APPENDIX C--54I

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

prpE DIAMETERS
Appen6ix c-2o, REpREsENrArrvEEeuTvALENTLENGTHrN
EquivalentLength
in Pipe Diameters
(LID)
Description

Globe valves
Conventional
340
With no obstruction in flat, bevel,or plug type seat-Fully open 450
With wing or pin guided disk-Fully open
Y-pattern
(No obstruction in flat, bevel,or plug iype seat)
175
With stem 60 degreesfrom run of pipe line-Fully open 745
With stem 45 degreesfrom run of pipe line-Fully open

Angle valves
Conventional
145
With no obstruction in flat, bevel,or plug type seat-Fully open 2W
With wing or pin guided disk-Fully open

Gate valves
Conventionalwedgedisk, double disk, or plug disk
IJ
Fully oPen 35
Three-quartersoPen 160
One-half oPen 900
One-quarterqPen
Pulp stock
tt
FullY oPen 50
Three-quarters oPen 260
One-half oPen l2w
One-quarteroPen
Conduit PiPeline-FullY oPen

Check valves
135
Conventionalswing--O.5 f -Fully open 50
Clearwayswing--{.5t-Fu1lY oPen Sameas globe
Globe lift or stop-2.0t-Fully open
Sameas angle
Angle lift or stop-2.0f-Fully open
open 150
In-[ne ball-2.5 vertical and 0'25 horizontalt-Fully

Foot valveswith strainer

420
With poppet lift-type disk-0.3f-Fully open
t)
With ieather-hingeddisk-0.4t-Fully open
2A
Butterfly valves(6-inch and larger)-Fully open

Cocks
Straight-through
of pipe area-Fully open t8
Rectangularplug port area equal to lWl
Three-waY
(fully open)
. Rectangularplug port area equal to 80/" of pipe area 44
Flow straight through
140
Flow through branch
facesor ends'
f""" .qrf"alent length is equal to the length betweenflange -weiding - ^ --
- drop (psi) aJrossvalve to provide sufficientflow to lift disk fully.
t Minimum calculatedpr".r,ri.
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Appendix C-2a.-C ontinued.
Equivalent Length
in Pipe Diameters
Description (LID)

Fittings
90-degreestandard elbow 30
45-degreestandardelbow l6
9Gdegreelong radius elbow 20
90-degreestreetelbow 50
45-degreestreet elbow 26
Squarecorner elbow 57
Standardtee
With flow through run 20
With flow through branch 60
Close pattern return bend 50

Appendix C-2b. REsIsTANcEDUE To sUDDENENLARGEMENTs

AND coNTRACrroNs. (cnann co.)

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Suddenenlargement
f .i l z
r= lr- * l
L "21

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d,1/d2

Appendix C-2c. REsrsrANcE DUE To prpE ENTRANcE AND Extr. (cuNB co.)

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prcjeling ptpe edged rcunded @unded
entaance sofance

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I t I
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ptpe exI
exit extt

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Appendix C-2d. EeuTvALENTLENGTHS-L .lNo I/D K. (cnaNr co.)

aNo REsIsTANcECoEFFTCIENT

LlDt L
10000
2000
8000
6000
5000
4000
3000
1000
900
2000
800
700
600
500

400 l6

t6
300
t4
t2

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9 0.8
8
0.6
I 1.0
0.5 0.9
6 0.4 u.6
5 U.J
0.7
0.2 u.o

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YWIILY 3 0
0.40.60.81.0 2 3 4 6 810 20 30
Insidediameterof pipe, inches

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Schedule40 PiPesize, inches

Solution
Valve Size L' 5' l2' I Refer to
Problem: Find the equivalent length in pipe diameters
Equivalentlength,pipe diameters 13 13 13 App' C-2a
andrfeet of Schedule40 pipe, and the resistancefactor K |
for l-, 5-, and 12-inchfully opened gate valves. Equivalentlength,feetofSch.40pipe1.1 5.5 13 | Douedlines
Resist.factorK,basedonSch.4Opipe 0.30 0.20 O.l7 | onchart