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    Butterfly Valves

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    The document provides guidance on sizing and selecting butterfly valves for water applications. It discusses determining whether the valve will be used for isolation or proportional control. Key factors for sizing a control valve include the maximum flow requirement in GPM and the maximum allowed pressure drop. The document provides a sizing example and outlines the steps to size a valve: 1) calculate the required Cv value, 2) select the valve size based on Cv ratings, and 3) verify the effective Cv meets requirements after accounting for piping geometry factors. Tables of 2-way and 3-way butterfly valve Cv ratings are also included.

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    The document provides guidance on sizing and selecting butterfly valves for water applications. It discusses determining whether the valve will be used for isolation or proportional control. Key factors for sizing a control valve include the maximum flow requirement in GPM and the maximum allowed pressure drop. The document provides a sizing example and outlines the steps to size a valve: 1) calculate the required Cv value, 2) select the valve size based on Cv ratings, and 3) verify the effective Cv meets requirements after accounting for piping geometry factors. Tables of 2-way and 3-way butterfly valve Cv ratings are also included.

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    The document provides guidance on sizing and selecting butterfly valves for water applications. It discusses determining whether the valve will be used for isolation or proportional control. Key factors for sizing a control valve include the maximum flow requirement in GPM and the maximum allowed pressure drop. The document provides a sizing example and outlines the steps to size a valve: 1) calculate the required Cv value, 2) select the valve size based on Cv ratings, and 3) verify the effective Cv meets requirements after accounting for piping geometry factors. Tables of 2-way and 3-way butterfly valve Cv ratings are also included.

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    Butterfly Valves

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    gepewin2009
    The document provides guidance on sizing and selecting butterfly valves for water applications. It discusses determining whether the valve will be used for isolation or proportional control. Key factors for sizing a control valve include the maximum flow requirement in GPM and the maximum allowed pressure drop. The document provides a sizing example and outlines the steps to size a valve: 1) calculate the required Cv value, 2) select the valve size based on Cv ratings, and 3) verify the effective Cv meets requirements after accounting for piping geometry factors. Tables of 2-way and 3-way butterfly valve Cv ratings are also included.

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    The key takeaways are the steps to properly size control valves and factors to consider when sizing butterfly valves for control vs isolation applications.

    The steps to properly size a control valve are: 1) calculate the required Cv, 2) select the valve size, 3) consider the piping geometry factor.

    When sizing butterfly valves for control, the maximum flow requirement, maximum pressure drop allowed, and piping geometry factor must be considered.

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    Sizing and Selection of Butterfly Valves


    Introduction
    When selecting a butterfly valve for water applications you Sizing Example
    must first determine the requirements of the valve assembly. With this information and assuming the media is water or a
    The first question to ask is, “Will the valve be used for similar media (glycol/water mix), a control valve can be
    “Isolation” or “Proportional Control” of the fluid?” and “Does properly sized for the application by following these steps:
    the application require a 2-way or 3-way assembly?”
    1. Calculate the required Cv: Using the following formula
    2-way and 3-way Isolation Valves and the information required above, you could calculate
    When selecting a valve for isolation purposes, it is seldom the flow coefficient (Cv) of the control valve.
    necessary to calculate flow requirements beyond the
    published Cv’s (flow coefficients)* of the valve. These valves GPM
    Cv=
    are typically line size and require the lowest pressure drop
    available in the full open position. It may be possible to
    supply a valve smaller than the actual line size and still
    obtain a low-pressure drop. However, the cost of reducing
    flanges will typically offset any savings incurred by reducing Whereas: GPM = The maximum flow requirement
    the valve size. The following charts, Tables 1 P = The maximum pressure drop (5 psi)
    & 2, provide flow coefficients for the Keystone Figure 222 Example
    and AR2 valve assemblies.
    The line size is 6” and the required flow is 600 GPM with a
    2-Way and 3-Way Proportional Control Valves maximum pressure drop of 5 psi. The square root of 5 is
    Control Valves are the most important element of a fluid equal to 2.236. When divided into 600, the required Cv for
    handling system and proper selection of these valves is this application is: 268.336.
    crucial for efficient operation of the process. When sizing
    2. Select your valve size: Using the Flow Coefficients
    butterfly valves for control, it is imperative to have certain
    (Cv’s), select the appropriate valve size. If your required
    requirements of the system.
    Cv is in between valve sizes, choose the larger size
    You must have: valve. When selecting a 3–way assembly, the Cv of the
    • Maximum flow requirement: This would be equivalent to run should be selected.
    the design flow and provided or converted to gallons per Example
    minute. The line size is 6” and the calculated required Cv is 268.336.
    • Maximum pressure drop allowed: The Consulting The valve selected is a 4” with a rated Cv of 647.
    Engineer usually provides this factor and are typically 3 to
    Butterfly valves are high capacity valves and require very
    5 pounds max. However, the pressure drop should never
    little pressure drop to control flow, which allows for reduction
    exceed one half of the inlet pressure.
    from the line size when sizing valves. This pipe reduction
    Without these two factors, selection of a control valve would affects the flow characteristics and will reduce the effective
    be simply a guess. Cv of the valve. This phenomenon is known as the piping
    geometry factor (Fp), which brings us to the final step in
    valves sizing.

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    reference
    2-way Flow Coefficients (Cv’s)

    Degrees Open

    Size 10° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90°
    2" 0 1.3 5 14 26 40 52 59 60
    2-1/2" 0 1.4 6 21 44 74 107 138 151
    3" 0.7 1.5 8 29 67 115 175 234 262
    4" 1.7 15 48 107 196 318 463 589 647
    5" 3 32 99 206 362 579 832 1045 1141
    6" 4 47 145 295 510 810 1160 1450 1580
    8" 6 84 239 450 751 1190 1754 2385 2892
    10" 9 133 360 652 1064 1683 2524 3596 4593
    12" 12 192 509 899 1449 2288 3470 5085 6682
    14" 75 340 770 1400 2200 3400 5600 7900 10000
    16" 100 440 1000 1800 2800 4500 7400 10800 13000
    18" 130 570 1300 2300 3600 5800 9600 15000 18000
    20" 150 710 1600 2900 4600 7200 12000 18400 22000

    Table Note
    • Flow Coefficients (Cv) = The amount of water in gallons per minute, at 60°F that will pass through
    a given orifice with a one pound pressure drop.

    3- way Flow Coefficients (Cv’s)


    Size Degrees Open

    Run 0° 10° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90°
    Branch 90° 80° 70° 60° 50° 40° 30° 20° 10° 0°
    2" 54 53 49 43 38 40 44 52 57 58
    2-1/2" 114 108 93 74 52 64 78 102 126 135
    3" 188 178 148 114 55 95 120 165 210 229
    4" 385 374 348 313 150 295 345 419 482 511
    5" 642 627 600 563 270 549 630 740 829 870
    6" 935 909 867 809 483 780 895 1051 1180 1242
    8" 1688 1573 1424 1271 796 1175 1367 1661 1994 2254
    10" 2667 2430 2132 1856 1142 1685 1971 2439 3046 3570
    12" 3938 3531 3019 2579 1629 2312 2715 3401 4368 5240
    14" 5109 4825 4416 3719 2433 3514 3992 5259 6342 7173
    16" 6735 6462 5832 4904 3213 4498 5265 6943 8567 9410
    18" 9060 8724 7650 6372 4433 5778 6815 9056 11695 12785
    20" 11229 10799 9545 7901 5619 7339 8449 11309 14423 15770

    Table Notes
    • Three-way valve assemblies Cv’s are corrected from published two-way Cv’s to account for line losses generated by
    the tee, and are calculated values only. The pipe friction losses are a function of fluid velocity through the pipe and the
    three-way Cv’s listed are apparent for full flow through the pipe. Operation at less than full capacity (lower velocity)
    will increase the actual Cv’s

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    Sizing and Selection of Butterfly Valves (continued)

    3. Piping Geometry Factor: Reducing pipe sizes for


    installation of a smaller than pipe size valves will reduce
    the effective Cv of the valve. The greater the pipe
    reduction, the greater loss of Cv. Using the Adjusted
    Cv’s for Piping Geometry Factors chart, verify that the
    corrected Cv, for the valve size selected, meets or
    exceeds the required Cv calculated in step 2.
    Note: 3-way Cv’s have already been adjusted.

    Adjusted Cv’s for Piping Geometry Factors


    Pipe Size
    Size 2-1/2" 3" 4" 5" 6" 8" 10" 12" 14" 16" 18" 20" 22" 24"
    2" 47 38
    2-1/2" 125 79
    3" 189 149
    4" 505 408
    5" 947 685
    6" 1138 916
    8" 2256 1822
    10" 3812 3123
    12" 5747 4811
    14" 8900 7600
    16" 11830 10140
    18" 16560 14580
    20" 20460 18260

    6-inch 3-way Assembly at Constant Valve Differential Pressure


    (corrected for tee loss)

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