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V-Cone Installation Guide

Upstream and Downstream Minimum Straight Pipe Run Requirements


For Gas Metering at a
Reynolds Number (Re) Value > 200,000

For ß greater than or equal to 0.65 add 1D

Size Range Obstruction Up Down


Stream Stream
1 Elbow 1D 1D
2 Elbows 1D 1D
Tees 1D 1D
All Sizes Butterfly Valve (control valve) Not Preferred Valve
Position Downstream
10D 5D

Butterfly Valve (shutoff valve) 5D 3D


Full port Ballvalve (shutoff) 1D 1D
Heat Exchanger (Depends on Type) 1D 0D
Expander (0.67D to D) over a length 2D 2D
of 2.5D

Reducer (3D to D) over a length of 1D 1D


3.5D

Note: The meter and adjoining pipe should have equal IDs.

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