength,feetofSch.40pipe1.1 5.5 13
0.30 0.20 O.l7
Resist.factorK,basedonSch.4Opipe

I Refer to
App' C-2a
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